IP Pools are the logical IP address that can be assigned to blade servers. There are two kind of IP pools in UCSM.
- ext-mgmt pool
- iscsi-initiator pool
An ext-mgmt pool is collection of IP addresses that are assigned as management interface to blade server. This IP address provide KVM console to manage the server remotely while iscsi-initiator pool provide the IP address for accessing the iSCSI storage
The following are the steps to create ext-mgmt pool:
- Log in to the UCSM.
- Click on the LAN tab in the navigation pane.
- Click on the Pools tab and expand root.
- Click on the IP Pools tab and expand it.
- Right-click on IP Pool ext-mgmt, and click on Create Block of IPv4 Addresses, as shown in the following screenshot:
- Enter the management IP address information in From along with range in Size, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway details as shown in the screenshot.
- Click on Ok.