IP address configuration

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Question:
I have a service tech who needs a static IP address on a
piece of equipment, so I alloted him an IP and excluded it
from my address pool. The problem is, however, that if
the equipment loses power, it loses its static IP
configuration and when it comes back up it grabs an IP
from the network instead of the original excluded
address. A reserved address would not work either as the
desired behavior is for the equipment to come back on line
and wait for it's address to be statically configured.
What can I do from the DHCP server side to ensure that the
equipment does not broadcast for an IP address itself, but
instead waits for its static configuration?

Thanks
 
Surely this is an issue for that specific piece of
equipment, not for Windows! If a device requests
an address from a DHCP server then the DHCP
server is programmed to give out an address -
this is its purpose.
 
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