Table of Contents

Who Should Read This Guide
How This Guide Is Organized
Document Conventions

About This Guide

This section describes who should read this guide, how it is organized, and the document conventions in used in this guide.

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Who Should Read This Guide

This guide is designed for network managers who are responsible for IP address management. The network manager should be familiar with the following topics:

• Basic concepts and terminology used in internetworking

• Network topology and protocols

How This Guide Is Organized

This guide describes how to use Network Registrar to administer network addresses, and become familiar with Network Registrar features. The major sections of this guide are as follows:

Chapter 1	Understanding IP Address Management	Provides an overview of Internet Protocol (IP) address management. It defines terms and concepts.
Chapter 2	Network Registrar User Interfaces	Describes the basic capabilities of the Network Registrar graphical and command-line interfaces.
Chapter 3	Administering Network Registrar	Explains how to administer and control your server's operations through the Network Registrar user interfaces.
Chapter 4	Configuring DNS	Discusses how to use Network Registrar to create Domain Name System (DNS) zones, and how to configure DNS servers and zones.
Chapter 5	Configuring DNS Zones	Explains how to configure DNS zones, such as how to add or delete a zone, specify authoritative servers for zones, and enable zone transfers.
Chapter 6	Configuring DHCP Servers	Discusses how to use Network Registrar to configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) servers, configure DHCP scopes, configure dynamic DNS updates, and configure DHCP Client-Class Quality of Service.
Chapter 7	Configuring DHCP Scopes	Describes how to define and configure DHCP scopes, and how to manage leases.
Chapter 8	Configuring Dynamic DNS Update	Describes how to define and configure dynamic DNS update support for Network Registrar DHCP servers
Chapter 9	Configuring Client-Class	Describes how to enable and disable client-class processing for the DHCP server and apply a set of properties for groups of clients.
Chapter 10	Configuring Failover	Explains how to configure two servers to operate as a redundant pair of DHCP servers to ensure seemless failover if one server fails. It also describes how to use the Safe Failover tool.
Chapter 11	Configuring LDAP	Describes the Network Registrar Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) implementation that allows you to use directory services to integrate the Network Registrar client and lease information.
Chapter 12	Configuring BOOTP	Explains how to configure Network Registrar to act like a BOOTP server.
Appendix A	Resource Records	Defines the commonly used Resource Records, and also lists all the record types Network Registrar supports.
Appendix B	DHCP Options	Describes the DHCP and Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) vendor extensions from the Internet Engineering Taskforce (IETF) Network Working Group, INTERNET DRAFT.
Appendix C	DHCP Options Validation	Describes the valid data types and lenghts for DHCP options.
Appendix D	Network Registrar With Windows NT and Windows 95 Clients	Provides information about difficulties you may encounter when running on an NT or Windows 95 system.
Appendix E	Configuring a Loopback Zone	Provides information about how to configure a DNS loopback zone.
Appendix F	Windows 2000 Interoperability with Network Registrar	Provides information about how Windows 2000 changes impact Network Registrar.
Appendix G	Glossary	Contains definitions of network terms.

Document Conventions

Network management interfaces use the following conventions:

• Command paths in a GUI are indicated as follows: Start>Programs>Network Registrar

• NT systems use a two-button mouse. To drag and drop using an NT system, press and hold down the left mouse button on the icon you want to drag, drag it to the target, and release it to drop the icon on the target.

• UNIX systems use a three-button mouse. To drag and drop using a UNIX system, press and hold down the middle mouse button on the icon you want to drag, drag it to the target, and release it to drop the icon on the target.

• Screen displays may differ slightly from those included in this guide depending on the window system you are using. For example, Windows NT screens are different from X-Windows screens.

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Tips Indicates the following information will help you solve a problem. The tips informaton might not be troubleshooting or even an action, but could be useful information, similar to a Timesaver.

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