14 The ISC DHCP Server 223
Obtaining the ISC DHCP Server
....................................................223
Support for the ISC DHCP Server
...........................................224
Installing the ISC DHCP Distribution
.....................................226
Configuring System Logging for the ISC DHCP Distribution
......231
Prerequisites to Operation of the ISC DHCP Server
...........................231
The Lease Database
.............................................................231
The Configuration File
.........................................................233
Configuring the ISC DHCP Server
.................................................234
Server Control Parameters
....................................................235
Client Options and Parameters
..............................................235
Configuring Connections to Other Services
.............................238
Network Configuration Information
......................................240
Scopes
..............................................................................240
IP Address Assignments
.......................................................244
Invoking the ISC DHCP Server
......................................................244
Command-Line Arguments
..................................................244
Specifying Interfaces
............................................................247
Server Operation
........................................................................247
Starting the Server Automatically
..........................................247
Updating the Server Configuration
........................................249
Modifying the Lease Database
...............................................249
RPM Packages for DHCP
......................................................249
Summary
..................................................................................252
15 Configuring a DHCP Server 253
Configuring a DHCP Server to Be Authoritative
...............................253
Configuring an Individual Subnet
.................................................254
Address Allocation
..............................................................255
Client Configuration Information
.........................................256
A Complete Subnet Configuration
.........................................257
Supporting Multiple Network Segments
.........................................258
Multiple Network Interfaces
.................................................258
Using DHCP Relay Agents
....................................................259
Configuring Multiple IP Subnets on Each Network Segment
..............266
Address Allocation on Shared Networks
..................................266
Option Scoping with Shared Networks
...................................267
Avoiding Routing on a Shared-Network Segment
.....................268
Pitfalls of Shared-Network Configurations
...............................270
Summary
..................................................................................273
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