Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
Management

Chapter 6
6	Using DNS to Balance Work Load
6.1	DNS Clusters
6.2	Round-Robin Scheduling
6.2.1	Disabling Round-Robin Scheduling
6.3	Load Broker Concepts
6.3.1	How the Load Broker Works
6.3.2	How the Metric Server Calculates Load
6.4	Load Broker Startup and Shutdown
6.5	Configuring the Load Broker
6.5.1	Enabling the Load Broker
6.5.2	Load Broker Logical Names
6.5.3	Metric Server Logical Names
6.6	Metric Server Startup and Shutdown
6.7	Solving Load Broker Problems
6.7.1	Metric View Utility
6.7.2	Viewing Diagnostic Messages
Part 3
Part 3	Configuring Services
Chapter 7
7	Configuring the DHCP Server
7.1	Key Concepts
7.1.1	How DHCP Operates
7.1.2	How DHCP Allocates IP Addresses
7.1.3	Relationship Between DHCP and BOOTP
7.1.4	Client ID
7.2	DHCP Server Components
7.2.1	Executable Files
7.2.2	Configuration Files
7.2.2.1	Server Policy
7.2.2.2	Client Configuration Parameter
7.2.2.3	Network Addresses
7.2.2.4	Netmask Masks
7.2.2.5	NamePool
7.2.2.6	.DDNSKEYS
7.2.3	Command Files
7.2.4	Logical Names
7.2.5	Log Files
7.3	DHCP Server Startup and Shutdown
7.3.1	Stopping the DHCP Server Process
7.4	Configuring the DHCP Server
7.4.1	Enabling the DHCP Server
7.4.2	Configuring DHCP and DNS/BIND to Assign Host Names
7.4.2.1	Dynamically Assigning Host Names
7.4.2.2	Statically Assigning Host Names
7.4.3	Signaling the DHCP Server
7.4.4	Returning to the BOOTP-Only Configuration
7.4.5	Setting Up a DHCP Cluster Failover Environment
7.4.6	Methods to Configure DHCP Parameters
7.5	Using DHCP GUI to Configure DHCP
7.5.1	General Information
7.5.1.1	Saving Information in a Record
7.5.1.2	Adding New Records
7.5.2	Configuring Server and Security Parameters
7.5.2.1	Server/Security Parameters
7.5.2.2	Configuring IP Ranges
7.5.2.3	Configuring Host Names
7.5.2.3.1	Host Name List Parameters
7.5.2.4	Active IP Snapshot
7.5.2.5	Preload MAC Addresses
7.5.3	Configuring Parameters for Clients
7.5.3.1	The Subnets Tab
7.5.3.1.1	Configuring a subnet
7.5.3.1.2	Removing a Subnet Record
7.5.3.2	The Nodes Tab
7.5.3.2.1	Configuring a node
7.5.3.2.2	Removing a node record
7.5.3.3	The Groups Tab
7.5.3.3.1	Using group parameters
7.5.3.3.2	Defining a group
7.5.3.3.3	Removing a group record
7.5.3.4	Nodes, Subnets, Group Parameters
7.5.3.4.1	Name/ID parameters
7.5.3.4.1.1	Limitations on Group Hierarchies
7.5.3.4.2	Key Parameters
7.5.3.4.3	BOOTP Parameters
7.5.3.4.4	IP parameters
7.5.3.4.5	Lease parameters
7.5.3.4.6	Link Parameters
7.5.3.4.7	NetBIOS Parameters
7.5.3.4.8	Network Parameters
7.5.3.4.9	TCP Parameters
7.5.3.4.10	Time Parameters
7.5.3.4.11	X Window Parameters
7.6	Configuring DHCP/BOOTP IP Addressing
7.6.1	Static IP Addressing for BOOTP Clients
7.6.2	Static IP Addressing for DHCP Clients
7.7	Configuring DHCP Manually
7.7.1	Tasks Involved
7.7.2	Modifying the Client Configuration Parameters File
7.7.2.1	DHCPCAP Configuration Syntax
7.7.2.2	DHCPCAP Configuration Rules
7.7.2.3	DHCPCAP Configuration Examples
7.7.2.4	Symbol Value Formats
7.7.2.5	DHCP Configuration Symbols
7.7.3	Reinitializing the DHCP Server
7.8	Supporting Utilities
7.8.1	Using the DHCPDBDUMP, DHCPSHOWDBS, and DHCPDBSHOW Utilities
7.8.2	Using the DHCPDBMOD Utility
7.8.3	Using the DHCPDBREG Utility
7.9	Solving DHCP Server Problems