diff --git a/src/sunstone/public/app/tabs/templates-tab/form-panels/create/wizard-tabs/network/nic-tab.js b/src/sunstone/public/app/tabs/templates-tab/form-panels/create/wizard-tabs/network/nic-tab.js
index 208e693aa4..97a0bf17d1 100644
--- a/src/sunstone/public/app/tabs/templates-tab/form-panels/create/wizard-tabs/network/nic-tab.js
+++ b/src/sunstone/public/app/tabs/templates-tab/form-panels/create/wizard-tabs/network/nic-tab.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ define(function(require) {
   var UniqueId = require('utils/unique-id');
   var CreateUtils = require('../utils');
   var Notifier = require('utils/notifier');
+  var TemplateUtils = require('utils/template-utils');
 
   /*
     TEMPLATES
@@ -46,6 +47,14 @@ define(function(require) {
     that = this;
     this.nicTabId = 'nicTab' + nicTabId + UniqueId.id();
 
+    var options = {
+      'select': true,
+      'selectOptions': {
+        'multiple_choice': true
+      }
+    }
+    this.vnetsTableAuto = new VNetsTable(this.nicTabId + 'TableAuto', options);
+
     this.vnetsTable = new VNetsTable(this.nicTabId + 'Table', {'select': true});
 
     var secgroupSelectOptions = {
@@ -68,6 +77,7 @@ define(function(require) {
   NicTab.prototype.onShow = _onShow;
   NicTab.prototype.retrieve = _retrieve;
   NicTab.prototype.fill = _fill;
+  NicTab.prototype.generateRequirements = _generateRequirements;
 
   return NicTab;
 
@@ -79,12 +89,14 @@ define(function(require) {
     return TemplateHTML({
       'nicTabId': this.nicTabId,
       'vnetsTableSelectHTML': this.vnetsTable.dataTableHTML,
+      'vnetsTableAutoSelectHTML': this.vnetsTableAuto.dataTableHTML,
       'secgroupsTableSelectHTML': this.secgroupsTable.dataTableHTML
     });
   }
 
   function _onShow(context, panelForm) {
     this.vnetsTable.refreshResourceTableSelect();
+    this.vnetsTableAuto.refreshResourceTableSelect();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -134,6 +146,20 @@ define(function(require) {
     that.secgroupsTable.refreshResourceTableSelect();
     that.vnetsTable.refreshResourceTableSelect();
 
+    var selectOptions = {
+      'selectOptions': {
+        'select_callback': function(aData, options) {
+          that.generateRequirements(context)
+        },
+        'unselect_callback': function(aData, options) {
+          that.generateRequirements(context)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    that.vnetsTableAuto.initialize(selectOptions);
+    that.vnetsTableAuto.refreshResourceTableSelect();
+
     $("input.pci-type-nic", context).on("change", function(){
       var tbody = $(".pci-row tbody", context);
 
@@ -175,6 +201,18 @@ define(function(require) {
     });
 
     $(".auto", context).hide();
+
+    context.on("change", "input[name='" + that.nicTabId + "_req_select']", function() {
+      if ($("input[name='" + that.nicTabId + "_req_select']:checked").val() == "vnet_select") {
+        $("#"+ that.nicTabId +"_vnetTable",context).show();
+      } else {
+        $("#"+ that.nicTabId +"_vnetTable",context).hide();
+      }
+    });
+
+    context.on("change", "input[name='" + that.nicTabId + "_rank_select']", function() {
+      $("input#"+that.nicTabId+"_SCHED_RANK", context).val(this.value);
+    });
   }
 
   function _retrieve(context) {
@@ -292,8 +330,50 @@ define(function(require) {
       if ( templateJSON["SCHED_RANK"] ) {
         $("input#"+this.nicTabId+"_SCHED_RANK", context).val(templateJSON["SCHED_RANK"]);
       }
+
+      var reqJSON = templateJSON['SCHED_REQUIREMENTS'];
+      if (reqJSON) {
+        var req = TemplateUtils.escapeDoubleQuotes(reqJSON);
+
+        var net_id_regexp = /(\s|\||\b)ID=\\"([0-9]+)\\"/g;
+
+        var nets = [];
+        while (match = net_id_regexp.exec(req)) {
+            nets.push(match[2])
+        }
+
+        var selectedResources = {
+            ids : nets
+          }
+
+        this.vnetsTableAuto.selectResourceTableSelect(selectedResources);
+      }
+
+      var rankJSON = templateJSON["SCHED_RANK"];
+      if (rankJSON) {
+          var striping_regexp = /^-USED_LEASES$/;
+          var packing_regexp = /^USED_LEASES$/;
+
+          if (striping_regexp.test(rankJSON)) {
+              $("input[name='" + this.nicTabId + "_rank_select']#stripingRadio", context).click();
+          }
+          else if (packing_regexp.test(rankJSON)) {
+              $("input[name='" + this.nicTabId + "_rank_select']#packingRadio", context).click();
+          }
+      }
     }
 
     WizardFields.fill(context, templateJSON);
   }
+
+  function _generateRequirements(context) {
+    var req_string=[];
+    var selected_vnets = this.vnetsTableAuto.retrieveResourceTableSelect();
+
+    $.each(selected_vnets, function(index, netID) {
+      req_string.push('ID=\\"'+netID+'\\"');
+    });
+
+    $("input#"+this.nicTabId+"_SCHED_REQUIREMENTS", context).val(req_string.join(" | "));
+  };
 });
diff --git a/src/sunstone/public/app/tabs/templates-tab/form-panels/create/wizard-tabs/network/nic-tab/html.hbs b/src/sunstone/public/app/tabs/templates-tab/form-panels/create/wizard-tabs/network/nic-tab/html.hbs
index aa20467cc5..fc9bce422c 100644
--- a/src/sunstone/public/app/tabs/templates-tab/form-panels/create/wizard-tabs/network/nic-tab/html.hbs
+++ b/src/sunstone/public/app/tabs/templates-tab/form-panels/create/wizard-tabs/network/nic-tab/html.hbs
@@ -30,21 +30,56 @@
       </div>
     </div>
     <div class="auto">
+      <fieldset>
+          <legend>{{tr "Network Requirements"}}</legend>
+          <div class="row">
+            <div class="large-12 columns text-center">
+              <input type="radio" id="vnet_req" name="{{nicTabId}}_req_select" value="vnet_select">
+              <label for="vnet_req">{{tr "Select Vnets "}}</label>
+              <input type="radio" id="custom_req"  name="{{nicTabId}}_req_select" value="custom" checked>
+              <label for="custom_req">{{tr "Custom expression "}}</label>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <br>
+          <div id="{{nicTabId}}_vnetTable" class="net_select" hidden>{{{vnetsTableAutoSelectHTML}}}</div>
+          <div class="row">
+            <div class="large-12 columns">
+              <label for="{{nicTabId}}_SCHED_REQUIREMENTS">
+                {{tr "Expression"}}
+                {{{tip (tr "Boolean expression that rules out entries from the pool of datastores suitable to run this VM.")}}}
+              </label>
+              <input type="text" id="{{nicTabId}}_SCHED_REQUIREMENTS" name="requirements" />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </fieldset>
       <div class="row autoContainer">
-        <div class="large-12 large-centered columns">
-          <label for="{{nicTabId}}_SCHED_REQUIREMENTS">
-              {{tr "Requirements"}}
-            </label>
-            <input type="text" id="{{nicTabId}}_SCHED_REQUIREMENTS" name="SCHED_REQUIREMENTS"/>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <div class="row autoContainer">
-        <div class="large-12 large-centered columns">
-          <label for="{{nicTabId}}_SCHED_RANK">
-              {{tr "Rank"}}
-            </label>
-            <input type="text" id="{{nicTabId}}_SCHED_RANK" name="SCHED_RANK"/>
-        </div>
+        <fieldset class="nic_rank">
+          <legend>{{tr "Network Rank"}}</legend>
+          <div class="row">
+            <div class="large-12 columns text-center">
+              <input type="radio" id="packingRadio" name="{{nicTabId}}_rank_select" value="USED_LEASES">
+              <label for="packingRadio">
+                {{tr "Packing"}}
+                {{{tip (tr "Pack the VMs in the vnet to reduce VM fragmentation")}}}
+              </label>
+              <input type="radio"  id="stripingRadio" name="{{nicTabId}}_rank_select" value="-USED_LEASES">
+              <label for="stripingRadio">
+                {{tr "Stripping"}}
+                {{{tip (tr "Spread the VMs in the vnets")}}}
+              </label>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <br>
+          <div class="row">
+            <div class="large-12 columns">
+              <label for="{{nicTabId}}_SCHED_RANK">
+                {{tr "Expression"}}
+                {{{tip (tr "This field sets which attribute will be used to sort the suitable vnets for this VM")}}}
+              </label>
+              <input type="text" id="{{nicTabId}}_SCHED_RANK" name="RANK" />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </fieldset>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/src/sunstone/public/app/utils/nics-section.js b/src/sunstone/public/app/utils/nics-section.js
index 0e999c7a49..f6d517f939 100644
--- a/src/sunstone/public/app/utils/nics-section.js
+++ b/src/sunstone/public/app/utils/nics-section.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ define(function(require) {
   var TemplateDD = require('hbs!./nics-section/dd');
   var SecurityGroupsTable = require('tabs/secgroups-tab/datatable');
   var VNetsTable = require('tabs/vnets-tab/datatable');
+  var TemplateUtils = require('utils/template-utils');
 
   var provision_nic_accordion_dd_id = 0;
 
@@ -120,11 +121,11 @@ define(function(require) {
         var req = $("input#"+that.id+"_SCHED_REQUIREMENTS", $(this)).val();
         var rank = $("input#"+that.id+"_SCHED_RANK", $(this)).val();
 
-        if ( req !== "" ){
+        if ( req && req !== "" ){
           nic["SCHED_REQUIREMENTS"] = req;
         }
 
-        if ( rank !== "" ){
+        if ( rank && rank !== "" ){
           nic["SCHED_RANK"] = rank;
         }
       }
@@ -219,6 +220,14 @@ define(function(require) {
       options = {};
     }
 
+    var vnetsTableAuto = new VNetsTable('vnet_nics_section_auto_'+provision_nic_accordion_dd_id,
+    {
+      'select': true,
+      'selectOptions': {
+        'multiple_choice': true
+      }
+    });
+
     var vnetsTable = new VNetsTable(
       'vnet_nics_section_'+provision_nic_accordion_dd_id,
       { 'select': true });
@@ -238,11 +247,38 @@ define(function(require) {
 
     var dd_context = $(TemplateDD({
       vnetsTableHTML: vnetsTable.dataTableHTML,
+      vnetsTableAutoHTML: vnetsTableAuto.dataTableHTML,
       securityGroupsTableHTML: sgHtml,
       provision_nic_accordion_dd_id: provision_nic_accordion_dd_id,
       options: options
     })).appendTo(context);
 
+    var selectOptions = {
+      'selectOptions': {
+        'select_callback': function(aData, options) {
+            var req_string=[];
+            var selected_vnets = vnetsTableAuto.retrieveResourceTableSelect();
+
+            $.each(selected_vnets, function(index, netID) {
+              req_string.push('ID=\\"'+netID+'\\"');
+            });
+            $(".SCHED_REQUIREMENTS", dd_context).val(req_string.join(" | "));
+        },
+        'unselect_callback': function(aData, options) {
+          var req_string=[];
+          var selected_vnets = vnetsTableAuto.retrieveResourceTableSelect();
+
+          $.each(selected_vnets, function(index, netID) {
+            req_string.push('ID="'+netID+'"');
+          });
+          $(".SCHED_REQUIREMENTS", dd_context).val(req_string.join(" | "));
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    vnetsTableAuto.initialize(selectOptions);
+    vnetsTableAuto.refreshResourceTableSelect();
+
     $(".nic-section-entry", dd_context).data("template_nic", options.nic);
     $(".nic-section-entry", dd_context).data("vnetsTable", vnetsTable);
     $(".nic-section-entry", dd_context).data("sgTable", sgTable);
@@ -265,7 +301,20 @@ define(function(require) {
       }
     });
 
+    $("input[name='provision_accordion_dd_"+provision_nic_accordion_dd_id+"_req_select']", dd_context).on("change", function() {
+      if (this.value == "vnet_select") {
+        $(".net_select",dd_context).show();
+      } else {
+        $(".net_select",dd_context).hide();
+      }
+    });
+
+    $("input[name='provision_accordion_dd_"+provision_nic_accordion_dd_id+"_rank_select']", dd_context).on("change", function() {
+      $(".SCHED_RANK", dd_context).val(this.value);
+    });
+
     if ( options.nic && options.nic["NETWORK_MODE"] && options.nic["NETWORK_MODE"] === "auto" ) {
+
       $("input#provision_accordion_dd_"+provision_nic_accordion_dd_id+"_network_mode", dd_context).prop("checked", true);
       $(".no_auto", dd_context).hide();
       $(".auto", dd_context).show();
@@ -277,6 +326,37 @@ define(function(require) {
       if ( options.nic["SCHED_RANK"] ) {
         $("input#provision_accordion_dd_"+provision_nic_accordion_dd_id+"_SCHED_RANK", dd_context).val(options.nic["SCHED_RANK"]);
       }
+
+      var reqJSON = options.nic['SCHED_REQUIREMENTS'];
+      if (reqJSON) {
+        var req = TemplateUtils.escapeDoubleQuotes(reqJSON);
+
+        var net_id_regexp = /(\s|\||\b)ID=\\"([0-9]+)\\"/g;
+
+        var nets = [];
+        while (match = net_id_regexp.exec(req)) {
+            nets.push(match[2])
+        }
+
+        var selectedResourcesAuto = {
+            ids : nets
+          }
+
+        vnetsTableAuto.selectResourceTableSelect(selectedResourcesAuto);
+      }
+
+      var rankJSON = options.nic["SCHED_RANK"];
+      if (rankJSON) {
+          var striping_regexp = /^-USED_LEASES$/;
+          var packing_regexp = /^USED_LEASES$/;
+
+          if (striping_regexp.test(rankJSON)) {
+              $("input[name='provision_accordion_dd_"+provision_nic_accordion_dd_id+"_rank_select']#stripingRadio", context).click();
+          }
+          else if (packing_regexp.test(rankJSON)) {
+              $("input[name='provision_accordion_dd_"+provision_nic_accordion_dd_id+"_rank_select']#packingRadio", context).click();
+          }
+      }
     }
 
     Tips.setup(dd_context);
diff --git a/src/sunstone/public/app/utils/nics-section/dd.hbs b/src/sunstone/public/app/utils/nics-section/dd.hbs
index 5d6b2d072c..765f156e16 100644
--- a/src/sunstone/public/app/utils/nics-section/dd.hbs
+++ b/src/sunstone/public/app/utils/nics-section/dd.hbs
@@ -37,22 +37,55 @@
         </div>
       </div>
       <div class="auto">
-        <div class="row autoContainer">
-          <div class="large-12 large-centered columns">
-            <label for="provision_accordion_dd_{{provision_nic_accordion_dd_id}}_SCHED_REQUIREMENTS">
-                {{tr "Requirements"}}
-              </label>
-              <input type="text" id="provision_accordion_dd_{{provision_nic_accordion_dd_id}}_SCHED_REQUIREMENTS" name="SCHED_REQUIREMENTS"/>
+        <fieldset>
+          <legend>{{tr "Network Requirements"}}</legend>
+          <div class="row">
+            <div class="large-12 columns text-center">
+              <input type="radio" id="vnet_req" name="provision_accordion_dd_{{provision_nic_accordion_dd_id}}_req_select" value="vnet_select">
+              <label for="vnet_req">{{tr "Select Vnets "}}</label>
+              <input type="radio" id="custom_req"  name="provision_accordion_dd_{{provision_nic_accordion_dd_id}}_req_select" value="custom" checked>
+              <label for="custom_req">{{tr "Custom expression "}}</label>
+            </div>
           </div>
-        </div>
-        <div class="row autoContainer">
-          <div class="large-12 large-centered columns">
-            <label for="provision_accordion_dd_{{provision_nic_accordion_dd_id}}_SCHED_RANK">
-                {{tr "Rank"}}
+          <br>
+          <div id="provision_accordion_dd_{{provision_nic_accordion_dd_id}}_vnetTable" class="net_select" hidden>{{{vnetsTableAutoHTML}}}</div>
+          <div class="row">
+            <div class="large-12 columns">
+              <label for="provision_accordion_dd_{{provision_nic_accordion_dd_id}}_SCHED_REQUIREMENTS">
+                {{tr "Expression"}}
+                {{{tip (tr "Boolean expression that rules out entries from the pool of datastores suitable to run this VM.")}}}
               </label>
-              <input type="text" id="provision_accordion_dd_{{provision_nic_accordion_dd_id}}_SCHED_RANK" name="SCHED_RANK"/>
+              <input type="text" class="SCHED_REQUIREMENTS" id="provision_accordion_dd_{{provision_nic_accordion_dd_id}}_SCHED_REQUIREMENTS" name="requirements"/>
+            </div>
           </div>
-        </div>
+        </fieldset>
+        <fieldset class="nic_rank">
+          <legend>{{tr "Network Rank"}}</legend>
+          <div class="row">
+            <div class="large-12 columns text-center">
+              <input type="radio" id="packingRadio" name="provision_accordion_dd_{{provision_nic_accordion_dd_id}}_rank_select" value="USED_LEASES">
+              <label for="packingRadio">
+                {{tr "Packing"}}
+                {{{tip (tr "Pack the VMs in the vnet to reduce VM fragmentation")}}}
+              </label>
+              <input type="radio"  id="stripingRadio" name="provision_accordion_dd_{{provision_nic_accordion_dd_id}}_rank_select" value="-USED_LEASES">
+              <label for="stripingRadio">
+                {{tr "Stripping"}}
+                {{{tip (tr "Spread the VMs in the vnets")}}}
+              </label>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <br>
+          <div class="row">
+            <div class="large-12 columns">
+              <label for="{{nicTabId}}_SCHED_RANK">
+                {{tr "Expression"}}
+                {{{tip (tr "This field sets which attribute will be used to sort the suitable vnets for this VM")}}}
+              </label>
+              <input type="text" class="SCHED_RANK" id="{{nicTabId}}_SCHED_RANK" name="RANK"/>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </fieldset>
       </div>
     </div>
     <div class="no_auto">