Users Guide

DHCP Server Settings 1175
Configuring a Dynamic Address Pool
Use the following commands to create an address pool with network
information that is dynamically assigned to hosts with DHCP clients that
request the information.
Command Purpose
configure Enter Global Configuration mode.
ip dhcp pool name Create a DHCP address pool and enters DHCP pool
configuration mode.
network network-ip
[mask | prefixlength]
Configure the subnet number and mask for a DHCP
address pool. Clients requesting an IP address can be
assigned any non-excluded IP address within this network.
lease
{days[hours][minutes] |
infinite}
Specify the duration of the lease for an IP address that is
assigned from a DHCP server to a DHCP client.
• days— Days the lease is valid (Range 0–59, Default is 1).
The hours and minutes can optionally be specified after
the days.
• infinite — 60-day lease. The Dell EMC Networking
DHCP server does not offer infinite leases. A setting of
infinite corresponds to 60 days.
default-router address1
[address2....address8]
Specify the list of default gateway IP addresses to be
assigned to the DHCP client.
dns-server address1
[address2....address8]
Specify the list of DNS server IP addresses to be assigned
to the DHCP client.
domain-name domain Specify the domain name for a DHCP client.
option code {ascii string
| hex string1
[string2...string8] | ip
address1
[address2...address8]}
Manually configure DHCP options.
CTRL + Z Exit to Privileged Exec mode.
show ip dhcp pool
configuration {name |
all}
View the settings for the specified address pool or for all
configured address pools.