Adding DHCPv4 client deployment options - BlueCat Integrity - 26.1.0

Address Manager Administration Guide
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BlueCat Integrity
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26.1.0

Use DHCPv4 client deployment options to add information that clients require, such as the IPv4 addresses of routers, DNS servers, and domain names.

You can add DHCPv4 client deployment options at these levels:
  • Configuration
  • Server
  • Server group
  • IPv4 block
  • IPv4 network
  • DHCPv4 range
  • DHCP reserved address

For more information on the options and their parameters, refer to Reference: DHCPv4 client options.

Attention: Deployment option inheritance
  • Options set at higher levels are inherited at child or lower levels, unless overwritten at the lower level.
  • When configuring deployment options, any options set at the server group level will override options set at the configuration level. Any deployment options set at the server level will override options set at the server group level including the configuration level.
  • If you add options at the server level that will override the options previously set at the server group or configuration level, Address Manager displays options added at the server level overriding options set at the higher object level.
  • To overwrite an inherited value at a lower level, you must create a new deployment option of the same type with the modified value. Editing an inherited deployment option at the child level actually edits the option at its original level. To override an inherited option, you must create a new instance of the option at the lower level.

To add DHCPv4 client deployment options at the configuration level:

  1. Select the Global tab in the sidebar, then select Configurations.
  2. Select the name of a configuration.
  3. Select the Deployment options tab.
  4. Select New > DHCPv4 client option.
  5. Under General, select the option and set its parameters:
    • Name—select a DHCP deployment option. When you select an option, parameter fields for the option display.
  6. On the Servers tab, select the servers or server group to which the option applies:
    • All servers—applies the deployment option to all servers in the configuration.
    • Server group—applies the deployment option to a specific server group in the configuration. Select a server group from the drop-down list.
      Attention: You cannot configure DHCP deployment options on a multi-primary server group.
    • Server—applies the deployment option to a specific server in the configuration. Select a server from the drop-down list.
      Attention: You cannot configure DHCP deployment options on servers that are part of a multi-primary server group.
    Note: You can't override deployment options set at the configuration level from the server group level if the deployment option is applied to a specific server within a server group.
  7. In the Change control section, add comments if required.
  8. Select Create or Create and add another.