DHCP Server Configuration

You configure the Oracle Solaris DHCP server the first time you run DHCP Manager on the system where you want to run the DHCP server.

DHCP Manager server configuration dialog boxes prompt you for essential information needed to enable and run the DHCP server on one network. Some default values are obtained from existing system files. If you have not configured the system for the network, there are no default values. DHCP Manager prompts for the following information:

• Role of the server, either as the DHCP server or as the BOOTP relay agent

• Data store type (files, binary files, NIS+, or something specific to your site)

• Data store configuration parameters for the data store type you selected

• Name service to use to update host records, if any (/etc/hosts, NIS+, or DNS)

• Length of lease time and whether clients should be able to renew leases

• DNS domain name and IP addresses of DNS servers

• Network address and subnet mask for the first network you want to configure for DHCP service

• Network type, either local area network (LAN) or point-to-point network

• Router discovery or the IP address of a particular router

• NIS domain name and IP address of NIS servers

• NIS+ domain name and IP address of NIS+ servers

You can also configure the DHCP server using the dhcpconfig command. This utility automatically gathers information from existing system files to provide a useful initial configuration. Therefore, you must ensure that the files are correct before running dhcpconfig. See the dhcpconfig(1M) man page for information about the files that dhcpconfig uses to obtain information.