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Part 3

Conﬁguring Services

Part 3 describes how to set up and manage the Dynamic Host Conﬁguration

Protocol (DHCP), the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP), the Trivial File Transport

Protocol (TFTP), the Portmapper service, the Network Time Protocol (NTP), and

the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The chapters in this part

include the following:

• Chapter 7, Conﬁguring the DHCP Server, describes how to conﬁgure the

DHCP server so you can centralize the conﬁguration and maintenance of the

IP address space.

• Chapter 8, Conﬁguring the DHCP Client, describes how to set up the system

as a DHCP client.

• Chapter 9, Conﬁguring BOOTP, describes how to conﬁgure the BOOTP server

so your host can answer bootstrap requests from diskless workstations and

other network devices.

• Chapter 10, Conﬁguring TFTP, describes how to conﬁgure the TFTP server to

handle ﬁle transfers from diskless clients and remote systems.

• Chapter 11, describes how to conﬁgure the portmapper service, a service

that registers server programs written using RPCs (remote procedure calls).

You must run the portmapper service if you intend to run NFS or any

customer-developed RPC programs.

• Chapter 12, Conﬁguring and Managing NTP, describes how to conﬁgure and

manage the NTP (Network Time Protocol), allowing your host to synchronize

its time with that of other internet hosts also running NTP.

• Chapter 13, Conﬁguring SNMP, describes how to conﬁgure your host so it can

answer SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) requests from remote

SNMP management stations.