Service Manual

Following is a configuration example of a DHCP server included on the most popular Linux distribution.

The dhcpd.conf file shows that the MAC-based IP and configuration file assignment are fixed.

option configfile code 209=text;

option bootfile-name code 67=text;

host HOST1{

#####MAC to IP mapping

hardware ethernet 00:01:e8:8c:4d:0e;

fixed-address 30.0.0.20;

FTP URL with IP address

HTTP URL with DNS

TFTP

#####bootfile-name could be given in the following way

option bootfile-name “ftp://

admin:admin@Guest-1/Dell-SE-8.3.10.1.bin”;

option bootfile-name “http://30.0.0.1/

Dell-SE-8.3.10.1.bin”;

FTP URL with DNS

HTTP URL with IP address

TFTP URL with IP address

MAC-Based IP Address Assignment

To assign a fixed IP address and configuration file based on the system’s MAC address, configure the

DHCP server to deploy in BMP mode.

In this way, the same IP address is assigned and the same configuration file is retrieved when the switch

reloads.

Using a dynamic IP address assignment may cause the desired configuration to not load on the system

because the IP address changes each time the system is reloaded.

For example, on a DHCP3 server, you can configure the assignment of a fixed MAC-based IP address and

configuration file by entering the following lines of configuration parameters in the dhcpd.conf file on

the server:

host S4810 {

hardware ethernet 00:01:e8:81:e2:39;

fixed-address 20.0.0.48;

option configfile "customer.conf";

}

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