Example IPAM pool plans

You can use IPAM to suit the needs of your organization. This section provides examples of how you might organize your IP addresses.

IPv4 pools in multiple AWS Regions

The following example shows an IPAM pool hierarchy for multiple AWS Regions within a top-level pool. Each AWS Regional pool has two IPAM development pools within it, one pool for development resources and one pool for production resources.

IPv4 pools for multiple lines of business

The following example shows an IPAM pool hierarchy for multiple lines of business within a top-level pool. Each pool for each line of business contains three AWS Regional pools. Each Regional pool has two IPAM development pools within it, one pool for pre-production resources and one pool for production resources.

IPv6 pools in an AWS Region

The following example shows an IPAM IPv6 pool hierarchy for multiple lines of business within a Regional pool. Each Regional pool has three IPAM pools within it, one pool for sandbox resources, one pool for development resources, and one pool for production resources.

Subnet pools for multiple lines of business

The following example shows a resource planning pool hierarchy for multiple lines of business and dev/ prod subnet pools. For more information on subnet IP address space planning using IPAM, see Tutorial: Plan VPC IP address space for subnet IP allocations.