# Add new IPAM Before start monitoring IPAM, you should create a new IPAM entry. 1\. Click to **IPAM** on the left pane.
2\. On **IPAM Management** screen, click **Add (+)** button on the right top section.
3\. You will get the fields as follows.
*Refer to the following table to understand the fields in the above screen.*
FieldsDescription
Name A label or name that is assigned to a IPAM.
IP AddressThe numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network is called an "IP address." An IP address is typically represented in the format XXX.XXX.XXX.XX, where each "XXX" is a number ranging from 0 to 255, and the "XX" is a similar two-digit number. IP addresses are used to uniquely identify and locate devices on a network.
TriggerYou may want to assign the servers to a custom Trigger if target server is in an Isolated network or if you want to setup a scalable infrastructure. You will only see available Triggers in this field.
CIDRClassless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) enables efficient allocation and management of IP addresses by utilizing variable-length subnet masking to group and organize IP addresses in a flexible and scalable manner.
Inventory Interval

This option defines frequency of Inventory Collector. Inventory Collector is responsible for:

· Collecting server inventory like pending updates, installed applications, local administrators etc.

· Collecting module inventory like virtual machines, web sites, databases etc.

· Hardware Health Monitoring

· Windows Firewall Logs

· Change Tracking

Debug

To choose debug such as:

· Off

· Inventory: Only collects debug logs for Inventory Collector

· Monitoring: Only collects debug logs for Monitoring Collector

· On: Collects debug logs for Inventory and Monitoring Collector

Status

To choose a server status such as:

· Active: Enables monitoring for server

· Maintenance: Enables maintenance mode for server and disables all notifications

· Reconnect: Restarts all collectors for server

· Disabled: Disables monitoring for server

Logging TypeLogging Levels determine the frequency at which statistic queries occur, the length of time statistical data is stored in the database and the type of statistical data that is collected.
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