Setup
Add Men and Mice Endpoint
- Login to vRA tenant
- Click on the Catalog tab
- Request the Add Men and Mice Endpoint vRA Catalog Item
- Fill out the form accordingly (see below) and Submit

Add Men and Mice Endpoint
Field | Value |
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Configuration label |
No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore ( Unique label DO NOT prepend with your tenant name and an underscore, e.g. mytenant_ |
Version |
Men & Mice version |
Hostname |
Men & Mice FQDN |
HTTPS? |
Select whether or not the Men & Mice is HTTPS |
Port |
Men & Mice port number |
Credential Configuration for Men and Mice Endpoint | |
Create credential? |
Check the checkbox to create a new credential. |
Credential |
Shown when 'Create credential?' is not checked Select the appropriate credential from an existing list of credentials |
Credential Configuration label |
Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore ( Unique label DO NOT prepend with your tenant name and an underscore, e.g. mytenant_ |
Username |
Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked Username that has necessary permissions |
Password |
Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked User's password |
IPAM Configuration | |
Device custom properties |
Add in any custom device properties (e.g. comments) used for Men & Mice IPAM This field is templatable. Click the link below to view documentation on the SovLabs Template Engine SovLabs Template Engine page |
Add IPAM Profile
- Login to vRA tenant
- Click on the Catalog tab
- Request the Add IPAM Profile vRA Catalog Item
- Fill out the form accordingly (see below) and Submit

Add IPAM Profile
Field | Value |
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Configuration label |
No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore ( Unique label DO NOT prepend with your tenant name and an underscore, e.g. mytenant_ |
Description |
Optional Description of IPAM profile |
IPAM type |
Select 'Men and Mice' as the IPAM type |
Provider host |
Auto-generated list after an IPAM type is selected. If nothing is available, please make sure to have added an IPAM endpoint Select the desired Men and Mice Endpoint |
Subnets, Gateways and Network names |
Type in a subnet and its gateway and network name (all comma separated) into the input field (e.g. Subnet: Gateway: Network Name: Corresponds to the VMware port group name in vCenter to be configured on the VM for this nic. Please refer to your vCenter configuration to identify what this value should be (vSphere Client > Networking > Portgroups) Network Mask: Optional / Can be templated This field is templatable. Click the link below to view documentation on the SovLabs Template Engine SovLabs Template Engine page |
Excluded IPs |
Enter all IPs to be excluded (e.g. |
NIC number |
Enter in a NIC number ( |
Primary DNS |
Input Primary DNS |
Secondary DNS |
Input Secondary DNS |
DNS suffix |
Input DNS suffix |
DNS search suffix |
Comma separate values Input DNS search suffix(es) |
Primary WINS |
Input Primary WINS |
Secondary WINS |
Input Secondary WINS |