NDS Exporter: Interpreting the results:
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The DNIP:Assignment Type field need some explanation:
1 = Automatic (assigned via BOOTP, address is used until YOU delete it)
2 = Dynamic (Assigned via DHCP, address is used until the lease expires)
4 = Unknown/reserved? (have not seen this type either)
8 = Manual (manually created and deleted)
16 = Unknown/reserved? (have not seen this type either)
32 = Unauthorized (IP address conflict detected IF server set to PING first)(TID 10014757)
64 = Unknown/reserved? (have not seen this type either)
128 = Exclusion (manually created and deleted, never distributed)
256 = Expired (DHCP lease has expired, IP is free to be Re-assigned)

All other fields are self-explanatory or you'll have to RTFM.

How to install and run the DNS/DHCP Management Console
Install the DNSDHCP Management Console to the workstation by running SYS:\PUBLIC\DNSDHCP\SETUP.EXE
NOTE: this path is only good on a NetWare 5.1 server

Launch the DNSDHCP Management Console by clicking on it's ICON on your desktop.
Select the tree.
Click on the DHCP Services Tab.
On the left, select our IP address subnet 10.10.100.0(MY_SUBNET). There are other subnets and

How to increase the Startup Speed of the DNS/DHCP Management Console
When launching the DNS/DHCP Management Console, you can use the "-C" option on the command line to specify the context of the DNS/ DHCP Locator object. When you use the "-C" option, you eliminate the search for the DNS/DHCP Locator object and obtain quicker access to the DNS/DHCP Management Console.

"C:\PROGRAM FILES\NOVELL\DNSDHCP\DNSDHCP.EXE" -C NOVELL

How to delete an IP address from the DHCP server.
This should be simple but it isn’t for now. If you try to delete an IP address, the DNS/DHCP Management Console will warns you that you should not delete IP addresses while the DHCPSRVR.NLM is up. Even though you can disable the DHCPSRVR.NLM from the console, the NLM is still technically running. I have tried it and the DHCPSRVR.NLM will not come back to life after you re-enable it; and to make things worse you can’t unload the NLM after that!
You must:
type UNLOAD DHCPSRVR on the server console
delete your IP addresses
type LOAD DHCPSRVR -d1 on the server console.

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