If only one IPv4 address is specified in the host record, you can add DHCP options to the host address.

Note: IDN is supported for object types: fqdn and aliases. You can use punycode or IDNs while importing these objects.

Field Name	Data Type	Required (Yes/No)	Associated GUI Field	Associated PAPI Method	Usage and Guidelines Method
Header-HostRecord	String	Yes			Example: HostRecord
fqdn	FQDN	Yes	Name	name zone	This field combines the host record name and the zone name to form the FQDN. Example: h2.corp100.com
_new_fqdn	FQDN	No			Add this field to overwrite the fqdn field when you select the overwrite or merge option.
view	String	No	DNS View	views	If no view is specified, the Default view is used. Example: Default
network_view	String	No	Network View		If no network view is specified, the Default view is used. Example: Default
addresses	IP address or IP address list	No	IP Addresses	ipv4addrs	You must specify a value in this field or in the ipv6_addresses field. Example: '1.2.3.4' or "1.2.3.4, 5.6.7.8". If there are multiple addresses in the host record, use HostAddress to specify the parameters for each address. For information, see IPv4 Host Address and IPv6 Host Address.
ipv6_addresses	IP address or IP address list	No	IP Addresses	ipv6addrs	You must specify a value in this field or in the addresses field. If there are multiple addresses in the host record, use HostAddress to specify the parameters for each address. For information, see IPv4 Host Address and IPv6 Host Address.
aliases	Alias list	No	Aliases	aliases	Example: www.infoblox.com
configure_for_dns	Boolean	No	Enable in DNS	configure_for_dns	Example: TRUE
_new_configure_for_dns	Boolean	No	Enable in DNS	configure_for_dns	Add this field to overwrite the configure_for_dns field when you select the overwrite or merge option.
comment	String	No	Comment	comment
disabled	Boolean	No	Disable	disabled	Example: FALSE
ttl	Unsigned integer	No	TTL	ttl	This is an inherited field. For information, see Data Specific Guidelines. Example: 28800
mac_address	MAC address	No	MAC Address	mac_address	This field applies to the host address. This is required if the IP address is configured for DHCP. Example: aA:Bb:c2:DD:E1:FF
ddns_protected	Boolean	No	Protected	ddns_protected	If the record is marked as protected, DDNS updates are restricted to only the record. This applies to both static and dynamic records.
configure_for_dhcp	Boolean	No	DHCP checkbox	configure_for_dhcp	This field applies to the host address. Example: TRUE
deny_bootp	Boolean	No	Deny BOOTP Requests	deny_bootp	This field applies to the host address. Example: FALSE
broadcast_address	String	No	Broadcast Address		This field applies to the host address.
boot_file	String	No	Boot File	boot_file	This field applies to the host address.
boot_server	String	No	Boot Server	boot_server	This field applies to the host address.
next_server	String	No	Next Server	next_server	This field applies to the host address.
lease_time	Unsigned integer	No	Lease Time	lease_time	This field applies to the host address.
pxe_lease_time_enabled	Boolean	No	Enable PXE Lease Time		This field applies to the host address.
pxe_lease_time	Unsigned integer	No	PXE Lease Time	pxe_lease_time	This field applies to the host address.
domain_name	FQDN	No	Domain Name	domain_name	This field applies to the host address.
domain_name_servers	IP list	No	Name Server		This field applies to the host address. Example: "5.6.7.8,1.2.3.4"
routers	IP list	No	Router		This field applies to the host address. Example: "2.0.0.2,1.2.3.4"
match_option	String	No		match_client	This field applies to the host address. Data must be in the following format: MAC_ADDRESS/RESERVED
ignore_dhcp_param_request_list	Boolean	No	Ignore Optionalist	ignore-dhcp_option_list_ request	This field applies to the host address.
OPTION-1	String	No	Custom DHCP Options	options	This field applies to the host address. Example: '255.0.0.0' name implies vendor_class='DHCP' (default)
OPTION-XXXX-200	Option Information	No	Custom DHCP Options	options	This field applies to the host address. Example: 'dfdfdfd' name implies vendor_class='XXXX', optioncode/number 200
EA-Site	String	No	Extensible attribute Site	extensible_attributes	EA-Site is an example of a predefined extensible attribute. You can add other predefined attributes to the data file. For information about data format and examples, see Data Specific Guidelines.
ADMGRP-JoeSmith	String	No	Permissions Admin Group/Role	Permissions Admin Group/Role	ADMGRP-JoeSmith is an example of an admin permission of a specific admin group. For information about data format and examples, see Data Specific Guidelines.

Examples

This section contains examples of how to create data files for host records. All examples use comma as the separator. You can use other supported separators, such as semicolon, space, or tab.

Adding a Host Record

This example shows how to add a new host record, host1, in zone corp100.com and DNS view Initial.

header-hostrecord,addresses,configure_for_dns*,fqdn*,view hostrecord,100.0.0.101,TRUE,host1.corp100.com,Inital

This example shows how to add a new host record, host2, in zone corp100.com with aliases = www.corp100.com, comment = USA, and TTL = 3600 seconds.

header-hostrecord,addresses,configure_for_dns*,fqdn*,aliases,comment,ttl hostrecord,100.0.0.102,TRUE,host2.corp100.com,www.corp100.com,USA,3600

Overwriting Host Record Data

This example shows how to overwrite the FQDN of an existing host record from host1.corp100.com to new_host1.corp100.com, and to change the TTL to 128 seconds.

header-hostrecord,addresses,configure_for_dns*,fqdn*,_new_fqdn,ttl hostrecord,100.0.0.101,TRUE,host1.corp100.com,new_host1.corp100.com,1280

This example shows how to overwrite the aliases of a host record from www.corp100.com to www.corp200.com and comment from USA to Japan.

header-hostrecord,addresses*,configure_for_dns*,fqdn*,aliases,comment hostrecord,100.0.0.102,TRUE,host2.corp100.com,www.corp200.com,Japan

Note that overwriting the host record data is not supported for non-DNS hosts.

Merging Host Record Data

This example shows how to disable an existing host record.

header-hostrecord,configure_for_dns*,addresses*,fqdn*,disabled hostrecord,100.0.0.101,TRUE,new_host1.corp100.com,TRUE

This example shows how to add additional aliases to a host record.

header-hostrecord,configure_for_dns*,addresses*,fqdn*,aliases hostrecord,100.0.0.102,TRUE,host2.corp100.com,"www.corp200.com,http.corp200.com"