A technician is replacing a faulty NIC in a server. According to best practices, which of the following should be used to configure the IP address on the server?

DNS reservations map hostnames to IP addresses but do not assign or configure the IP address on the server's NIC.

A standard DHCP-assigned address is dynamic and can change at lease renewal, causing service disruptions and broken DNS records.

A DHCP reservation ties a specific IP to a MAC address on the DHCP server, but this still relies on the DHCP service being available and is not a direct NIC configuration - static assignment is the preferred best practice for servers.

Servers provide network services that clients connect to by IP or hostname - a changing address breaks those connections and DNS records. A static IP is manually configured and never changes unless an administrator explicitly changes it. Best practice dictates that all infrastructure devices like servers, routers, and switches use static IPs for predictability and reliability.