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Objects and Certificates Object Management Address Pools

Last updated: Jul 29, 2025

Address Pools

You can configure IP address pools for both IPv4 and IPv6 that can be used for clustering or for VPN remote access profiles. For clustering in Individual interface mode, you can also configure MAC address pools.

Procedure

1

Select Objects > Object Management > Address Pools.
2

Click IPv4 Pools and then Add IPv4 Pools, and configure the following fields.

  • Name—Enter the name of the address pool. It can be up to 64 characters

  • Description—Add an optional description for this pool.

  • IP Address—Enter a range of addresses available in the pool. Use dotted decimal notation and a dash between the beginning and the end address, for example: 10.10.147.100-10.10.147.177.

  • Mask—Identifies the subnet on which this IP address pool resides.

  • Allow Overrides—Check this check box to enable object overrides. Click the expand arrow to show the Overrides table. You can add a new override by clicking Add. See Object Overrides for more information.
3

Click Save.

4

Click IPv6 Pools and then Add IPv6 Pools, and configure the following fields.

  • Name—Enter the name of the address pool. It can be up to 64 characters

  • Description—Add an optional description for this pool.

  • IPv6 Address—Enter the first IP address available in the configured pool and the prefix length in bits. For example: 2001:DB8::1/64.

  • Number of Addresses—Identifies the number of IPv6 addresses, starting at the Starting IP Address, that are in the pool.

  • Allow Overrides—Check this check box to enable overrides. Click the expand arrow to show the Overrides table. You can add a new override by clicking Add. See Object Overrides for more information.
5

Click Save.

6

Click MAC Address Pool and then Add MAC Address Pool, and configure the following fields.

For clustering in Individual interface mode, you can configure a MAC address pool for the interface. It is not common to manually configure MAC addresses for an interface, but if you have special needs to do so, then this pool is used to assign a unique MAC address to each interface. See Configure the MAC Address.

  • Name—Enter the name of the address pool. It can be up to 64 characters

  • Description—Add an optional description for this pool.

  • MAC Address Range—Enter a range of MAC addresses available in the pool. Use a dash between the beginning and the end address, for example: 000C.F142.4CD1-000C.F142.4CD7.

  • Allow Overrides—Check this check box to enable overrides. Click the expand arrow to show the Overrides table. You can add a new override by clicking Add. See Object Overrides for more information.
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