diff --git a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man8/makedhcp.8.rst b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man8/makedhcp.8.rst index 877ff828f..9e586e09f 100644 --- a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man8/makedhcp.8.rst +++ b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man8/makedhcp.8.rst @@ -68,7 +68,12 @@ The ``auto`` setting keeps ISC DHCP on platforms where it is still available and 4. Then run \ **makedhcp**\ with a noderange or the \ **-a**\ option. This will inject DHCP configuration data pertinent to the specified nodes. - With ISC DHCP, Linux node entries are updated through OMAPI. With Kea DHCP, node reservations are rendered into the Kea JSON configuration, validated, and the Kea service is restarted. + With ISC DHCP, Linux node entries are updated through OMAPI and ``omshell``. + With Kea DHCP, xCAT stores node reservations in the Kea JSON configuration and, + when the Kea Control Agent and host-commands hook are enabled, performs live + reservation add and delete operations through the Kea control API. If the live + control path is unavailable, xCAT validates the updated Kea configuration and + restarts the Kea services. @@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ OPTIONS The \ **makedhcp**\ command will automatically restart the dhcp daemon after this operation. This option will replace any existing configuration file (making a backup of it first). For Linux systems using ISC DHCP, the file will include network entries as well as certain general parameters such as a dynamic range and omapi configuration. - For Linux systems using Kea DHCP, the generated files are ``/etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf``, ``/etc/kea/kea-dhcp6.conf`` when IPv6 networks are configured, and ``/etc/kea/kea-dhcp-ddns.conf`` when DDNS is enabled. + For Linux systems using Kea DHCP, the generated files are ``/etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf``, ``/etc/kea/kea-dhcp6.conf`` when IPv6 networks are configured, ``/etc/kea/kea-ctrl-agent.conf`` when the Kea Control Agent is enabled, and ``/etc/kea/kea-dhcp-ddns.conf`` when DDNS is enabled. For AIX systems the file will include network entries. On AIX systems, if there are any non-xCAT entries in the existing configuration file they will be preserved and added to the end of the new configuration file.