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These records are stored in the DHCP network tables maintained by the data store.<P> 118 <STRONG>List Addresses</STRONG><BR> 119 To view the records sorted by IP address, click Show Address in 120 the View menu. Servers and clients are listed by IP address instead of by host name.<P> 121 <STRONG>Change Sort</STRONG><BR> 122 The client records are sorted by client 123 IP address or host name. To change the sort, click 124 in the column header. For example, click the Server 125 column heading to view the records alphabetically in ascending 126 order by server name. Hold down the Shift key and click the 127 Server column heading to view the records listed by server 128 in descending order. 129 <P> 130 <STRONG>Add Address</STRONG><BR> 131 To add new addresses to the selected network, choose <a 132 href="dhcp_addr_wiz.html">the Address Wizard</a> from the Edit menu. 133 You can add a single address by selecting 134 <A Href="dhcp_addr_create.html">Create</A> from the Edit menu.<P> 135 <STRONG>Modify Address</STRONG><BR> 136 You can select an address and view the settings assigned to that address, 137 <a href="dhcp_addr_how.html#modaddr">modify</a> one or more settings, and <a 138 href="dhcp_addr_how.html#reladdr">release</A> or <A HREF="dhcp_addr_how.html#deltable">delete</a> addresses in the list. 139 <P><HR NOSHADE><P> 140 <STRONG>Address Settings</STRONG><BR> 141 The address settings are described in the following table.<p> 142 143 144 145 <table border=0 cellspacing=4 cellpadding=3> 146 147 <tr> 148 <td width=100 valign="top"><a name="ip"><STRONG>IP Address</STRONG></a></td> 149 <td valign="top">An IP address in 150 the selected network that can be made available to DHCP clients.</td> 151 </tr> 152 153 <tr> 154 <td width=100 valign="top"><a name="status"><STRONG>Status</STRONG></a></td> 155 156 <td valign="top">The lease and address attributes assigned to the client: 157 158 <table cellspacing=3 cellpadding=3> 159 160 161 <tr> 162 <td width=90 valign="top"><U>Dynamic</U></td> 163 <td valign="top">DHCP server is responsible for the allocation 164 and re-allocation of IP addresses.</td> 165 </tr> 166 167 <tr> 168 <td width=90 valign="top"><U>Permanent</U></td> 169 <td valign="top">Disable evaluation of the lease setting (lease 170 is permanent).</td> 171 </tr> 172 173 <tr> 174 <td width=90 valign="top"><U>Reserved</U><BR>(Manual)</td> 175 <td valign="top">The address is reserved for this client (manually 176 assigned). The DHCP server cannot assign this address to another 177 client. The address cannot be reclaimed by the DHCP server.</td> 178 </tr> 179 180 <tr> 181 <td width=90 valign="top"><A NAME="bootp"><U>BOOTP</U></A></td> 182 <td valign="top">The selected IP addresses are reserved for 183 BOOTP clients only.</td> 184 </tr> 185 186 <tr> 187 <td width=90 valign="top"><A NAME="unuse"><U>Unusable</U></A></td> 188 <td valign="top">This address is not usable. This setting 189 can also be used in combination with the Reserved setting to 190 prevent the client from booting.</td> 191 </tr> 192 </table> 193 </td> 194 </tr> 195 196 <tr> 197 <td width=100 valign="top"><a name="expires"><STRONG>Expires</STRONG></a></td> 198 199 <td width=325 valign="top">The date 200 the lease expires for this IP address. 201 202 You can specify an expiration date for the lease in 203 mm/dd/yyyy format. 204 </td> 205 </tr> 206 207 <tr> 208 <td width=100 valign="top"><a name="server"><STRONG>Server</STRONG></a></td> 209 <td valign="top">The IP address of the DHCP server 210 that owns this IP address. This server is 211 responsible for initially responding to the DHCP client's request for 212 an IP address.</td> 213 </tr> 214 215 <TR> 216 <td width=100 valign="top"><a name="macro"></a><STRONG>Macro</STRONG></td> 217 <td valign="top">An optional macro for the server to 218 use to obtain client configuration parameters from the <tt>dhcptab</tt>.</td> 219 </tr> 220 221 222 <tr> 223 <td width=100 valign="top"><a name="cid"><STRONG>Client ID</STRONG></a></td> 224 <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>. 225 <p> 226 An entry with a Client ID value of 00 indicates that the address is 227 freely available for dynamic allocation to a requesting client. 228 <p></td> 229 </tr> 230 231 <tr> 232 <td width=100 valign="top"><a name="comment"></a><STRONG>Comment</STRONG></td> 233 <td valign="top">An optional text comment.</td> 234 </tr> 235 </table> 236 237 238 <p> 239 <A HREF="#top"><small>return to top</small></A> 240 241 <!-- Don't go past this line! --> 242 243 </td> 244 245 <!-- End topic block --> 246 247 </tr> 248 249 </table> 250 251 252 <!-- End topic table --> 253 254 </body> 255 </html>