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server-identifier

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OS for EX Series Ethernet Switches, Release 10.3
server-identifier address;
[edit system services dhcp],
[edit system services dhcp pool],
[edit system services dhcp static-binding]
Statement introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.
Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 9.0 for EX Series switches.
For J Series Services Routers and EX Series switches only. Configure a server identifier.
The identifier can be used to identify a DHCP server in a DHCP message. It can also be
used as a destination address from clients to servers (for example, when the boot file is
set, but not the boot server).
Servers include the server identifier in
distinguish between multiple lease offers. Clients include the server identifier in
messages to select a lease and indicate which offer is accepted from
DHCPREQUEST
multiple lease offers. Also, clients can use the server identifier to send unicast request
messages to specific DHCP servers to renew a current lease.
This address must be a manually assigned, static IP address. The server cannot send a
request and receive an IP address from itself or another DHCP server.
If no server identifier is set, the DHCP server sets the server identifier based on the primary
interface address used by the server to receive a client request. For example, if the client
sends a DHCP request and the server receives it on
address is , then the server identifier is set to
1.1.1.1
address —IPv4 address of the server. This address must be accessible by all clients served
within a specified range of addresses (based on an address pool or static binding).
system—To view this statement in the configuration.
system-control—To add this statement to the configuration.
Configuring the Router, Switch, or Interface to Act as a DHCP Server on J Series Services
Routers and EX Series Ethernet Switches
messages so that clients can
DHCPOFFER
fe-0/0/0 and the primary interface
.
1.1.1.1
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