You can configure IP address pools for use by components such as DHCP.

Procedure

  1. With admin privileges, log in to NSX Manager.
  2. Navigate to Networking > IP Address Pools.
  3. Click Add IP Address Pool.
  4. Enter a name and optionally a description.
  5. From the Subnets column, click Set to add the subnets.
  6. Click the Add Subnet drop-down menu and choose either IP Block or IP Ranges:
    • Choose IP Block to use an IP block of the allowable IP addresses:
      Setting Description
      Select IP Blocks Choose an IP address block.
      Size Specify the size or the number of IP addresses in the IP address block.
      Allocation Range Specify the allocation range for the IP address block.
      Note: For an IPv6 address block, you must specify an allocation range. The allocation range value cannot be more than 1048576.
      Auto Assign Gateway Click the toggle to enable or disable automatic gateway IP assignment.
    • Choose IP Ranges to specify the range of IP addresses that can be used:
      Setting Description
      Enter IPv4 or IPv6 Ranges Enter the range of IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.
      Note: Transport nodes and tunnel endpoints (TEPs) do not allow a mixed IP address pool to be used (an IP pool with both IPv4 and IPv6 ranges). Ensure that the IP range consists of only IPv4 or only IPv6 addresses.
      CIDR Enter the IP address range in CIDR format.
      Gateway IP Enter the gateway address.
      DNS Server Enter the list of the DNS (domain name system) server IP addresses separated by commas.
      DNS Suffix Enter the DNS suffix.

      For example, corp.local.
  7. Click Add and then Apply.
  8. Click Save.
    Note: After you add an IP address pool and IP addresses have been allocated from the pool, you will not be able to delete the pool. If you want to expand the pool, you must add new IP ranges. For example, if the existing range is 192.168.1.11 - 192.168.1.20 and you want to expand it to 192.168.1.10 - 192.168.1.30, add the following two ranges:
    • 192.168.1.10 - 192.168.1.10
    • 192.168.1.21 - 192.168.1.30