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Managing DHCP

Events and Alerts

120 Novell DNS/DHCP Management Utility Administration Guide
After configuring your DHCP servers and beginning to provide DHCP
services, you can also perform auditing or generate SNMP traps.
Deciding which DHCP options to use depends on your implementation. Refer
to "DHCP Options" on page 43
BOOTP options.
Managing DDNS is complicated because each Subnet Address Range type
requires a different configuration. Each type's configuration requirements are
described later in this chapter.
It is important to understand the difference between static (or manual) and
dynamic address assignment. If you use static address assignment, you must
use the DNS/DHCP Management Utility to assign permanent IP addresses to
the clients in your tree. If you are using dynamic address assignment, the
DHCP server assigns the address to a client when it starts.
You can deny address assignment to clients based on hardware address-based
exclusion.
You can configure the DNS and DHCP servers to maintain a history of server
activity in the events log. Events are activities that are considered significant,
such as the loading or unloading of the server or problems the server
encounters. The events logged depend on the parameters set on the server.
You can configure DNS and DHCP servers to log major events, all events, or
none (the default).
Event logs can be saved for future reference. When you are logging events, it
is important to pay attention to the event log size. Event logs grow rapidly,
especially if you are experiencing or researching problems. Event logs should
be maintained or purged regularly to control the amount of disk space used.
You can launch the CSAUDIT management utility by typing CSAUDIT at the
server console.
Refer to "Configuring for Auditing" on page 104
configuring event logging and viewing the event logs.
for information about available DHCP and
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