Step 1

From the left navigation panel, click Create Pools > IP > Start.

Step 2

Add the following information on the General page:

• Organization—The organization of the IP pool.
• Name—Name of the IP pool.
• Add Tag—The tag to identify and search for the IP pool.
• Description—The description the IP pool.
• Configure Subnet at Block Level—Select the checkbox to enable subnet configurations for each IP block within IPv4 and IPv6 pools.

Step 3

Click Next.

Step 4

[Optional] Configure IPv4 pools:

1. Use the Configure IPv4 Pool toggle button to enable IPv4 pool configuration. By default, it is enabled. You can opt to configure the IPv4 pool later.

2. If you have opted to configure the Netmask, Gateway, Primary DNS, and Secondary DNS fields at the pool-level, enter these details under Configuration. If you have opted to configure these fields at the block-level, enter these details while configuring the IP block.

3. Under IP Blocks, configure one or more IP blocks:

   1. Click Add IP Blocks to add an IP block.

   2. Enter the following parameters for the IP block:

      Note	You can configure the Netmask, Gateway, Primary DNS, and Secondary DNS fields at the pool-level or the block-level.

      • From—Starting IP address of the IP pool.

      • Size—Number of IP addresses allocated for the IP pool.

      • Netmask—the netmask associated with the IP pool.

      • Gateway—The IP address of the gateway for the IP pool.

        Note	If the IP Pool is to be used for an IMC Access policy, ensure that the gateway IP address specified in the IP Pool has connectivity to Cisco IMC.

      • Primary DNS—the primary DNS server that this block of IP addresses should access.

      • Secondary DNS—the secondary DNS server that this block of IP addresses should access.

Step 5

[Optional] Configure IPv6 pools:

1. Use the Configure IPv6 Pool toggle button to enable IPv6 pool configuration. By default, it is enabled. You can also opt to configure an IPv6 pool later.

2. If you have opted to configure the Prefix, Gateway, Primary DNS, and Secondary DNS fields at the pool level, enter these details under Configuration. If you have opted to configure these fields at the block level, enter these details while configuring the IP block.

3. Under IP Blocks, configure one or more IP blocks:

   1. Click Add IP Blocks to add an IP block.

   2. Enter the following parameters for the IP block:

      Note	You can configure the Prefix, Gateway, Primary DNS, and Secondary DNS fields at the pool-level or the block-level.

      • From—Starting IP address of the IP pool.

      • Size—Number of IP addresses allocated for the IP pool.

      • Prefix: The prefix associated with the IP pool.

      • Gateway: The IP address of the gateway for the IP pool.

        Note	If the IP Pool is to be used for an IMC Access policy, ensure that the gateway IP address specified in the IP Pool has connectivity to Cisco IMC.

      • Primary DNS—the primary DNS server that this block of IP addresses should access.

      • Secondary DNS—the secondary DNS server that this block of IP addresses should access.

Step 6

Click Create.

Step 1

From the left navigation panel, click Pools > MAC > Create MAC Pool.

Step 2

Add the following information on the General page:

• Name—Name of the MAC pool
• Description—An optional description of the MAC pool.
• Organization—The organization to which the MAC pool belongs.
• Add Tag—An optional tag to identify and search for the MAC pool.

Step 3

Click Next. The Pool Details page appears.

Step 4

Add the following configuration information in the MAC Blocks area:

• From—Indicates the first MAC address in the block.
• Size—Indicates the number of MAC addresses in the block.

Step 5

To add more blocks, click + and then add the starting MAC address and total number of MAC addresses in the new block.

Step 6

Click Create.

Step 1

From the left navigation panel, click Pools > UUID > Create UUID Pool.

Step 2

Add the following information on the General page:

• Organization—An organization to which the UUID pool belongs.
• Name—Name of the UUID pool.
• Set Tags—An optional tag to identify and search for the UUID pool.
• Description—An optional description of the UUID pool.

Step 3

Click Next. The Pool Details page appears.

Step 4

In the Configuration section, add the UUID Prefix number in hexadecimal format. Example, 1728E8C7-7B40-47E8

Step 5

In the UUID Blocks section, add the following configuration details:

• From—Indicates the UUID suffix number of the block in hexadecimal format. Example, 9EDE-0E52924AC87A
• Size—Indicates the number of UUID identifiers in the block. The size ranges from 1 to 1000.

Step 6

To add more blocks, click + and then add the starting UUID suffix and total number of UUID identifiers in the new block.

Step 7

Click Create.

Step 1

From the left navigation panel, click Pools > WWNN > Create WWNN Pool.

Step 2

Add the following information on the General page:

• Name—Name of the WWNN pool
• Description—An optional description of the WWNN pool.
• Organization—An optional entry of the organization to which the WWNN pool belongs.
• Add Tag—An optional tag to identify and search for the WWNN pool.

Step 3

Click Next. The Pool Details page appears.

Step 4

Add the following configuration information in the Initiator Blocks area:

• From—Indicates the first WWN identifier of the block.
• Size—Indicates the maximum number of identifiers that the block can contain.

Step 5

To add more blocks, click + and then add the starting WWN identifier and maximum number of identifiers that the block can contain.

Step 6

Click Create.

Step 1

From the left navigation panel, click Pools > WWNN > Create WWPN Pool.

Step 2

Add the following information on the General page:

• Name—Name of the WWPN pool
• Description—An optional description of the WWPN pool.
• Organization—An optional entry of the organization to which the WWPN pool belongs.
• Add Tag—An optional tag to identify and search for the WWPN pool.

Step 3

Click Next. The Pool Details page appears.

Step 4

Add the following configuration information in the Initiator Blocks area:

• From—Indicates the first WWN identifier of the block.
• Size—Indicates the maximum number of identifiers that the block can contain.

Step 5

To add more blocks, click + and then add the starting WWN identifier and maximum number of identifiers that the block can contain.

Step 6

Click Create.

Step 1

From the left navigation panel, click Create Pools > Resource > Start.

Step 2

Add the following information on the General page:

• Organization—The organization of the Resource pool.
• Name—Name of the Resource pool.
• Target Platform—The target platform type as UCS Standalone server or UCS FI-Attached server.
• Set Tags—The tag to identify and search for the Resource pool.
• Description—The description of the Resource pool.

Step 3

Click Next. The Static Resource Pool Selection page is displayed with the list of discovered servers based on the target platform type. You can allocate resources to the pool either statically, dynamically, or through both methods.

Step 4

For static allocation, select the servers from the Resource Selection table. Currently, only Server is supported as the resource type for pool creation.

Step 5

Click Next.

Step 6

For dynamic allocation, click Select Policies.

Step 7

Select the required policies from the Select Policies window.

Step 8

Click Select.

Step 9

Click Next.

Step 10

On the Summary page, verify the details.

Step 11

Click Create.

Step 1

From the left navigation panel, click Virtual Routing And Forwarding > VRFs > Create VRF.

Step 2

Add the following information on the General page:

• Name—Name of the VRF instance
• Description—An optional description of the VRF instance.
• Organization—An optional entry of the organization to which the VRF instance belongs.
• Add Tag—An optional tag to identify and search for the VRF instance.

Step 3

Click Create.