Microsoft KB Archive/945936

= The DHCP support is not available when you install SQL Server 2005 on a Windows Server 2008 failover cluster =

Article ID: 945936

Article Last Modified on 12/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition

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SUMMARY
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 failover clusters do not support Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).



MORE INFORMATION
Windows Server 2008 failover clusters introduce support for DHCP. When you install SQL Server 2005 on a Windows Server 2008 failover cluster, you may expect that you can enable the DHCP support in the SQL Server 2005 failover cluster. However, you cannot find an option to assign DHCP to the IP Address resource when you install SQL Server 2005.

This behavior occurs because SQL Server 2005 failover clusters do not support DHCP. Support for DHCP is scheduled to be included in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 failover clusters.

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