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HP-UX IP Address and Client Management Administrator’s Guide: HP-UX 11i v2, HP-UX 11i v3

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HP Part Number: 5969-7067

Edition: Edition 4

Published: October 2009

Table of Contents

About This Document

New and Changed Information in This Edition
Intended Audience
HP-UX Release Name and Release Identifier
Publishing History
Document Organization
Related Information
Typographical Conventions
HP Welcomes Your Comments

BIND Name Service Overview

DNS Name Space
How BIND Works
How BIND Resolves Host Names
Benefits of Using BIND
BIND Configuration File

BOOTP and TFTP Overview

How BOOTP Works

DHCP Overview

Benefits of Using DHCP
DHCP Components and Concepts

DHCPv6 Overview

DHCPv6 Components
Autoconfiguration
Ports
Multicast Addresses
How DHCPv6 Works
DHCPv6 Features
DHCPv6 Files

SLP Overview

Salient Features
SLP Components
SLP Architecture

2 Configuring and Administering the BIND Name Service

Creating and Registering a New Domain

Configuring the Name Service Switch

Choosing Name Servers for Your Domain

Choosing the Type of Name Server
Choosing Master Servers and Slave Servers
Types of Resource Records

Configuring a Master Name Server

Creating the Data Files for a Master Server
Setting the Default Domain Name
Master Server Configuration File
Master Server Cache File
The db.127.0.0 File
Master Server db.domain Files
Master Server db.net Files
Adding a Host to the Domain Data Files
Deleting a Host from the Domain Data Files

Configuring a Slave Name Server

Creating Slave Server Data Files Using hosts_to_named
Creating the Slave Server’s Data Files Manually
Setting the Default Domain Name

Configuring the Caching-Only Name Server

Configuring the Resolver to Query a Remote Name Server

Configuring the Resolver to Set Timeout Values

Configuring Timeout Values Using Environment Variables
Configuring Timeout Values Using the Configuration File
Configuring Timeout Values Using APIs
Sample Program with Timeout Values

Starting the Name Server Daemon

Verifying the Name Server

Updating Network-Related Files

Updating /etc/hosts.equiv and $HOME/.rhosts
Updating /var/adm/inetd.sec and $HOME/.netrc
Updating /etc/hosts

Delegating a Subdomain

Example of Delegating a Subdomain

Configuring a Root Name Server

BIND Logging System

BIND Security

TSIG-Based Security
DNSSEC – A DNS Security Extension
Compartmentalizing BIND

Troubleshooting the BIND Name Server

Troubleshooting Tools and Techniques
Problem Symptoms
Name Server Problems
Understanding Name Server Debugging Output
Name Server Statistics

3 Configuring the BOOTP and TFTP Servers

Configuring the BOOTP Server

Procedure for Configuring bootpd
Verifying bootpd Installation

Adding Client or Relay Information

Collecting Client Information
Collecting Relay Information
Understanding Boot File Configurations
Parameter Tags and Descriptions
Examples of Adding BOOTP Clients

Configuring the TFTP Server

Procedure for Configuring tftpd
Verifying the tftpd Installation

Command Options for Using TFTP

Troubleshooting BOOTP and TFTP Servers

Helpful Configuration Changes
Common bootpd Problems
Common tftpd Problems
Error Logging

4 Configuring DHCP

Dynamic Updates to the DHCP Server

Dynamic DNS Server Update Pre-Requisites
Configuring the DHCP Server to Perform Dynamic Updates

Configuring DHCP to Assign and Distribute IP Addresses

DHCP Device and Pool Group Configuration
DHCP Individual Device Configuration
DHCP Configuration through BOOTP Relay Agent
Configuring PING Timeouts

Monitoring and Troubleshooting DHCP Operations

Troubleshooting Techniques
DHCP Troubleshooting Tools
Callbacks

5 Configuring DHCPv6

Configuring the Server

The dhcpv6d Server Daemon
Server Configuration File
Setting Up the DHCPv6 Server
Sample dhcpv6tab File

Configuring the Client

The dhcpv6client.data File
The dhcpv6clientd Client Daemon
Setting Up the DHCPv6 Client
The dhcpv6client_ui Interface
The dhcpv6config Script
The dhcpv6db2conf Utility

Configuring a Relay

Troubleshooting DHCPv6

The syslog.log File
Error Messages
DHPv6 2.001 Server and Client Recovery

6 Configuring SLP

Directory Agent Configuration Properties

Static Scope Configuration Properties

Tracing and Logging Configuration Properties

Network Configuration Properties

Service Agent Configuration Properties

User Agent Configuration Properties

Static Registration

Sample slp.conf File

List of Figures

1-1 Structure of the DNS Name Space
1-2 Bootrequest Relay Example
1-3 DHCP Client and Server Transaction
1-4 When Client and Server Are on the Same Link
1-5 When Client and Server Are on Different Links
1-6 SLP Architecture
1-7 Active and Passive DA Discovery
1-8 Protocol Transactions - Schematic Representation
2-1 Structure of a Master Server and Slave Servers
3-1 Example Configuration: HP 700/X Terminal as Client
3-2 Example Configuration: Relay Entry
4-1 DHCP Server and DNS Server running on HP-UX
4-2 Devices Configured in a DHCP Group
4-3 DHCP Devices Can Have Fixed IP Addresses
4-4 Relay Agent Scenario
4-5 Callback Script Example
5-1 dhcpv6client_ui Interface

List of Tables

1-1 rndc Commands
1-2 Advantages of Using BIND over Other Name Services
1-3 Channel Message Categories
1-4 Pathname Options
1-5 Boolean Options
1-6 Forwarding Options
1-7 Access Control Options
1-8 Zone Transfer Options
1-9 Resource Limit Options
1-10 Server Resource Limit Options
1-11 Periodic Task Interval Options
1-12 Tuning Options
1-13 DNSSEC Options
1-14 Server Information Zone Options
1-15 Bad UDP Port List Options
1-16 Query Address Options
1-17 DHCPv6 Components
1-18 DHCPv6 Message Types
1-19 DHCPv6 Files
1-20 SLP Files
1-21 Message Types
1-22 SLP APIs
1-23 Startup Options
1-24 slpdc Commands
2-1 BIND Resource Records
2-2 The /etc/resolv.conf Options
3-1 Tags for Defining Client Options in the /etc/bootptab File
3-2 Tags for Defining Relay Options in bootptab
3-3 tftp File Transfer Options
4-1 Common Errors Found in Syslog
5-1 dhcpv6d Error Messages
6-1 DA Configuration Properties
6-2 Static Scope Configuration Properties
6-3 Tracing and Logging Properties
6-4 Network Configuration Properties
6-5 UA Configuration Properties

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