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The DHCP server also supports pre-assigning IP addresses to be allocated only to specific MAC addresses
and reserving IP addresses to be used by connected hosts with fixed IP addresses. To reserve an IP
addresses for a particular host:
 Click Add in the Reserved Addresses field.
 Enter the Hostname, the Hardware Address (MAC), and the Statically Reserved IP address for
the DHCP client and click Apply.
When DHCP has initially allocated hosts addresses, copy these addresses into the pre-assigned list so the
same IP address will be reallocated if you reboot the system.
3.6.3 Select Failover or broadband OOB
The LES1208A, LES1216A and LES1248A console servers provide a broadband failover option. If you have
a problem using the main LAN connection for accessing the console server, an alternate access path is
used.
 By default, the failover is not enabled. To enable, select the Network page on the System: IP
menu.
 Select the Failover Interface to be used if the main fails. This can be:
o an alternate broadband Ethernet connection (which would be the Network2 port on the
LES1208A, LES1216A, and LES1248A) or
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