Adding scopes

Login level required for this task: Systems

Scopes are logical groupings of IP addresses associated with a specific subnet mask. IP addresses are allocated from scopes when services such as Windows Web Hosting are provisioned to an organization when IP-based sites are created. Scopes and IP addresses are not used when name-based sites are created. If an organization a site that uses an IP address is removed, the IP address is placed at the end of the scope's available IP addresses.

To add scopes:

  1. Go to the Add Scope form.

  2. On the Add Scope form, provide the following information:

  3. Name. The name of the scope. Any combination of characters is allowed.

  4. Description. Additional information you want to provide about the scope or its intended use. Any combination of characters is allowed.

  5. Add addresses. Select this check box to add the range of IP addresses to the scope. Clear it to add the scope without adding a range of IP addresses. You can add IP addresses to the scope later.

  6. Subnet Mask. The subnet mask associated with the scope (supplied automatically).

  7. First IP to Add. The first IP address in the range of addresses added with the scope.

  8. Last IP to Add. The last IP address in the range of addresses added with the scope. There are two ways to specify the end of the IP address range:

  1. Click Add. The scope is added and appears on the scopes list.