Scope Summary Form

The scope summary form shows all the scopes on your system. Scopes are logical groupings of IP addresses associated with a specific subnet mask. IP addresses are allocated from scopes when IP-based sites are created. Scopes and IP addresses are not used when name-based sites are created.

On the scopes summary form you can perform several tasks and view the following information:

Scope summary information

A numerical summary of the scopes in the system. Information includes:

• Total scopes. The total number of scopes in the system.
• Total addresses. The total number of IP addresses in the system.
• Allocated addresses. The total number of IP addresses that have been allocated to sites.
• Reserved addresses. The total number of IP addresses that have been reserved for use by other servers.
• Available addresses. The total number of IP addresses available to be assigned. These addresses are neither in use nor reserved

Scope list information

A list of the scopes in the system. Information includes:

• Name. The name of the scope.
• Start IP. The beginning of the range of IP addresses grouped in the scope.
• End IP. The end of the range of IP addresses grouped in the scope.
• Total addresses. The total number of IP addresses grouped in the scope.
• Available addresses. The total number of IP addresses available in the scope. Available IP addresses are neither in use by sites nor reserved by the service provider.

On this page you can:

Find information by sorting or using page controls.

To move through the pages of a long list, use the page controls located at the bottom right of the list. Grayed-out images indicate you are at the beginning or end of the list and the controls are unavailable.

To change the number of items displayed on lists:

1. Go to the bottom of the left side of any list page.
2. Select, from the drop-down list, the number of items to display.

   The page is refreshed and shows the current number of items.

   The change is reflected on all lists in your control panel. You do not need to change each list individually.

To quickly locate information on a list, you can sort the list by the column headings that are underlined.

To change the sorting order of a list:

1. Click an underlined column heading. appears next to the column heading to indicate the list is sorted by that column and in ascending alphanumeric order.
2. Click the underlined column heading again. appears next to the column heading to indicate the list is sorted by that column in descending alphanumeric order.

• Add scopes by clicking Add Scope on the action bar above the scopes list.
• Click action bar links to perform tasks. Many of these links are enabled only after you select an item from the list. Action bar links include:
  • edit. Change a scope's information.
  • list addresses. List the IP addresses in the scope.

    When you create an IP-based site and choose automatic selection for the IP address, an address is taken from a scope on this list.

How to get to the scope summary form

On the top navigation bar, click Administration, then click the ip addresses tab.