Enabling Dhcp; Enabling The Dhcp Server On An Interface - HP A7500 Series Configuration Manual

Extend existing DHCP options. When the current DHCP options cannot meet the customers'
•
requirements (for example, you cannot use the dns-list command to configure more than eight DNS
server addresses), you can configure a self-defined option for extension.
Follow these steps to configure a self-defined DHCP option in the DHCP address pool:
To do...
Enter system view
Enter DHCP address pool view
Configure a self-defined DHCP
option
Table 2 Description of common options
Option Option name
3 Router Option
6 Domain Name Server Option
15 Domain Name
NetBIOS over TCP/IP Name
44
Server Option
NetBIOS over TCP/IP Node Type
46
Option
66 TFTP server name
67 Bootfile name
43 Vendor Specific Information

Enabling DHCP

Enable DHCP before performing other configurations.
Follow these steps to enable DHCP:
To do...
Enter system view
Enable DHCP

Enabling the DHCP server on an interface

With the DHCP server enabled on an interface, upon receiving a client's request, the DHCP server will
assign an IP address from its address pool to the DHCP client.
Follow these steps to enable the DHCP server on an interface:
Use the command...
system-view
dhcp server ip-pool pool-name
[ extended ]
option code { ascii ascii-string |
hex hex-string&<1-16> |
ip-address ip-address&<1-8> }
Corresponding command
gateway-list
dns-list
domain-name
nbns-list
netbios-type
tftp-server
bootfile-name
—
Use the command...
system-view
dhcp enable
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Remarks
—
—
Required
No DHCP option is configured by
default.
Command parameter
ip-address
ip-address
ascii
ip-address
hex
ascii
ascii
hex
Remarks
—
Required
Disabled by default.