Administrator Guide
lease {days [hours] [minutes] | infinite}
The default is 24 hours.
Specifying a Default Gateway
The IP address of the default router should be on the same subnet as the client.
To specify a default gateway, follow this step.
• Specify default gateway(s) for the clients on the subnet, in order of preference.
DHCP <POOL>
default-router address
Enabling the DHCP Server
To set up the DHCP Server, you must rst enable it.
The DHCP server is disabled by default.
1. Enter the DHCP command-line context.
CONFIGURATION mode
ip dhcp server
2. Enable DHCP server.
DHCP mode
no disable
The default is Disabled.
3. Display the current DHCP conguration.
DHCP mode
show config
In the following illustration, an IP phone powers Power over Ethernet (PoE) and has acquired an IP address from the Dell Networking
system, which is advertising link layer discovery protocol (LLDP)-media endpoint discovery (MED). The leased IP address is
displayed using the show ip dhcp binding command and conrmed using the show lldp neighbors command.
Figure 35. Enabling the DHCP Server
Congure a Method of Hostname Resolution
Dell systems are capable of providing DHCP clients with parameters for two methods of hostname resolution—using DNS or
NetBIOS WINS.
Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol (DHCP)
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