Owners Manual

Configure a Method of Hostname Resolution
Dell Networking systems are capable of providing DHCP clients with parameters for two methods of hostname resolution—
using DNS or NetBIOS WINS.
Using DNS for Address Resolution
A domain is a group of networks. DHCP clients query DNS IP servers when they need to correlate host names to IP addresses.
1. Create a domain.
DHCP <POOL>Mode
domain-name name
2. Specify in order of preference the DNS servers that are available to a DHCP client.
DHCP <POOL>Mode
dns-server address
Using NetBIOS WINS for Address Resolution
Windows internet naming service (WINS) is a name resolution service that Microsoft DHCP clients use to correlate host names
to IP addresses within a group of networks. Microsoft DHCP clients can be one of four types of NetBIOS nodes: broadcast,
peer-to-peer, mixed, or hybrid.
1. Specify the NetBIOS WINS name servers, in order of preference, that are available to Microsoft Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) clients.
DHCP <POOL> mode
netbios-name-server address
2. Specify the NetBIOS node type for a Microsoft DHCP client. Dell Networking recommends specifying clients as hybrid.
DHCP <POOL> mode
netbios-node-type type
Creating Manual Binding Entries
An address binding is a mapping between the IP address and the media access control (MAC) address of a client.
The DHCP server assigns the client an available IP address automatically, and then creates an entry in the binding table.
However, the administrator can manually create an entry for a client; manual bindings are useful when you want to guarantee
that a particular network device receives a particular IP address. Manual bindings can be considered single-host address pools.
There is no limit on the number of manual bindings, but you can only configure one manual binding per host.
NOTE: The system does not prevent you from using a network IP as a host IP; be sure to not use a network IP as a host IP.
1. Create an address pool.
DHCP mode
pool name
2. Specify the client IP address.
DHCP <POOL>
host address
3. Specify the client hardware address.
DHCP <POOL>
hardware-address hardware-address type
● hardware-address: the client MAC address.
● type: the protocol of the hardware platform.
The default protocol is Ethernet.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
329