Creating IP Pools

If you plan to have more that one host machine for virtual systems (like Xen instances or OpenVZ containers), we recommend defining the IP allocation range for those systems in a single place. This way the range only has to be created once, and can be changed in a single place.

The steps to create a common IP range are :

1. Open the Host Systems category on the left menu, and click on IP Addresses.
2. Go to the Common IP pools tab.
3. In the first empty row, enter starting and ending IP addresses for your allocation range, such as 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.200.
4. Enter a netwask for the range, like 255.255.255.0.
5. If you have one, enter a description for this IP range.
6. Click the Save button.
7. To add another range, repeat the steps above.

Once the range has been created, it will be available when creating or editing host systems.