Network Addressing Requirements

Network addressing requirements must be taken into consideration when planning a StarlingX installation.

IPv4 Network Addressing Requirements

Network

Recommended Prefix Length

Minimum Hosts

Maximum Hosts

Example

oam

24

3

224

10.10.10.0/24

pxeboot

24

3

224

169.254.202.0/24

management

24

4

224

192.168.204.0/24

multicast

28

4

28

239.1.1.0/28

cluster-host

24

3

224

192.168.206.0/24

cluster-pod

16

65536

224

172.16.0.0/16

cluster-service

12

65536

220

10.96.0.0/12

IPv6 Network Addressing Requirements

Network

Recommended Prefix Length

Minimum Hosts

Maximum Hosts

Example

oam

64

3

264

2001:db8:1::/64

management

64

4

264

2001:db8:2::/64

multicast

124

4

28

ff08::1:1:0/124

cluster-host

64

3

264

2001:db8:3::/64

cluster-pod

64

65536

264

2001:db8:4::/64

cluster-service

112

65536

220

2001:db8:5::/112