Subnet Pool Management

The Subnet Pool object provides support for multiple subnets through a DHCP or BOOTP forwarder by identifying a pool of subnets for remote LAN address assignments.

The Subnet Pool Management role consists of the following tasks:

• Deleting a Subnet Pool Object
• Viewing or Modifying a Subnet Pool Object
• Deleting a Subnet Pool Object

Creating a Subnet Pool object

1. Click DHCP Management > Subnet Pool Management to open the Subnet Pool Management window in the main panel.

2. Select Create Subnet Pool from the drop-down menu and click OK to open the Create Subnet Pool window.

3. Enter a unique subnet pool name in the Subnet Pool Name field.

4. Enter the eDirectory context where the subnet pool record will be placed.

5. Click OK.

   A message indicates that the new subnet pool object has been created.

Viewing or Modifying a Subnet Pool Object

1. Click DHCP Management > Subnet Pool Management to open the Subnet Pool Management window in the main panel.

2. Select View/Modify Subnet Pool from the drop-down menu and click OK to open the View/Modify Subnet Pool window.

3. Select the Subnet object.

4. Click OK.

   You can modify the Subnet Type configuration parameter. You can add a subnet to a subnet pool or remove a subnet from the pool.

   To add a subnet to a subnet pool, complete the following steps:

   • Click Add.
   • Select the subnet.
   • Click OK.

   To remove a subnet from a subnet pool, complete the following steps:

   • Select the subnet.
   • Click Delete.

Deleting a Subnet Pool Object

1. Click DHCP Management > Subnet Pool Management to open the Subnet Pool Management window in the main panel.

2. Select Delete Subnet Pool from the drop-down menu and click OK to open the Delete Subnet Pool window.

   • To remove all the Subnet Pool objects in the list, check the top-level check box and click Delete.
   • To remove one or more Subnet Pool objects, check the check box next to it and click Delete.