Editing The Properties Of An Existing Dhcp Pool - Motorola RFS7000 Series System Reference Manual

5-6 Switch Services
8. Click the Add button to create a new DHCP pool. For more information, see
Adding a New DHCP Pool on page
9. Click the Options
functionality. The values associated to options are local to the pool with which they are associated.
For more information, see
10. Click the DDNS button to configure a DDNS domain and server address used with the list of available
pools. For more information, see
11. Click the Options Setup
(by clicking the Options button) only after the options are defined.
12. Click Apply to save changes to the screen. Navigating away from the screen without clicking Apply
results in all changes to the screen being lost.
13. Click the Revert button to display the last saved configuration. Unapplied changes are not saved and
must be re-entered.

5.2.1.1 Editing the Properties of an Existing DHCP Pool

The properties of an existing pool can be modified to suit changing network requirements.
To modify the properties of an existing pool:
1. Select Services
2. Select an existing pool from those displayed (within the Network Pool field) and click the
3. Modify the name of the IP pool from which IP addresses can be issued to client requests on this
interface.
4. Modify the Domain
5. Modify the NetBios Node
following types:
• A b-broadcast
name.
• A p-peer (peer-to-peer node) uses directed calls to communicate with a known NetBIOS name
server, such as a Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server, for the IP address of a NetBIOS
machine.
• A m-mixed is a mixed node that uses broadcasted queries to find a node and queries a known
p-node name server for the address.
• A h-hybrid is a combination of two or all of the nodes mentioned above.
6. Change the name of the boot file used for this pool within the
7. From the Network
the switch interface used for the newly created DHCP configuration. Use VLAN1 as a default interface
if no others have been defined.
8. Additionally, define the network
requests between the DHCP Server and DHCP clients.
NOTE The network IP address and subnet mask of the pool are required to match the
addresses of the layer 3 interface for addresses to be supported on that interface.
9. Within the Lease Time
clients:
5-7.
button to associate values to options, as defined using the Options Setup
Configuring DHCP Global Options on page
Configuring DHCP Server DDNS Values on page
button to define the option name, code and type. Associate values to them
> DHCP Server from the main menu tree.
name as appropriate for the interface using the pool.
used with this particular pool. The NetBios Node could have one of the
(broadcast node) broadcasts to query network nodes for the owner of a NetBIOS
field, use the Associated Interface
IP Address
field, define one of the two kinds of leases the DHCP Server assigns to its
5-9.
Boot File
drop-down menu to modify (if necessary)
and Subnet Mask used for DHCP discovery and
5-10.
Edit button.
parameter.