DNS/DHCP Management Console

Manage Service

The Service object acts as a container object for subnet, shared network, host, zone, class, TSIG key, and failover peer.

To create a Service:

  1. Specify the name of the service.
  2. Specify the name of the eDirectory context or browse to select it.
  3. Select a server from the drop-down list.
  4. Click Create.

General

Custom Options

Displays the options that the server can use to communicate with the client. These are the predefined options in the system and it is not possible to modify them.

You can declare custom options for customization purposes.

To add a custom option:

  1. Click Add.
  2. Select an option code from the drop-down list.
  3. Select an option type from the Data Syntax drop-down list.
  4. Specify the option name in the Description field.
  5. Click OK.

        To delete custom option:

Settings

These settings are used to define configuration settings for a service.

To add/modify a setting:

  1. Click Modify.
  2. Select a setting from the list.
  3. Click Add.
  4. Specify a setting value.
  5. Click OK.

To delete settings:

Configured Options

You can define values for the predefined options that are declared in the Available Option list.

For example, Time Offset is a predefined option in the Available Option list. Use the Configured Options task, to set a value for the Time Offset option.

To add a configured option:

  1. Click Modify.
  2. Select an option name from the list.
  3. Click Add.
  4. Specify an option value.
  5. Click OK.

To delete a configured option:

To modify a configured option:

  1. Select an option.
  2. Click Modify.
  3. Specify an option value.

A list of options and their definitions is found in the Novell DNS/DHCP Services Administration Guide.


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