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 the Network Registrar CLI User's 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	About the Nrcmd Program	Describes how to use the nrcmd command.
Chapter 3	Configuring DNS	Discusses how to use Network Registrar to create Domain Name System (DNS) zones, and how to configure DNS servers and zones.
Chapter 4	Configuring DHCP	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 5	Network Registrar User Interface	Discusses how to use Network Registrar's command line interface (CLI) to control your servers, and to monitor your system.
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 type of validation Network Registrar performs on each DHCP option.
Appendix D	DHCP Policies	Defines the system default policy and the default policy.
Appendix E	Using Network Registrar with Windows NT/Windows 95	Provides information about difficulties you may encounter when running on an NT or Windows 95 system.
Appendix F	Network Registrar Logging and Debugging	Provides information about the various log files and how to set the servers' debug settings.
Appendix G	Network Registrar Backup	Provides information about how to back up and recover Network Registrar database files.
Appendix H	Configuring a Loopback Zone	Provides information about how to configure a DNS loopback zone.
Appendix I	Glossary	Contains definitions of network terms.

Document Conventions

Network management interfaces use the following conventions:

• Command paths in a GUI are indicated as follows: Tools>VC List>All Connections

• 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 HP OpenView screens.

Notes use the following conventions:

Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

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