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

DNS/DHCP Management Utility

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Novell DNS/DHCP Management Utility Administration Guide
The DHCP software has one DHCP server NetWare Loadable Module
(NLM ) file that supports both LAN and remote access clients.
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You can configure the DHCP server to ping an address to verify that no
other device is using it before assigning the address to a client.
Provides fault tolerance as follows:
A server can survive a temporary local eDirectory service outage and
recover automatically.
DHCP configuration is replicated like other eDirectory data.
DHCP auditing can help diagnose problems. Each incidence of address
deletion, addition, and rejection is recorded.
Novell DNS/DHCP Services supports the features that were previously
provided by Novell DHCP Server 2.0 and supports the standards of the RFCs
in the following list:
RFC 2131—Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
RFC 2132—DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions
RFC 2241—DHCP Options and Novell Directory Services
RFC 2242—NetWare/IP Domain Name and Information
Novell DNS/DHCP Services also supports the BOOTP standards of the RFCs
in the following list:
RFC 1497—BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions
RFC 1534—Interoperation Between DHCP and BOOTP
RFC 1542—Clarifications and Extensions for the Bootstrap Protocol
Refer to "DHCP Options" on page 43
The DNS/DHCP Management Utility is a Web-based utility used to configure
and manage eDirectory-based DNS and DHCP. eDirectory is used as a
database to store the administered IP address and name service objects.
The DNS/DHCP Management Utility can run on any browser workstation and
does not require a Novell client or any installed component as a prerequisite.
for a list of all supported DHCP options.
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