DNS/DHCP Management Console

Manage Pool

A Pool is a designated range of IP addresses used to specify a range type assignment.

The Pool object represents a range of addresses for dynamic address assignment or for exclusion from the address assignment.

To create a pool:

  1. Select a service from the list. All of the subnets created under the service and the service or shared network hierarchy are displayed.
  2. Select a subnet from the list.
  3. In the Address Pool Name field, type the name of the subnet address pool.
  4. Specify the lower and upper limits of the address range in the Start Address and End Address fields.
  5. Click Create.

General

  1. From the 'Range Type' drop-down menu, select one of the following:

You can enable the DNS Update Option parameter by assigning the Dynamic DHCP range type. If Always Update is selected, the DHCP server updates DNS as dynamic addresses are assigned and released.

You can enable the DNS Update Option parameter by assigning the Dynamic BOOTP and DHCP range type. If Always Update is selected, the DHCP server updates DNS as dynamic addresses are assigned and released.

  1. From the 'Select the Failover Peer' drop-down, specify the Failover Peer.
  2. If you choose to do a Dynamic update, then select 'Always Update' from the DNS Update drop-down.
  3. You can also associate one or more classes for a pool.

All the classes associated with the pool are listed in the Available DHCP Class(es) list. Select a class from the list and click on the right-arrow button beside Allowed DHCP Class(es) field.  The selected class is designated to service the specified pool object. Use the same procedure to associate more classes for a specific pool.

To remove a class from the Allowed DHCP Class(es) list, select the class, then click the left-arrow button.

To deny allocation of IP address from a pool to a specific class, click on the right-arrow button beside Denied DHCP Class(es). Use the same procedure to include more classes in the Denied Classes list.

To remove a class from the Denied DHCP Class(es) list, select the class, then click the left-arrow button.

You can type your comments about the definition in the Comments field. This field is optional.

Settings

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

To add/modify a setting:

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

To delete settings:

Configured Option

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 can be found in the Novell DNS/DHCP Services Administration Guide.


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