Overview; Windows Server 2003 Configuration - HP MSM7xx Management And Configuration Manual

DHCP servers and Colubris vendor classes

Overview

Overview
This section shows you how to configure the following DHCP servers to use the vendor-
specific class:
 Windows Server 2003 configuration on page E-2.
 ISC DHCP server configuration on page E-7.
A vendor class allows certain devices to request specific information from a Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol server. Specifically, the HP ProCurve vendor class enables you to
define a list of available controllers to which APs operating in controlled mode can connect.
When DHCP clients send the Colubris vendor class identifier in a DHCP request, a properly
configured DHCP server returns the Colubris-specific options defined on the server. These
values are returned as DHCP option 43 (vendor-specific information) and can be interpreted
only by a HP ProCurve device.

Windows Server 2003 configuration

This section describes how to configure a Windows 2003 DHCP server to use the HP
ProCurve vendor class.
The following procedure assumes that you have a Windows 2003 Server that has a DHCP
server configured and running.
For more information see "Configuring Options and Classes on Windows Server" at
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/d55609a5-2a1c-4f3f-ba8f-
42b21828dc201033.mspx
E-2