> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.console.zenlayer.com/api-reference/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.console.zenlayer.com/api-reference/bmc/overview.md).

# Overview

Bare Metal Cloud (BMC) provides dedicated physical servers with cloud-like elasticity. Use the APIs in this section to create and manage bare metal instances, CIDR blocks, elastic IPs, VPCs and load balancing.