Understanding The Dns/Dhcp Management Utility - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

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Understanding the DNS/DHCP Management Utility

Debug Log - Use of Flags
Flag Use
Turns on a background screen log of DHCP packets
-d1
Turns on a background screen log of Debug statements and DHCP
-d2
packets
Turns on a background screen log of Debug statements and DHCP
-d3
packets and writes the log to the server's
\ETC\DHCP\DHCPSRVR.LOG file
This section provides information about the DNS/DHCP Management Utility,
the Web-based utility used to configure and manage eDirectory-based DNS
and DHCP.
The DNS/DHCP Management Utility can run on any browser workstation and
does not require the Novell client or any installed component as a prerequisite.
It operates within the common eDirectory Management framework and is
thus tightly integrated with Netware 6.
Separate Web-based utilities provide configuration and management for the
two major functions of the DNS/DHCP Management Utility: IP address
management and name service management. Each utility is self-contained and
can provide the functions necessary to conduct address or name management.
eDirectory is used as a database to store the administered IP address and name
service objects.
The Locator object is created at the time of Netware 6 installation, if you
choose the DNS/DHCP option. The Locator object serves as the catalog for
most of the DNS and DHCP objects; therefore, the DNS/DHCP Management
Utility is not required to search or scan the entire eDirectory tree to collect all
the DNS and DHCP objects for initial tree display.
The creator of the Locator object should grant Read and Write rights to this
object to the network administrators. They will use the DNS/DHCP
Management Utility to create, update, or delete any DNS or DHCP objects.
This allows the contents of the Locator object to be updated when necessary.
For more information, refer to "Overview of Interface Interaction" on page 52.
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