The ability to manage the usage of IP Address has four options:

  • Pack Usages

  • Change IP Address Status

  • View the Associates of the IP Address

  • Add Exclude Range

The Change Status features allows you to modify the status of an IP address range without deleting the range.

Note: Changing the status only affects the status for the specified range, not the entire address pool.

The current status options are:

  • Ready - Identifies the IP address ranges that can be used for device IP address comparison or inserted in an editor

  • Used - Identifies the IP address ranges that are currently being utilized

  • Held - Identifies IP address ranges that have been assigned by Network Configuration Manager -- but not yet deployed to a device

  • Excluded - Identifies address ranges that are currently excluded from use in Network Configuration Manager.

To change the status of an IP Address range,

  1. From the menu bar, select Tools -> System Administration .

  2. Next, select Network -> Address Pool. The Address Pools List window opens. All existing IP Address Pools are listed.  

  3. Select an Address pool, then click Manage Usages. The Manage Address Usages window opens.

     

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  4. Select the IP address row, then click Change Status. The Change Usage Status window opens.

  5. From the drop-down list, select the new status for the IP Address.

  6. Click OK. The Change Usage Status window closes, and the Manage Address Usages window updates.