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Member DHCP Objects

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Last updated: Sept 22, 2022
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Field Name

Data Type

Required (Yes/No)

Associated GUI Field

Associated PAPI Method

Usage and Guidelines

Field Name

Data Type

Required (Yes/No)

Associated GUI Field

Associated PAPI Method

Usage and Guidelines

Header-MemberDhcp

String

Yes

 

 

Identifies the first row as a header row for the member DHCP objects. Example: MemberDhcp

broadcast_address

IP address

No

Broadcast Address

 

This field applies to the host address. Example: 10.1.0.

domain_name_servers

IP address list

No

Name server

 

List of domain name servers. Example: "10.2.3.4,11.2.3.4,"

ignore_client_requested_options

Boolean

No

 

 

Clears the value of option-55 when you set the value to True. Example: True

pxe_lease_time

Unsigned integer

No

PXE Lease Time

pxe_lease_time

Indicates the lease time for PXE clients in seconds. This field applies to the host address. Example: 43220.

lease_time

Unsigned integer

No

Lease Time

lease_time

Indicates the lease_time attribute of a DHCP NAC filter object. This field applies to the host address.

domain_name

FQDN

No

Domain Name

domain_name

Indicates the domain name. This field applies to the host address.

routers

IP address list

No

Router

 

Indicates the router IP addresses. This field applies to the host address. Example: “2.0.0.2,1.2.3.4”

option_logic_filters

List of IPv4 logic filter rules

 

Filter Type/Action

 

Examples:
.com.infoblox.dns.dhcp_mac_filter$mac_filter_name, .com.infoblox.dns.nac_filter$nac_filter_name, .com.infoblox.dns.dhcp_option_filters$opt_filter_name

enable_pxe_lease_time

Boolean

No

Enable PXE Lease Time

 

If this value is set to True, DHCP server uses different lease time for PXE clients. This field applies to the host address. Example: False

deny_bootp

Boolean

No

Deny BOOTP Requests

deny_bootp

When this is set to True, it denies BOOTP requests. This field applies to the host address. Example: FALSE

bootfile

String

No

Boot File

bootfile

Indicates the boot file name. Example: bootfile1

bootserver

String

No

Boot Server

bootserver

Indicates the boot server. Example: abc.corp100.com

nextserver

String

No

Next Server

nextserver

Indicates the next server. Example: blue.domain.com

enable_thresholds

Boolean

No

Enable DHCP Thresholds

enable_dhcp_thresholds

Enable DHCP thresholds.
When you set this field to True, you must enter values in the range_high_water_mark and range_low_water_mark fields. You cannot leave these fields empty. Otherwise, the appliance displays an error message.

range_high_water_mark

Unsigned integer

No

High Water
Mark

high_water_mark

Indicates the percentage value for DHCP range usage after which an alarm will be active. When you set enable_thresholds to True, you must enter values in this field and in the range_low_water_mark field. You cannot leave these fields empty. Otherwise, the appliance displays an error message.
Example: 80

range_high_water_mark_reset

Unsigned integer

No

 

 

Indicates the percentage value for DHCP range usage after which an alarm will be reset. Example: 85

range_low_water_mark

Integer

No

Low Water
Mark

low_water_mark

Indicates the percentage value for DHCP range usage below which an alarm will be active. When you set enable_thresholds to True, you must enter values in this field and in the range_high_water_mark field. You cannot leave these fields empty. Otherwise, the appliance displays an error message.
Example: 10

range_low_water_mark_reset

Unsigned integer

No

 

 

Indicates the percentage value for DHCP range usage above which an alarm will be reset. Example: 10

enable_threshold_email_warnings

Boolean

No

Enable Email
Warnings

enable_email_ warnings

When you use Merge, the appliance preserves the existing value in this field. When you use Overwrite, you must include a value, either True or False. Otherwise, the appliance displays an error message. Example: True

enable_threshold_snmp_warnings

Boolean

No

Enable SNMP
Warnings

enable_snmp_warnings

Send DHCP threshold warnings via SNMP. When you use Merge, the appliance preserves the existing value in this field. When you use Overwrite, you must include a value, either True or False. Otherwise, the appliance displays an error message.
Example: TRUE

threshold_email_addresses

Email address list

No

Email
Addresses

email_list

List of email addresses.
Example: "'admin1@infoblox.com', 'admin2@somewhere.com'"

enable_ddns

Boolean

No

Enable DDNS Updates

enable_ddns

Enable or disable dynamic updates via DHCP to DNS server(s). Example: FALSE

enable_option81

Boolean

No

Option 81
Support

ddns_use_option81

Enable or disable option 81 support. Enables always_update_dns field. Example: TRUE

always_update_dns

Boolean

No

FQDN Support

ddns_server_always_ updates

Updates DNS when the value is True. Example: TRUE

generate_hostname

Boolean

No

Generate
Hostname

override_ddns_generate_ hostname

Generates host name only if not sent by client when the value is True. Does not generate host name when the value is False.

update_static_leases

Boolean

No

Fixed Address
Updates

ddns_update_ fixed_address

When the value is set to True, DHCP server will update DNS for client with static IP address.

ddns_ttl

Unsigned integer

No

DDNS Update
TTL

ddns_ttl

Indicates the DDNS TTL value in seconds. This is an inherited field. Example: 1200

update_dns_on_lease_renewal

Boolean

No

Lease Renewal Update

override_update_dns_on_lease_renewal

Indicates whether the DHCP server updates DNS when a DHCP lease is renewed. Specify True to enable it or False to disable it.

preferred_lifetime

Unsigned integer

No

Preferred
Lifetime

preferred_lifetime

Indicates whether the preferred_lifetime value in the DHCP member is used, instead of the Grid default.Example: 604800

valid_lifetime

Unsigned
integer

No

Valid Lifetime

valid_lifetime

Indicates whether the valid_lifetime value in the Grid Member DHCP is used, instead of the upper-level default. Example: 43200

name

Grid
Member

Yes

 

 

The name of the Grid member. Example:
member.infoblox.com

is_authoritative

Boolean

No

Authoritative

authority

Set this value to True to perform override operation.
Example: FALSE

recycle_leases

Boolean

No

Lease Deletion

recycle_leases

This field is set to True by default. When you set this to True, leases in a deleted range are kept until expiration. Ensure that you use the Overwrite option if you want to change the value to False. Merging data from an import preserves the default value.

ping_count

Unsigned
integer

No

 

ping_count

Indicates the number of DHCP pings. Example: 1

ping_timeout

Unsigned
integer

No

 

ping_timeout

Indicates the timeout (in seconds) for DHCP pings.
Example: 1000

enable_leasequery

Boolean

No

 

 

When you set this value to True, the appliance allows lease query. Example: False

retry_ddns_updates

Boolean

No

 

retry_ddns_updates

When you set this value to True, DHCP server will retry failed DNS updates. Example: False

ddns_retry_interval

Unsigned
integer

No

 

ddns_retry_interval

Indicates the minimum time in minutes between DNS update retries. You must set ddns_retry_updates to True to modify the ddns_retry_interval value in the CSV file.

lease_scavenge_time

Unsigned
integer

No

 

 

Indicates the Grid level lease_scavenge_time value. If the value is -1, which means this lease scavenge will is disabled. The minimum value would be 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 ( 7 days).

enable_fingerprint

Boolean

No

 

 

When you set this value to True, fingerprint matching for incoming lease requests will be enabled. Example: False.

ipv6_enable_ddns

Boolean

No

 

 

Set this value to True to override the value at the Grid level. Set the parameter to False to inherit the settings from the Grid. Example: False

ipv6_ddns_enable_option_fqdn

Boolean

No

 

 

Indicates whether the FQDN option sent by the client is to be used, or if the server can automatically generate the FQDN. Default value is half of lease time. Example: False

ipv6_generate_hostname

Boolean

No

 

 

When you set this value to True, the hostname is generated if it is not sent by the client. Example: False

ipv6_ddns_domainname

String

No

 

 

The DDNS domain name in FQDN format. Example: test_domain.com

ipv6_ddns_ttl

Unsigned integer

No

 

 

Indicates the member IPv6 DDNS TTL value in seconds. Example: 0

ipv6_domain_name_servers

IPv6 DNS server list

No

 

 

List of IPv6 domain name servers. Example: “2001::1, 2001::2,...”

ipv6_domain_name

String

No

 

 

To override the upper-level setting for ipv6_domain_name, you must set the value to True. Set the parameter to False to inherit the upper-level setting for ipv6_domain_name.

ipv6_recycle_leases

Boolean

No

 

 

When you set this to True, the leases are kept in recycle bin until one week after expiration. When you set this to False, the leases are irrecoverably deleted.
Example: False

ipv6_server_duid

String

No

 

 

DUID (DHCPv6 unique identifier) of the Grid member in string format.

ipv6_enable_retry_updates

Boolean

No

 

 

When you set this flag to True, the DHCPv6 server retries failed dynamic DNS updates. The default value is True.
Example: False

ipv6_retry_updates_interval

Unsigned integer

No

 

 

Set the retry interval when the member DHCPv6 server makes repeated attempts to send DDNS updates to a DNS server. The default retry interval is five minutes.

ipv6_update_dns_on_lease_ renewal

Boolean

No

 

 

Set or retrieve the ipv6_update_dns_on_lease_renewal flag. This attribute controls whether the DHCP server updates DNS when an IPv6 DHCP lease is renewed. Specify True to enable this feature or False to disable it. The default value is False.

ddns_domainname

String

No

 

 

The DDNS domain name in FQDN format. Example: test_domain.com

lease_per_client_settings

String

No

 

 

Defines how the server will release the client lease. This field is set to RELEASE_MATCHING_ID by default. Valid values are ONE_LEASE_PER_CLIENT, RELEASE_MATCHING_ID and NEVER_RELEASE.

ignore_client_identifier

Boolean

No

 

 

Indicates if the client identifier will be ignored for a DHCP shared network object. When you set this to True, the client identifier will be ignored.
Example: False

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

ADMGRP-XXXX

String

No

Permissions
Admin
Group/Role

permission

ADMGRP-JimSmith is an example of an admin permission of a specific admin group. Example: RW

v6_leases_scavenging_enabled

Boolean

No

Lease
Scavenging

ipv6_enable_lease_scavenge

When you set this to True, the DHCPv6 server deletes free, expired, and released leases. The default value is False.
Example: True

v6_leases_scavenging_grace_period

Unsigned Integer

No

Lease
Scavenging

ipv6_lease_scavenge_time

Indicates the period (in seconds) for which free, expired, and released DHCPv6 leases remain in the database before they are automatically deleted. Example: 604800

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