Reserve IP

When a server is setup with a static ip, do you need to go and reserve the ip
in dhcp or is this done automatically?

No, it doesn't happen automatically. A common practice is to start the
DHCP scope at 11 or 21 to leave 10 or 20 addresses for allocation to
manually configured machines.

"mikee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When a server is setup with a static ip, do you need to go and reserve the
> ip
> in dhcp or is this done automatically?

As Bill says it does not happen automatically and its good to leave a
block of addresses out for that purpose.

I however still go in DHCP and reserve the IP address. Its like a "fail
safe", if NIC goes bad or server is offline for a few hours/days.
Whatever the reason, you know that the address is locked.

mikee wrote:
> When a server is setup with a static ip, do you need to go and reserve the ip
> in dhcp or is this done automatically?

I use Exclusions in DHCP to prevent those addresses from being given out. The
Scope contains the entire range, but he Exclusions "trim down" what is actually
given out.

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