Reference Guide

280 | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
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Debug DHCP server
Client Configuration
DHCP Clear Commands
Configure the System to be a Relay Agent
DHCP clients and servers request and offer configuration information via broadcast DHCP messages.
Routers do not forward broadcasts, so if there are no DHCP servers on the subnet, the client does not
receive a response to its request and therefore cannot access the network.
Task Command Syntax Command Mode
Display debug information for DHCP
server.
debug ip dhcp server [events |
packets]
EXEC Privilege
Task Command Syntax Command Mode
To specify the name of a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
client, use the client-name DHCP pool configuration command. The
client name should not include the domain name.
client-name name DHCP
The boot file stores the boot image for the client. The boot image is
generally the client’s operating system. Specify a boot file for the DHCP
client.
bootfile filename DHCP
Specify the next server(s), in order of preference, in a client's boot
process.
address is the IP address of the next server in the boot process, which is
typically a TFTP server.
If next-server configured the DHCP server uses the inbound interface
helper addresses as boot servers.
next-server address DHCP
Task Command Syntax Command Mode
Clear DHCP binding entries for the entire binding
table.
clear ip dhcp binding EXEC Privilege
Clear a DHCP binding entry for an individual IP
address.
clear ip dhcp binding ip address EXEC Privilege
Clear a DHCP address conflict.
clear ip dhcp conflict
EXEC Privilege
Clear DHCP server counters.
clear ip dhcp server statistics
EXEC Privilege