| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
                
                                                            | default_gw 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "0.0.0.0" | The default gateway associated with the IPv4 addresses in the block. | 
                            
                                                            | description 
                    -
                                                                 |  | The user-defined description of the IP address pool. Enter up to 256 characters. You can use any characters or spaces except the following: ` (accent mark),  (backslash), ^ (carat), " (double quote), = (equal sign), > (greater than), < (less than), or ' (single quote). aliases: descr, descrption
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                                                            | first_addr 
                    -
                                                                 |  | The first IPv4 address in the IPv4 addresses block. This is the From field in the UCS Manager Add IPv4 Blocks menu. | 
                            
                                                            | hostname 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | IP address or hostname of Cisco UCS Manager. | 
                            
                                                            | ipv6_default_gw 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "::" | The default gateway associated with the IPv6 addresses in the block. | 
                            
                                                            | ipv6_first_addr 
                    -
                                                                 |  | The first IPv6 address in the IPv6 addresses block. This is the From field in the UCS Manager Add IPv6 Blocks menu. | 
                            
                                                            | ipv6_last_addr 
                    -
                                                                 |  | The last IPv6 address in the IPv6 addresses block. This is the To field in the UCS Manager Add IPv6 Blocks menu. | 
                            
                                                            | ipv6_prefix 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "64" | The network address prefix associated with the IPv6 addresses in the block. | 
                            
                                                            | ipv6_primary_dns 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "::" | The primary DNS server that this block of IPv6 addresses should access. | 
                            
                                                            | ipv6_secondary_dns 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "::" | The secondary DNS server that this block of IPv6 addresses should access. | 
                            
                                                            | last_addr 
                    -
                                                                 |  | The last IPv4 address in the IPv4 addresses block. This is the To field in the UCS Manager Add IPv4 Blocks menu. | 
                            
                                                            | name 
                    -
                                             / required                     |  | The name of the IP address pool. This name can be between 1 and 32 alphanumeric characters. You cannot use spaces or any special characters other than - (hyphen), "_" (underscore), : (colon), and . (period). You cannot change this name after the IP address pool is created. | 
                            
                                                            | order 
                    -
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            default ←sequential | The Assignment Order field. This can be one of the following: default - Cisco UCS Manager selects a random identity from the pool. sequential - Cisco UCS Manager selects the lowest available identity from the pool. | 
                            
                                                            | org_dn 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "org-root" | Org dn (distinguished name) | 
                            
                                                            | password 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | Password for Cisco UCS Manager authentication. | 
                            
                                                            | port 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | Port number to be used during connection (by default uses 443 for https and 80 for http connection). | 
                            
                                                            | primary_dns 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "0.0.0.0" | The primary DNS server that this block of IPv4 addresses should access. | 
                            
                                                            | proxy 
                    string
                                                                 |  | If use_proxy is no, specfies proxy to be used for connection. e.g. 'http://proxy.xy.z:8080' | 
                            
                                                            | secondary_dns 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "0.0.0.0" | The secondary DNS server that this block of IPv4 addresses should access. | 
                            
                                                            | state 
                    -
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            present ←absent | If present, will verify IP pool is present and will create if needed. If absent, will verify IP pool is absent and will delete if needed. | 
                            
                                                            | subnet_mask 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "255.255.255.0" | The subnet mask associated with the IPv4 addresses in the block. | 
                            
                                                            | use_proxy 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | If no, will not use the proxy as defined by system environment variable. | 
                            
                                                            | use_ssl 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | If no, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection. | 
                            
                                                            | username 
                    string
                                                                 | Default: 
 "admin" | Username for Cisco UCS Manager authentication. |