Command Line Reference Guide

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

(DHCP)

Dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) is an application layer protocol that dynamically assigns IP

addresses and other configuration parameters to network end-stations (hosts) based on the

configuration policies the network administrators determine.

An MXL switch can operate as a DHCP server or DHCP client. As a DHCP client, the switch requests an IP

address from a DHCP server.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Commands to Configure the System to be a DHCP Client

• Commands to Configure the System to be a DHCP Server

• Commands to Configure Secure DHCP

Commands to Configure the System to be a DHCP Server

To configure the system to be a DHCP server, use the following commands.

clear ip dhcp

Reset the DHCP counters.

Syntax

clear ip dhcp [binding {address} | conflict | server

statistics]

Parameters

binding Enter the keyword binding to delete all entries in the

binding table.

address Enter the IP address to clear the binding entry for a single IP

address.

conflicts Enter the keyword conflicts to delete all of the log entries

created for IP address conflicts.

server statistics Enter the keywords server statistics to clear all the

server counter information.

Defaults none

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