Add Range Workflow

This workflow creates a new network range on the NIOS appliance that can be later assigned to vApps and other resources through vRealize Automation. In the Add range workflow, you can specify extensible attributes to assign to the newly-created range.
To add a range:

1. Log in to the vCenter Orchestrator client.
2. Choose Run mode.
3. On the Workflows tab, select the administrator entry –> Library –> IPAM.
4. Right-click the Add range workflow and choose Start workflow.
5. Complete the Connection step to establish the connection to the NIOS IPAM appliance: click the Connection to the IPAM server field. Expand Infoblox IPAM and select the IP address of the Infoblox NIOS Grid member. Click Select.
6. Click Next.
7. In the Range step, specify the network range parameters:
   
   • Start Address
   • End Address
   • Name of the range
   • Comments about the range
   • Disable for DHCP
   • Network address of range’s network
   • Network CIDR of range’s network
   • Network view to which the range belongs

8. Click Next.

9. In the Member step, specify if you want to assign an Infoblox Grid member to the range.

   • If you select Yes, specify the IP address or FQDN of the Infoblox Grid member and the member type.

10. Click Next.

11. (Optional) In the Extensible attributes step, specify the number of, and the values for, any extensible attributes that you want to assign to the network range object that will be created in the result of the workflow execution. For more information about extensible attributes, see Extensible Attributes in IPAM Workflows.

12. Click Next.

13. In the DHCP options step, select if you want to assign DHCP options to the network range.

    • If you select Yes, specify the following:

      • Domain name (DNS suffix)

      • DNS suffixes for search

      • IP addresses of the DNS servers

      • IP addresses of the routers

      • IP addresses of the NetBIOS name servers

14. Click Next.

15. Specify if restarting the DHCP service is needed. When you select Yes, the DHCP service will be restarted when it is required by NIOS configuration. For more information, see Appendix E Operations Requiring Service Restart.

16. Click Submit.