Configure The Server For Automatic Address Allocation; Configuration Tasks - Dell Force10 Z9000 Configuration Manual

The key responsibilities of DHCP servers are:
1. Address Storage and Management: DHCP servers are the owners of the addresses used by DHCP
clients.The server stores the addresses and manages their use, keeping track of which addresses have
been allocated and which are still available.
2. Configuration Parameter Storage and Management: DHCP servers also store and maintain other
parameters that are sent to clients when requested. These parameters specify in detail how a client is to
operate.
3. Lease Management: DHCP servers use leases to allocate addresses to clients for a limited time. The
DHCP server maintains information about each of the leases, including lease length.
4. Responding To Client Requests: DHCP servers respond to different types of requests from clients,
primarily, granting, renewing, and terminating leases.
5. Providing Administration Services: The DHCP server includes functionality that allows an
administrator to implement policies that govern how DHCP performs its other tasks.

Configuration Tasks

To configure DHCP, an administrator must first set up a DHCP server and provide it with configuration
parameters and policy information including IP address ranges, lease length specifications, and
configuration data that DHCP hosts need.
Configuring the Dell Force10 system to be a DHCP server is a three-step process:
1.

Configure the Server for Automatic Address Allocation

2. Specify a Default Gateway
3. Enable DHCP Server
Related Configuration Tasks
• Configure a Method of Hostname Resolution
• Create Manual Binding Entries
• Debug DHCP server
• DHCP Clear Commands
Configure the Server for Automatic Address Allocation
Automatic Address Allocation is an address assignment method, by which the DHCP server leases an IP
address to a client from a pool of available addresses.
Create an IP Address Pool
An address pool is a range of IP addresses that may be assigned by the DHCP server. Address pools are
indexed by subnet number.
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