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IBM DHCP Server Configuration Program Help
Use this notebook to define vendor options.
Fields and settings include:
- Define multiple options and enter data as a text string or a hexadecimal
string
- When selected, enables you to define several options for a vendor.
- Define a single option and enter data as a hexadecimal string
- When selected, enables you to define one option for a vendor, which must
be entered as a hexadecimal string.
- Enter vendor name
- Enter the vendor name. The vendor name is an ASCII string of up to 255
characters (for example, IBM) that can contain spaces.
- Enter option value
- After you type the option number and value, click Add.
- Enter vendor option number
- Enter a DHCP option number that you define, such as 205. The value must be
within the range 1 to 254. This field is not used if you selected Define a
Single Option and Enter Data as a Hexadecimal String.
- Enter option value as
- Select whether the option value is text or hexadecimal.
In the text area, enter vendor specific information the DHCP server
provides to any client that identifies itself as belonging to this vendor. The
value is a text or hexadecimal string of up to 254 characters. A hexadecimal
string is a series of pairs of hexadecimal digits. The only checking done is
to ensure that a string specified as hexadecimal is hexadecimal.
- Defined vendor options
- Specifies the options that are defined for the specified vendor. To remove
an item from the list box, click the item and then click Remove. This field is
not used if you selected Define a Single Option and Enter Data as a
Hexadecimal String.
For more information on vendor options, see
DHCP Server Administration.
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