User Guide

Managing 117

Novell DNS/DHCP Management Utility Administration Guide

103-000164-001

September 4, 2001

Novell Confidential

Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001

5 Managing

This document provides information about installing and using the DNS/

DHCP Management Utility to perform management tasks.

DNS/DHCP Management Utility

The DNS/DHCP Management Utility is a Web-based utility that enables

network administrators to set up and manage DNS (DNS Service) and DHCP

(DHCP Service) and the eDirectory

objects created for DNS and DHCP.

IMPORTANT: Before you can use the DNS/DHCP Management Utility, the

eDirectory schema must be extended to create the DNS/DHCP Group and Locator

objects and to create the RootSrvrInfo zone. The eDirectory schema is extended

when you activate Novell

DNS/DHCP Services from the Customize Server

window during the installation of Netware

The DNS/DHCP Management Utility provides the following management

functions from the browser workstation:

 Importing and exporting configuration to and from eDirectory

 Creating, updating, reading, or browsing configuration information

 Viewing DNS and DHCP server status, events, and alerts

After the software installation, existing DNS information is converted to

master file format and can be imported to the server where Netware 6 has been

installed. You must use the DNS/DHCP Management Utility to import any

existing DHCP information. If you have no existing configuration information

to import, you must use the DNS/DHCP Management Utility to create the

necessary objects to support your network. If you have imported configuration

information, use the DNS/DHCP Management Utility to create the DNS and

DHCP server objects prior to operation.