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IPAM Lists Management - Overview

IPAM Lists Management is accessed from the Admin section, under the IPAM Admin tab.

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Six numbering domain types are available in Numbering Authority: Sequential, Multi-Range, Meta Multi-range, UIUDv4, IPv6 Sparse Allocation, and Meta IPv6. 

  • Sequential:

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  • Provides a sequential number domain starting with '0' and progressing in numerical order. 
    • Potential Applications: Ticketing Queues, Customer Numbers
  • Multi-Range:

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  • User-defined numbers and number ranges (e.g.: 2-3,4-6, 25, 27-28) to include or exclude as available. 
    • Potential Applications: VLANs
  • Meta Multi-Range:

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  • The Meta Multi-range numbering type is similar to Multi-range, but includes additional options to specify the ordering sequence.

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  • Users define individual numbers and number ranges (e.g.: 2-3,4-6, 25, 27-28) to include or exclude as available, and then may also specify a Selection name and algorithm to specify the order. 
    • Potential Applications: VLANs
  • UIUD v4:

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  • Generates a Universally Unique Identifier according to v4 (Random) standard. 
    • Potential Applications: Unique Identifiers
  • IPv6 Sparse Allocate:

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  • Determines the next IPv6 block to assign to evenly distribute assignments throughout the provided range. Used with the IPAM IPv6 Aggregate Sparse Allocate function. See: Working with IP Aggregates . 
    • Applications: IPv6 Sparse Allocation
  • Meta IPv6:

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  • The Meta IPv6 numbering type generates the next IPv6 block of the specified mask from a larger aggregate. Users may specify a Selection name and algorithm to specify the order (forwards/backwards).

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  • Optionally, new sub numbering domains may be created automatically at each number generation in order to generate assignment blocks for hierarchical IPv6 relationships.

      Working with Numbering Domains

      See below for additional information on creating Numbering Domains and using domain actions.

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        • Potential Applications: IPv6 Allocation

      Create a Numbering Domain

      Go to Admin → IPAM Admin, and select the "Numbering Authority" page.

      Create a new numbering domain by expanding the "Create New Numbering Domain" section, then typing in a name for the new domain and selecting a domain type.

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      Enter information for the specific domain type, if necessary, and select whether to allow number reuse.  When done, click "Create".


      All Numbering Domains must have, at minimum "Name" provided and a "Type" selected. 

      Additional options may exist based on the selected Numbering Domain type:

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      Multi-Range:

      • Ranges: Enter the numbers / number ranges to include
      • Exclude Ranges (optional): Enter any numbers / number ranges to exclude

      Meta Multi-range:

      Domain
      • Ranges: Enter the numbers / number ranges to include
      • Exclude Ranges (optional): Enter any numbers / number ranges to exclude
      Selection Types:
      • Selection Name: Enter a nickname for each desired selection order to add
      • Selection algorithm: Choose the number ordering method to use for each selection type added. Options are: Forwards, Backwards, Even first, or Odds First. 

      Meta IPv6:

      Domain
      • IP Block: Enter the parent IP Block from which to generate the IPv6 addresses
      • IP Mask: Enter the mask of the parent IP Block
      Selection Types:
      • Selection Name: Enter a nickname for each desired selection type to add
      • Mask: Enter the desired mask of the child blocks to generate
      • Selection algorithm: Choose the number ordering method to use for each selection type added. Options are: Forwards, Backwards.
      • Create Numbering Domain: If other Meta IPv6 Numbering Authority Domains exist, you may opt to create a new numbering domain from an existing domain each time a number is generated. The automatically generated sub-domain may then have numbers generated independently. This may be useful in cases of complicated hierarchical IPv6 relationships, or which multiple levels of exclusions exists.

      IPv6 Sparse Allocate:

      • Starting IPv6: The starting IPv6 block, e.g ABCD:EF01:2345::
      • Starting Block Prefix: Prefix for the starting IPv6 block, e.g 48
      • Increments: the size / increment to use when sparse allocating, e.g. 64
      • Allocation Type: the allocation direction to use - Leftmost, Center, or Rightmost
      Number Domain Actions


      Working with Numbering Domains

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      Once a numbering domain is created, you may perform the following actions:

      Get Next Value: 

      Gets the next value in the domain, adds it to the list of used domain values (assigns to the domain), and displays that value to the user.

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      Meta Multi-Range - Get Next Value with Selection Types:

      If the numbering domain has associated Selections, such as the Meta Multi-range Example below, then the Selection type (pick order) will need to be set prior to generating the next number.

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      To get the next value, Click "Get Next Value" under "Actions", then choose the selection name to use for the number generation.

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      Click "Confirm". The next number, according to the chosen selection order, will be displayed.

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      Meta IPv6 - Get Next Value with Selection Types:

      If "Create numbering domain" was set to create a new domain from an existing Meta IPv6 setup, then each time a number is generated a new Meta-IPv6 sub-domain item will be created using the settings from the referenced domain.

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      Here, we've created a new Meta IPv6 Numbering Authority "Meta IPv6 Example with Domain", where the selection creates a new domain based off "Meta IPv6 Example". 

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      Once created, the new Meta IPv6 domain will be added to the Numbering Authority list. When you are ready, click "Get Next Value" for the domain we just created.

      Note: Above our newly created domain, you can see the domain "Meta IPv6 Example", that we referenced under the "Create numbering domain" setting.

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      Pick the ordering selection to use with the Meta IPv6 domain to generate the next number, then click "Confirm".

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      Once confirmed, the next IPv6 value will be provided. 

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      After closing out of the value result, you will see that an entirely new numbering domain was created - ("Meta IPv6) Automatic domain for abcd:ef01:2345:1::/64" using the settings referenced from "Meta IPv6" example (Note: the browser page may need to be refreshed in order to see the update).

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      Once an Automatic domain has been created, it can have values generated and be managed independently from the original parent domain.

      This allows for more complicated hierarchy assignment systems to have numbers generated at each tier separately, using different masks and/or selection ordering.

      View Assigned Values:

      View values that are assigned to the domain, view used/free status, free assigned blocks, and save key-value metadata to values.

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      Sort by Value and Free/Used values by clicking the column names

      To add metadata to a value, enter your information into the "Key" and "Value" fields under Metadata, then click "Save". 

      Free a value for reuse, if allowed, by clicking "Free" under the value Actions column.

      Delete:

      Deletes the numbering domain.

      Edit IPAM or VLAN Columns

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