---
title: "calicoctl ipam"
description: "Reference overview of the calicoctl IPAM subcommands in Calico Open Source for IP address management operations."
product: "Calico Open Source"
version: "3.33 (latest)"
section: "Reference"
canonical_url: "https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/calicoctl/ipam/overview"
---

# calicoctl ipam

This section describes the `calicoctl ipam` commands.

Read the [calicoctl Overview](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/calicoctl/overview.md) for a full list of calicoctl commands.

## Displaying the help text for 'calicoctl ipam' commands

Run `calicoctl ipam --help` to display the following help menu for the commands.

```text
Inspect and manage how Calico allocates IP addresses. These commands check
datastore integrity, release addresses, show usage, and tune IPAM
configuration.

Usage:
  calicoctl ipam [command]

Available Commands:
  check       Check the integrity of the IPAM datastructures
  configure   Configure IPAM
  release     Release a Calico assigned IP address
  show        Show details of a Calico assigned IP address or overall IP usage
  split       Split an IP pool into the specified number of smaller IP pools

Flags:
  -h, --help   help for ipam

Global Flags:
      --allow-version-mismatch   Allow client and cluster versions mismatch
      --context string           The name of the kubeconfig context to use
  -l, --log-level string         Set the log level (panic, fatal, error, warn, info, debug) (default "panic")

Use "calicoctl ipam [command] --help" for more information about a command.
```

## IPAM specific commands

Details on the `calicoctl ipam` commands are described in the documents linked below organized by sub command.

- [calicoctl ipam check](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/calicoctl/ipam/check.md)
- [calicoctl ipam configure](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/calicoctl/ipam/configure.md)
- [calicoctl ipam release](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/calicoctl/ipam/release.md)
- [calicoctl ipam show](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/calicoctl/ipam/show.md)
- [calicoctl ipam split](https://docs.tigera.io/calico/latest/reference/calicoctl/ipam/split.md)