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Chapter 9 Making and Deploying Configuration Changes Using NetConfig
Using System-defined Tasks
You can enter the details of this task in the Cable DHCP-GiAddr and Helper Configuration dialog box.
(To invoke this dialog box, see
Starting a New NetConfig Job.)
For the features of system-defined tasks and a description of the features of a system-defined task dialog
box, see
Understanding the System-defined Task User Interface (Dialog Box).
Note At a time, you can apply this task only to a single device, because cable templates configure interfaces
on devices.
The fields in the Cable DHCP-GiAddr and Helper Configuration dialog box are:
Group Sub-Group Field Description
Config Setup Cable Interface Select a cable interface to make the configuration changes to
the selected interface, from the drop-down list.
If there are no interfaces available, you will see the option
No Interfaces Found in the drop-down list. You should make
sure that the device is reachable and then select a valid
interface.
Action Select an option from the drop-down list.
The options are:
• No Change—Does not change the current
configuration.
• Add/Modify—Adds a new GiAddr or Helper Address
or both, or modifies an existing GiAddr or Helper
Address or both.·
• Remove—Removes the GiAddr or Helper Address or
both.
Select an option to Add or Modify, from the drop-down list:
• DHCP-Giaddr & Helper-Address—Enables you to set
the DHCP GiAddr to Policy or Primary. You can also
specify values for the fields in the Cable Helper
Addresses group.
• DHCP-Giaddr—Enables you to set the DHCP GiAddr
to Policy or Primary.
• Helper-Address—Enables you to specify values for the
fields in the Cable Helper Addresses group.
Cable DHCP Giaddr Policy
Primary
Allows you to set the DHCP GiAddr to Policy or Primary:
• Policy—Selects the control policy, so the primary
address is used for cable modems and secondary
addresses are used for hosts.
• Primary—Always selects the primary address for
GiAddr field.
Enable this field by selecting Helper Address.