Configuring NetWare 6 DNS/DHCP Test Objective Covered: Configure NetWare 6 to use DNS/DHCP.
After you have mastered the DNS/DHCP architecture and extended the eDirectory Schema, it's time to build customized functionality into your new IP management objects. In this lesson, we will focus on IP object configuration from both the DNS and DHCP perspectives. If you selected "DNS/DHCP Services" when you installed NetWare 6, then the key program files for Novell DNS/DHCP Services were automatically copied to the SYS: volume on your server. These files include program NLMs (which are copied to SYS:SYSTEM) and the DNS/DHCP Management Console setup program (which is copied to SYS:PUBLIC\DNSDHCP). REAL WORLD You can also install NetWare 6 DNS/DHCP Services using the special DNS/DHCP installation program. Follow these short steps: Type DNIPINST at the server console and press Enter. After you activate this program, you will be greeted with an eDirectory authentication screen. Next, you must authenticate yourself as an eDirectory Administrator who has rights to extend the schema (specifically, Supervisor object rights to the [Root] of the tree). Click OK to continue. Finally, you must provide an eDirectory context for the new DNS/DHCP objects. By default, the installation program will use Admin's home container as the DNS/DHCP context. Click Finish to extend the eDirectory schema and automatically create the three Global DNS/DHCP objects.
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After the Novell DNS/DHCP Services has been integrated into the eDirectory tree, you will have two graphical tools available for managing your IP network: DNS/DHCP Management Console The DNS/DHCP Management Console is a graphical Java-based application that enables you to configure and to manage IP addresses and name services through eDirectory-based DNS and DHCP objects. The DNS/DHCP Management Console can either be launched from the Tools menu of NetWare Administrator or as a standalone utility on a Windows 95/98 or Windows NT client (through the DNSDHCP desktop shortcut). iManager iManager provides the same DNS/DHCP administrative functions as the stand-alone Management Console, but without the restricting tether to a Novell Client. Instead, iManager enables you to configure DNS and DHCP objects anytime, anywhere from a standard web browser.
Now for the fun part! In this lesson, we will use iManager to configure DNS for name/address translation and DHCP for IP address allocation. TIP To launch the DNS/DHCP Management Console from NetWare Administrator, use the Tools menu in the main eDirectory browser window. To launch the DNS/DHCP Management Console as a standalone executable, simply double-click the DNS/DHCP shortcut created on your Windows 95/98 or Windows NT/2000 desktop during DNS/DHCP client installation. |