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664 Importing and Exporting DHCP data
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Importing and Exporting DHCP data
You can export the DHCP data for an interface to a file on the Business Communications Manager
system. This saves an image of the current DHCP programming for that interface.
When the IP address of LAN1 or LAN2 changes, the DHCP programming for that interface is lost.
To save the DHCP programming, export the DHCP data before you change the IP address of the
interface. Then, after you change the IP address, import the DHCP programming for the interface.
Exporting DHCP data
When you export the DHCP data, the following information is saved to the file:
• Address Range
• Excluded Address Range
• Reserved Address Range
• Scope options
The DHCP data is stored on the Business Communications Manager in the directory
D:\Data Files\Nortel Networks\Unified Manger. The file is named
ScopeName.dat where
ScopeName is the name of the DHCP scope.
To export the DHCP data:
1 On the navigation tree, click the Services key and click the DHCP key.
2
Click the Local Scope key to export data for a local scope.
Click the Remote Scope key to export data for a remote scope.
3 Click the scope from which you want to export data.
4 On the Tools menu, click Export .
A confirmation dialog box appears.
5 Click the Yes button.
Note: If you have exported the DHCP data for a scope with this name before, the data
from this export will overwrite the previous export.