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8. Within the Lease Time field, define one of the two kinds of leases the DHCP Server assigns to
9. Within the Servers field, change the server type used with the pool and use the Insert and
10. Provide the Included Ranges (starting and ending IP addresses) for this particular pool.
11. Click OK to save and add the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
12. Refer to the Status field.
13. Click Cancel to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration
Configuring DHCP Global Options
The DHCP Server screen's Configuration and Host Pool tabs can be used to display an additional
Global Options screen.
To define new global name and value and send it to other peer switches in the mobility domain:
1. Select Services > DHCP Server from the main menu tree.
2. Highlight an existing pool name from within either the Configuration or Host Pool tab and click
3. Click the Insert button to display an editable field wherein the name and value of the DHCP
4. Name the option as appropriate, assign a Code (numerical identifier) and use the Type
5. Click OK to save and add the changes to the running configuration and forward the updates to
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its clients:
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Infinite - If selected, the client can use the assigned address indefinitely.
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Actual Interval - Select this checkbox to manually define the interval for clients to use
DHCP supplied addresses. The default lease time is 1 day, with a minimum setting of 60
seconds and a maximum value of 946080000 seconds.
Remove buttons to add and remove the IP addresses of the routers used.
Use the Insert and Remove buttons as required to define the range of supported IP addresses.
A network pool without any include range is as good as not having a pool, because it won't be
useful in assigning addresses.
The Status is the current state of the requests made from the applet. Requests are any
"SET/GET" operation from the applet. The Status field displays error messages if something
goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.
the Options Setup button at the bottom of the screen
option can be added.
drop-down options to specify a value of ip or ascii to the DHCP global option. Highlight an entry
from within the Global Options screen and click the Remove button to delete the name and
value.
the other peer switches comprising the mobility domain.
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