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[5005] Updated User's Guide - part about Hostname reservation.

Marcin Siodelski 8 years ago
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      doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml

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doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml

@@ -2775,10 +2775,15 @@ It is merely echoed by the server
 
 
     <section id="reservation4-hostname">
     <section id="reservation4-hostname">
       <title>Reserving a hostname</title>
       <title>Reserving a hostname</title>
-      <para>When the reservation for the client includes the <command>hostname
-      </command>, the server will assign this hostname to the client and send
-      it back in the Client FQDN or Hostname option, depending on which of them
-      the client has sent to the server. The reserved hostname always takes
+      <para>When the reservation for a client includes the <command>hostname
+      </command>, the server will return this hostname to the client in
+      the Client FQDN or Hostname option. The server responds with the Client
+      FQDN option only if the client has included Client FQDN option in its
+      message to the server. The server will respond with the Hostname option
+      if the client has included Hostname option in its message to the server,
+      or when the client has requested Hostname option using Parameter Request
+      List option. The server will return Hostname option even if it is not
+      configured to perform DNS updates. The reserved hostname always takes
       precedence over the hostname supplied by the client or the autogenerated
       precedence over the hostname supplied by the client or the autogenerated
       (from the IPv4 address) hostname.</para>
       (from the IPv4 address) hostname.</para>