Modify Macro

The Macro Properties dialog box displays the current settings for a macro, and lets you modify these settings in the dhcptab on the selected DHCP server.

To modify an entry, double-click the entry, enter the new value, and then press Enter. To display a list of defined options, right-click in the Options or Values field. Options are listed by category and type.

The settings in the Macro Properties menu are described below.

Name The macro name; specify a new name, if desired. Remember, the name you choose determines the macro category. Macro names can be a maximum of 128 alphanumeric characters.
The important thing to remember when naming your macro is to give it the same name as the resource or device in the category you want to control. For example, to create a Client Class macro for configuring a Ultra-5^TM (which has the client class name SUNW,Ultra5_10), name your macro SUNW.Ultra5_10.

Option The options and/or other macros included in the macro. You can add or delete options, and change the order of options in the list.
To browse a list of defined options, right-click in the Options column. Options are displayed by category and type.
To include a nested macro, enter Include in the Option column and then enter the name of the macro in the Value column.
To specify an option, enter the name of the option in the Option column, and the value of the option in the Value column.

Move Up/Move Down Click Move Up or Move Down to change the processing order of options and nested macros. The processing order is significant, as options and macros processed last supersede conflicting values in those that are processed first.

Delete Select an option and click Delete to remove it from the macro.

Notify DHCP Server of Change: Check the box if you want the DHCP server to reload the dhcptab after the changed macro information is written. Normally, you want the server to reload the dhcptab so that clients start receiving the new configuration data immediately. However, in some cases, you may want to delay this reload. For example, you may need to modify several macros in order for configurations to be correct.

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