Reference Guide

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Enable DHCP Server

DHCP server is disabled by default.

In the following figure, an IP phone is powered by PoE and has acquired an IP address from the Dell

Force10 system, which is advertising LLDP-MED. The leased IP address is displayed using

show ip dhcp

binding, and confirmed with show lldp neighbors.

Figure 13-3. Configuring DHCP Server

Configure a Method of Hostname Resolution

Dell Force10 systems are capable of providing DHCP clients with parameters for two methods of

hostname resolution.

Address Resolution using DNS

A domain is a group of networks. DHCP clients query DNS IP servers when they need to correlate host

names to IP addresses.

Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode

1 Enter the DHCP command-line context. ip dhcp server CONFIGURATION

2 Enable DHCP server. no disable

Default: Disabled

DHCP

3 Display the current DHCP configuration.

show config

DHCP

Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode

1 Create a domain. domain-name name DHCP <POOL>

2 Specify in order of preference the DNS servers that are

available to a DHCP client.

dns-server address DHCP <POOL>

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Relay Agent

DNS Serve