Create An Ip Address Pool; Exclude Addresses From The Address Pool - Dell Force10 S4810P Configuration Manual

Create an IP Address Pool

An address pool is a range of IP addresses that may be assigned by the DHCP server. Address pools are
indexed by subnet number.
To create an address pool:
Step Task
1 Access the DHCP server CLI context.
2 Create an address pool and give it a name.
3 Specify the range of IP addresses from which the
DHCP server may assign addresses.
•
network
•
prefix-length
used for the network portion of the address
you specify.
4 Display the current pool configuration.
Once an IP address is leased to a client, only that client may release the address. FTOS performs a IP +
MAC source address validation to ensure that no client can release another clients address. This is a default
behavior and is separate from

Exclude Addresses from the Address Pool

The DHCP server assumes that all IP addresses in a DHCP address pool are available for assigning to
DHCP clients. You must specify the IP address that the DHCP server should not assign to clients.
Task
Exclude an address range from DHCP assignment. The
exclusion applies to all configured pools.
382
| Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
is the subnet address.
specifies the number of bits
IP+MAC Source Address
Command Syntax
ip dhcp server
pool name
network network /prefix-length
Prefix-length Range: 17 to 31
show config
Validation.
Command Syntax
excluded-address
Command Mode
CONFIGURATION
DHCP
DHCP <POOL>
DHCP <POOL>
Command Mode
DHCP