IPv4 network templates contain a collection of standard settings that can be applied
to IPv4 networks. Use network templates to standardize address assignments, reserved address
ranges, DHCP ranges, and deployment options for a set of networks. You can create several
network templates, but only one template can apply to a network at a time.
You can remove templates from networks and delete network templates. When you remove
a template from a network, the settings the template applied to your networks remain
in place. After removing the template from a network, future changes to the template
do not affect the network. When you delete a network template, the settings the
template applied to your networks remain in place.
After changing settings in the template, you can re-apply the template to the
networks based on it. For more information, refer to Applying network templates updates.
To create a network template:
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Select the IP Space tab. Tabs remember the page you
last worked on, so select the tab again to ensure you're on the
Configuration information page.
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From the configuration drop-down menu, select a configuration.
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Under IPv4 Network Templates, click
New. The Add IPv4 Network
Template page opens.
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Under General, set the name for the network template and
determine the location of the network gateway:
- Name—enter a name for the network template.
- Gateway Offset—enter a value for the position of
the network gateway. Select from start or from end to offset the gateway
from the start or end of the network.
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Under Network Structure, define reserved addresses, DHCP
range, or IP group settings. Click the New button and
then use these fields to create a network structure:
Note: IP addresses
included in different types of network structures cannot be overlapped. Overlapping
IP addresses in different network structures will cause an error.
- Type—select Reserved Addresses, DHCP
Range, or IP Group.
- Defined By—select the type of method that will be
used to create a DHCP range. This field will only be available when DHCP
Range is selected. Depending on the method selected, different values
are required in the Offset/Start Offset and
Size/End Offset fields.
- Offset/Start Offset—enter a value for the
starting position of the address block or DHCP range.
- Size/End Offset—for Reserved Addresses
and IP Group types, enter a value for the number of
addresses in the address block. For DHCP Range,
if you select Offsets, enter a value for the ending position of the DHCP
range. If you select Offsets and Size, enter a set value for the size of
the DHCP range. If you select Offsets and Percentage, enter a value for
the size of the DHCP range in proportion to the parent network size. For
example, the value 20 represents 20% of the parent network size.
- Direction—select from
start or from end to offset the
reserved addresses or DHCP range from the start or end of the network.
When you select from start, the offset is counted from the start of the
network and the reserved addresses or DHCP range is counted forward.
When you select from end, the offset is counted from the end of the
network, and the reserved addresses or DHCP range is counted
backward.
Two examples:
- In the network 192.0.1.0/24, selecting from
start and setting
Offset to 10 and
Size to 10 creates a range of 10
addresses beginning at 192.0.1.10 and counting forward to
192.0.1.19.
- In the network 192.0.1.0/24, selecting from
end and setting
Offset to 10 and
Size to 10 creates a range of 10
addresses beginning at 192.0.1.245 and counting backward to
192.0.1.236.
- Name—type a descriptive name to describe the
purpose of the block. The Name field is mandatory
for the IP group type.
Network templates can also contain deployment options, including DHCP Client,
DHCP Service, DHCP Vendor, DHCPv4 Raw, DNS Raw, and DNS options, as well as
a Start of Authority setting. After creating a network template, click the
template’s Deployment Options tab to set these
options in the template.
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Click
Add or click Add
Next.