The Address Allocation Manager interface

You can start the Address Allocation Manager in the following ways:

• Double-click on System Administration on the Desktop, then select Network, then select Address Allocation Manager.

• Start the SCOadmin launcher by entering scoadmin on the command line, and then select Networking Address Allocation Manager.

• Enter scoadmin Address Allocation Manager on the command line (or an abbreviation of this such as scoadmin Address).

Depending upon the selection that you make from the View menu, the main screen of the Address Allocation Manager shows the addresses that are currently configured in each pool, the allocation status of addresses in each pool, or the allocation status of addresses in each pool according to the services that are using the AAS server.

Use View Expand to examine the complete details for a selected list entry, or use View Collapse to display just its name and description. You can also expand and collapse individual entries by double-clicking on them. You can expand and collapse all entries using View Expand All and View Collapse All.

With the Address Allocation Manager, you can:

• Configure pools of addresses for use by other network services such as DHCP and PPP.

• Query the current state of address pool definitions, which addresses have been allocated from a pool, or which addresses have been allocated from a pool to particular services.

• Enable, disable, or release, addresses within a pool.

• Configure the operation of the address server.

• Reset the state of the AAS database.