Assign IPv6 Address - BlueCat Address Manager - 8.3.2

Address Manager API Guide
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BlueCat Address Manager
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8.3.2

Assigns an IPv6 address to a MAC address and host.

Output / Response

Returns true if the IPv6 address is successfully assigned; returns false if the address is not successfully assigned.

API call:

boolean assignIP6Address ( long containerId, String address, String action, String macAddress, String hostInfo, String properties )
Parameter Description
containerId The object ID of the container in which the IPv6 address is being assigned. This can be the object ID of a Configuration, IPv6 block or IPv6 network. The parent IPv6 network object must exist before adding an IPv6 address, otherwise an error will occur.
address The IPv6 address to be assigned. This value cannot be empty. The address must be created with addIP6Address() before it can be assigned. For more information, refer to Add IPv6 Address. The address must be a string representing an IPv6 address.
action Determines how to assign the address. Valid values are MAKE_STATIC or MAKE_DHCP_RESERVED.
macAddress The MAC address in the format nnnnnnnnnnnn, nn-nn-nn-nn-nn-nn or nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn, where nn is a hexadecimal value.
hostInfo The host information for the IPv6 address. This value can be empty. The hostInfo string uses the following format: viewId, hostname, ifSameAsZone, ifReverseMapping.

Where viewId is the object ID of the DNS view; hostname is the name of DNS zone for the address; ifSameAsZone is a Boolean value, with true indicating that the name of the resource record should be the same as the host; ifReverseMapping is a Boolean value, with trueindicating that a reverse record should be created.

Shown here is an example of a hostInfo string: 2030445,www.example.com,false,true.
properties A string containing the following property, including user-defined fields:
  • ptrs—a string containing the list of unmanaged external host records to be associated with the IPv6 address in the following format:
    viewId,exHostFQDN[, viewId,exHostFQDN,...]
    You can assign External Host records to an IPv6 address using the following method:
    EntityProperties props = new EntityProperties();
       props.addProperty( ObjectProperties.ptrs,  "123,exHostFQDN.com,456,exHostFQDN.net" )
        long addressId = service.assignIP4Address( configurationId, IPv6Address, macAddressStr, hostInfo, IPAssignmentActionValues.MAKE_STATIC, props.getPropertiesString() );
  • name—name of the IPv6 address.
  • DUID—DHCPv6 unique identifier.
  • locationCode—the hierarchical location code consists of a set of 1 to 3 alpha-numeric strings separated by a space. The first two characters indicate a country, followed by next three characters which indicate a city in UN/LOCODE. New custom locations created under a UN/LOCODE city are appended to the end of the hierarchy. For example, CA TOR OF1 indicates: CA= Canada TOR=Toronto OF1=Office 1.
    Note: The code is case-sensitive. It must be all UPPER CASE letters. The county code and child location code should be alphanumeric strings.
This value can be empty.