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title: ipHost
description: OID
component: pingds
version: 8.1
page_id: pingds:schemaref:oc-ipHost
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/schemaref/oc-ipHost.html
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# ipHost

|                       |                                                                                                                                                                      |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *OID*                 | 1.3.6.1.1.1.2.6                                                                                                                                                      |
| *Names*               | ipHost                                                                                                                                                               |
| *Description*         | Abstraction of a host, an IP device. The distinguished value of the cn attribute denotes the canonical name of the host. Device SHOULD be used as a structural class |
| *Superior classes*    | [top](oc-top.html)                                                                                                                                                   |
| *Class type*          | AUXILIARY: for use in augmenting attributes of entries that already have a structural object class.                                                                  |
| *Required attributes* | [cn](at-cn.html), [ipHostNumber](at-ipHostNumber.html), [objectClass](at-objectClass.html)                                                                           |
| *Optional attributes* | [authPassword](at-authPassword.html), [description](at-description.html), [l](at-l.html), [manager](at-manager.html), [userPassword](at-userPassword.html)           |
| *Origin*              | [draft-howard-rfc2307bis](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-howard-rfc2307bis)                                                                             |
| *Schema file*         | 04-rfc2307bis.ldif                                                                                                                                                   |