About IP address formats
Several settings throughout the Management Console require IP addresses. Use these accepted formats:
For IPv4 addresses, use the format x.x.x.x, where x is an octet decimal value between 0 and 255, with each octet separated by periods. IPv4 addresses must contain three periods and four octets. Optionally, addresses may contain a prefix, which provides the subnet mask. IPv4 prefix length is 1 to 32.
For IPv6 addresses, use the format y:y:y:y:y:y:y:y, where y is a segment and can be any hexadecimal value between 0 and FFFF. The segments are separated by colons, not periods. An IPv6 normal address must have eight segments. Short form notation allows for the removal of leading zeros in a segment and the replacement of consecutive all-zero segments with double colons. IPv6 prefix length is 1 to 128.
Wildcard entries are allowed, unless otherwise stated in an item’s description.
Examples | Description |
192.0.2.0 | IPv4 |
203.0.113.0/24 | IPv4 where “/24” is the subnet mask prefix |
2001:0DB8:ABCD:0012:0000:0000:0000:12FF | IPv6 expanded |
2001:DB8:ABCD:12:0000:0000:0000:12FF | IPv6 with leading zeros removed |
2001:DB8:ABCD:12::12FF | IPv6 with leading zeros and all-zero segments removed |
2001:DB8:ABCD:12::12FF/64 | IPv6 with short notation and subnet mask prefix |
0.0.0.0/0 or All IPv4 | Wildcards for all single-stack IPv4 |
::/0 or All IPv6 | Wildcards for all single-stack IPv6 |
All IP | Wildcard for all IP addresses |