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Remote Servers - Manage configurations

Remote Servers' Manage configurations tool allows the user to perform bulk operations on FusionLayer DHCP and FusionLayer DNS Servers. When making your server and operation type selections, you can go back by clicking the "Previous" button and change your selections.

Step 1: Selecting servers

First select the server type by clicking on it's label on the menu labeled "Server type". When the servers have been loaded select the servers you wish to perform bulk operations on and click the "Next" button. You can select individual servers by ticking their respective checkboxes, or you can select all of them by ticking the checbox located in the server table header next to the "Server name" heading.

Please note: FusionLayer DHCP failover secondaries won't be shown in the Select Servers list because the changes will be propagated via primary failover peers.

Step 2: Selecting operation

The next step is to select the operation for the selected servers, which are displayed on top of the operation list. The available operation choices presented in the list are dependent on the server types selected in Step 1, and their versions.

All available operations for FusionLayer DHCP Servers are:

  • Add host
  • Add subnet
  • Delete host
  • Delete subnet

All available operations for FusionLayer DNS Servers are:

  • Add ACL
  • Add zone
  • Delete ACL
  • Delete zone
  • Edit ACL

Step 3: Operation details

Operation details allows user to specify parameters for the selected operation. Servers selected for the operation are displayed on top of the operation details list. When the "Next" button on this page is clicked the parameters will be validated. If the validation does not find any errors on the parameters, the user is taken to Step 4: Confirmation. Otherwise the validation errors will be shown.

Operation details for all available operations are listed in the following. Mandatory fields are marked with an asterisk (*).

Add host

  • Hostname * - Type in a name for the new host, it must be unique.
  • Description - Type in a free text description for the new host.
  • MAC Address * - A unique identifier assigned to network interface, e.g. "01:23:45:67:89:ab"
  • Fixed address - Type in the static IP address for the host, either IPv4 or IPv6 format. The addresses are separated by a comma.


Add subnet

  • Subnet address * - Type in the new subnet's IP Address, which must be unique.
  • Subnet netmask * - Type in the new subnet's netmask, either IPv4 or IPv6 format. The netmask must be calid for the subnet's address.
  • Subnet description - Type in a free text description for the new subnet.
  • Routers - Default routers' IP addresses, separated by a comma
  • Dynamic Ranges - Dynamic IP address ranges for the new subnet, either IPv4 or IPv6 format.


Delete host

  • Select host to delete * - Displays a list of available hosts which can be deleted from the server(s)


Delete subnet

  • Select subnet to delete * - Displays a list of available subnets which can be deleted from the server(s)


Add ACL

  • ACL name * - Type in a name for the new ACL.
  • Address match list * - You can select the value "IP address" which allows you to input new IP address for the new ACL to be created. You can also select existing ACLs from the menu, adding their rules to the new ACL to be created.
    • Please note: you can move the selected items with the up and down arrow icons. The list is read from top to bottom.


Add zone

  • Zonename * - Type in a name for the new zone.
  • Master IP * - Type in the master DNS server's IP address for the new zone.
  • Master port - Type in the master port for the master DNS server for the new zone.


Delete ACL

  • ACL name * - Displays a list of available ACLs which can be deleted from the server(s)


Delete zone

  • Zonename * - Displays a list of available zones which can be deleted from the server(s)


Edit ACL

  • Select ACL * - Displays a list of available ACLs which can be edited.
  • Compare server parameters - Opens up a dialog window which contains the current parameters for each server, and which can be copied to the edited ACL by clicking the "Copy Values" button (please note that ACLs and Keys that don't exist on all servers won't be copied)
  • Address match list - Displays a selection for new IP address input and a list of available ACLs which can be copied to the edited ACL as an address match list by clicking the plus icon. They can also be removed from the list by clicking the X icon, and moved in order by clicking the up and down arrows.
    The checkbox labeled with an emphasis mark creates a "not" mark for the address match list, i.e. the IP addresses listed on this address match list are not contained within the edited ACL.
    Please note: The address match list is read from top to bottom.
    • IP address - Input a new IP address
    • ACL any - Matches all hosts
    • ACL none - Matches no hosts
    • ACL localhost - Matches all the IP address(es) of the server on which BIND is running
    • ACL localnets - Matches all the IP address(es) and subnetmasks of the server on which BIND is running

Step 4: Confirmation

The Confirmation page shows a summary of the operations which will be performed to the servers after the "Confirm" button is clicked.