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The Address Wizard is available from the Edit menu.<P> 120 The settings available in the Create Address dialog box are described below.<p> 121 <P><HR NOSHADE><P> 122 123 <table border=0 cellspacing=4 cellpadding=3> 124 125 <tr> 126 <td width=100 valign="top"><a name="ip"><STRONG>IP Address</STRONG></a></td> 127 <td valign="top">Specify the IP address to make available to new 128 DHCP clients. The new address must be unique in the current DHCP network table.</td> 129 </tr> 130 131 132 <tr> 133 <TD WIDTH="100" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><A NAME="name"><STRONG>Client Name</STRONG></A> (optional)</td> 134 <td valign="top">Specify the host name of the client. If you use this option, the DHCP Manager will 135 attempt to create an entry in the <tt>hosts</tt> 136 table.</td> 137 </tr> 138 139 <tr> 140 <TD WIDTH="100" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><a name="server"><STRONG>Owned By Server</STRONG></a></td> 141 <td valign="top">Specify the IP address of the DHCP server 142 that owns the new IP address. This server is 143 responsible for initially responding to the DHCP client's request for 144 IP address allocation.</td> 145 </tr> 146 147 148 <tr> 149 <TD WIDTH="100" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><a name="macro"><STRONG>Configuration Macro</STRONG></a></td> 150 <td valign="top">Specify an optional macro for the server to 151 use to obtain client configuration parameters from the <tt>dhcptab</tt>. Click the arrow to see a list of macros available on the 152 server. If the macro you want to specify does not already exist on the server, you 153 can create it, using the <a href="dhcp_macro_create.html">Create Macro</A> 154 dialog box.</td> 155 </tr> 156 157 <tr> 158 <TD WIDTH="100" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><a name="comment"><STRONG>Comment</STRONG> (optional)</a></td> 159 <td valign="top">Enter an optional text comment.</td> 160 </tr> 161 162 163 </table> 164 165 166 <P><HR NOSHADE><P> 167 168 169 Click Lease to configure the setting for lease status and expiration. 170 The following settings are available. 171 172 173 <table border=0 cellspacing=4 cellpadding=3> 174 175 <tr> 176 177 <TD WIDTH="100" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><a name="cid"><STRONG>Client ID</STRONG></a></td> 178 <td valign="top">A unique indentifier of the DHCP or BOOTP client using this address. The client ID is determined by the vendor of the DHCP client. For non-Solaris DHCP clients, consult your DHCP client documentation for more information.<P> For Solaris DHCP clients, the client ID is a string created by the concatenation of the network hardware type and the client's hardware address. For example, a client with a hardware type of <tt>01</tt> (10-Mb Ethernet) and a hardware address of <tt>8:0:20:11:12:b7</tt> would have a client ID of <tt>010800201112B7</tt>. 179 <p> 180 An entry with a Client ID value of 00 indicates that the address is 181 freely available for dynamic allocation to a requesting client. 182 <p></td> 183 </tr> 184 185 <TR> 186 <TD WIDTH="100" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><a name="res"><STRONG>Reserved</STRONG></a></td> 187 <TD>The address is reserved for this client and cannot be reassigned 188 by the server.</TD> 189 </tr> 190 <TR> 191 <TD WIDTH="100" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><a name="lease"><STRONG>Lease Policy</STRONG></a></td> 192 <td valign="top"> 193 <U>Dynamic:</U> The DHCP server is responsible for the allocation 194 and re-allocation of this range of IP addresses. <P> 195 Enter the expiration time of the lease. You can specify an 196 expiration date for the lease in mm/dd/yyyy format.<P> 197 <U>Permanent:</U> The lease does not expire. 198 </td> 199 </tr> 200 201 202 203 <tr> 204 <TD WIDTH="100" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><A NAME="bootp"><STRONG>Assign Only to BOOTP Clients</STRONG></A></td> 205 <td valign="top">The selected IP address is reserved for 206 BOOTP clients.</td> 207 </tr> 208 209 <tr> 210 <TD WIDTH="100" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><A NAME="unusable"><STRONG>Address is Unusable</STRONG></A></td> 211 <td valign="top">This IP address cannot be used. You can use this setting together 212 with Reserved to prevent a client from booting.</td> 213 </tr> 214 215 </table> 216 217 <p> </p> 218 219 <A HREF="#top"><small>return to top</small></A> 220 221 <!-- Don't go past this line! --> 222 223 </td> 224 225 <!-- End topic block --> 226 227 </tr> 228 229 </table> 230 231 232 <!-- End topic table --> 233 234 </body> 235 </html>