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--- userguide:network:pooling [2014/07/23 01:36]
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 [[userguide:servermanagement|Server Management]] > [[userguide:servermanagement:systemsettings|System Settings]] > IP Address Allocation
-Use this page to specify acceptable IP address ranges for this server.  If enabled, only IP addresses within the ranges listed in the Acceptable Ranges section will be allowed for use by virtual sites.
+Use this page to specify acceptable IP address ranges for this server.
+IP address allocation provides a way to select from allowable IP addresses for the server. This is a convenience feature for assigning IP addresses for sites on the machine and is also intended to help prevent incorrect assignments and potential conflicts or misuse. Increasing numbers of supportable sites per server makes this scaling feature all the more important and useful.
+The IP Address Allocation menu is used to specify an acceptable IP address range for the Ethernet ports for the server. Later, when an IP address is assigned to a virtual site, it must fall within this range to be accepted.
 Click the [[userguide:network:poolingmodify|Add button]] to specify a new range.

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