Chapter 1 Dhcp Overview; Introduction To Dhcp; Dhcp Ip Address Assignment; Ip Address Assignment Policy - H3C S3100 8C SI Operation Manual

Operation Manual – DHCP
H3C S3100 Series Ethernet Switches

1.1 Introduction to DHCP

With networks getting larger in size and more complicated in structure, lack of available
IP addresses becomes the common situation the network administrators have to face,
and network configuration becomes a tough task for the network administrators. With
the emerging of wireless networks and the using of laptops, the position change of
hosts and frequent change of IP addresses also require new technology. Dynamic host
configuration protocol (DHCP) is developed to solve these issues.
DHCP adopts a client/server model, where the DHCP clients send requests to DHCP
servers for configuration parameters; and the DHCP servers return the corresponding
configuration information such as IP addresses to implement dynamic allocation of
network resources.
A typical DHCP application includes one DHCP server and multiple clients (such as
PCs and laptops), as shown in
Figure 1-1 Typical DHCP application

1.2 DHCP IP Address Assignment

1.2.1 IP Address Assignment Policy

Currently, DHCP provides the following three IP address assignment policies to meet
the requirements of different clients:
Manual assignment. The administrator configures static IP-to-MAC bindings for
some special clients, such as a WWW server. Then the DHCP server assigns
these fixed IP addresses to the clients.
Automatic assignment. The DHCP server assigns IP addresses to DHCP clients.
The IP addresses will be occupied by the DHCP clients permanently.

Chapter 1 DHCP Overview

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Chapter 1 DHCP Overview