- Go to Fabric > Access Policies > Pools > VLAN.
- Right-click VLAN and select Create VLAN Pool.
- In the Name field, enter VLANPool1.
- From the Allocation mode option, select Dynamic Allocation. In this example, Dynamic allocation mode is used to enable APIC to choose VLANs from the pool. Note: Use Static mode when the VLAN pool is referenced from a static source, such as a static path binding for an EPG for use with servers.
- From the Encap Blocks field, click the Add (+) icon.
- In the VLAN Range fields, enter 1611 and 2000.
- From the Allocation Mode field, select Dynamic Allocation.
- For the Role, select External or On the wire encapsulations.
- Click OK and then Submit.