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:

1. Log in to the UCSM.
2. Click on the LAN tab in the navigation pane.
3. Click on the Pools tab and expand root.
4. Click on the IP Pools tab and expand it.
5. Right-click on IP Pool ext-mgmt, and click on Create Block of IPv4 Addresses, as shown in the following screenshot:

6. Enter the management IP address information in From along with range in Size, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway details as shown in the screenshot.
7. Click on Ok.