Reservation
Reservation¶
The Reservation Object defines a mapping between a token and an IP address. The token is defined by the assigned strategy. Similar to the subnet object, the only current strategy is MAC
. This will use the MAC address of the incoming requests as the identity token. The reservation allows for the optional specification of specific options and a next server that override or augment the options defined in a subnet. Because the reservation is an explicit binding of the token to an IP address, the address can be handed out without the definition of a subnet. This requires that the reservation have the netmask option (DHCP option 1) specified. In general, it is a good idea to define a subnet that will cover the reservation with default options and parameters, but it is not required.