Part I Introducing System Administration: IP Services
1. Oracle Solaris TCP/IP Protocol Suite (Overview)
2. Planning Your TCP/IP Network (Tasks)
3. Introducing IPv6 (Overview)
4. Planning an IPv6 Network (Tasks)
5. Configuring TCP/IP Network Services and IPv4 Addressing (Tasks)
6. Administering Network Interfaces (Tasks)
7. Configuring an IPv6 Network (Tasks)
8. Administering a TCP/IP Network (Tasks)
9. Troubleshooting Network Problems (Tasks)
10. TCP/IP and IPv4 in Depth (Reference)
13. Planning for DHCP Service (Tasks)
Preparing Your Network for the DHCP Service (Task Map)
Determining the Number of DHCP Servers
Updating System Files and Netmask Tables
Making Decisions for Your DHCP Server Configuration (Task Map)
Selecting a Host to Run the DHCP Service
Determining Routers for DHCP Clients
Making Decisions for IP Address Management (Task Map)
Number and Ranges of IP Addresses
Default Client Configuration Macros
Dynamic and Permanent Lease Types
Reserved IP Addresses and Lease Type
Planning for Multiple DHCP Servers
Selecting the Tool for Configuring DHCP
Comparison of DHCP Manager and dhcpconfig
14. Configuring the DHCP Service (Tasks)
15. Administering DHCP (Tasks)
16. Configuring and Administering the DHCP Client
17. Troubleshooting DHCP (Reference)
18. DHCP Commands and Files (Reference)
19. IP Security Architecture (Overview)
21. IP Security Architecture (Reference)
22. Internet Key Exchange (Overview)
24. Internet Key Exchange (Reference)
25. IP Filter in Oracle Solaris (Overview)
28. Administering Mobile IP (Tasks)
29. Mobile IP Files and Commands (Reference)
30. Introducing IPMP (Overview)
31. Administering IPMP (Tasks)
Part VII IP Quality of Service (IPQoS)
32. Introducing IPQoS (Overview)
33. Planning for an IPQoS-Enabled Network (Tasks)
34. Creating the IPQoS Configuration File (Tasks)
35. Starting and Maintaining IPQoS (Tasks)
36. Using Flow Accounting and Statistics Gathering (Tasks)
After the initial DHCP configuration, you can place IP addresses in remote networks under DHCP management. However, because the system files are not local to the server, DHCP Manager and dhcpconfig cannot look up information to provide default values, so you must provide the information. Before you try to configure a remote network, be sure you know the following information:
The remote network's IP address.
The subnet mask of the remote network. This information can be obtained from the netmasks table in the name service. If the network uses local files, look in /etc/netmasks on a system in the network. If the network uses NIS+, use the command niscat netmasks.org_dir. If the network uses NIS, use the command ypcat -k netmasks.byaddr. Make sure the netmasks table contains all the topology information for all the subnets you want to manage.
The network type. The clients connect to the network through either a local area network (LAN) connection or a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP).
Routing information. Can the clients use router discovery? If not, you must determine the IP address of a router they can use.
NIS domain and NIS servers, if applicable.
NIS+ domain and NIS+ servers, if applicable.
See Adding DHCP Networks for the procedure for adding DHCP networks.