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Find Your Additional IP Limit

Stephanie R.
Updated

Learn how to find the number of Additional IPs that can be ordered for your OVHcloud service.

Since October 6th, 2022 our service "Failover IP" has been named Additional IP. This renaming does not affect its technical features.

 

Requirements

 

Instructions

First, access the OVHcloud API and open the /dedicated/server section.

 

Find the service name

You will need the internal name of your dedicated server to find your Additional IP limit. If you do not know, or know how to find, this information you can use the OVHcloud API or the OVHcloud Control Panel to retrieve it.

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In the OVHcloud API, locate the API call below and click Execute.

GET /dedicated/server/

The result will show the internal name of your service.

network_additionalIP_blockLimits02**.png

From the OVHcloud Control Panel:

  1. Select Bare Metal Cloud from the top navigation bar.
  2. Click the Dedicated servers section and select your server.
  3. Find the internal server name. Even if you have renamed your server, the internal name will be visible beneath the new one you created.

network_additionalIP_blockLimits03***.png

 

Find your Additional IP limit

In the OVHcloud API, locate the following API call. You can find it quickly by using the Filter option as shown in the picture below.

GET /dedicated/server/{serviceName}/orderable/ip

Enter the serviceName you found in the previous step, then click Execute.

network_additionalIP_blockLimits04b.png

 

Interpret the result

In the output, the blockSizes, ipNumber, and number fields (shown below in green) determine the Additional IPs available to you.

Example result:

{
  -ipv4: [
     - {
         number: 16,
       - blockSizes: [
            1,
            4,
            8,
            16,
         ],
         optionRequired: null,
         ipNumber: 128,
         included: false,
         type: "failover"
       },
     - {
         type: "failover",
         included: true,
         ipNumber: 128,
         optionRequired: null,
         number: 16,
       - blockSizes: [
            1,
            4,
            8,
            16,
        ]
     }
  ],
  ipv6: [ ]
}

 

The factors that limit the number of Additional IPs/Blocks are ipNumber and number.

  • ipNumber: Shows the total number of IPs (single Additional IP and IPs in Additional IP blocks) that can be routed to the server.
  • number: Shows the number of additional IP products (single Additional IPs or Additional IP blocks) that can be routed to the server.

So, in this example, the number is 16 and the ipNumber is 128, this means that up to 16 Additional IP products can be attached to the server but the total number of IPs (single and as part of a block) routed to the server cannot exceed 128.

 

Go further

For more information and tutorials, please see our other Additional IP or Network support guides or explore the guides for other OVHcloud products and services.

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