Operation Manual – DHCP
H3C S7500 Series Ethernet Switches
The first IP address found among the available IP addresses in the DHCP
address pool.
If no IP address is available, the DHCP server queries lease-expired and
conflicted IP addresses. If the DHCP server finds such IP addresses, it assigns
them; otherwise the DHCP server does not assign IP addresses.
2.2 Global Address Pool-Based DHCP Server Configuration
2.2.1 Configuration Task List
Complete the following tasks to configure global address pool-based DHCP server:
Enabling DHCP
Configuring Global Address Pool Mode on
Interface(s)
Configuring
How to Assign
IP Addresses
in a Global
Address Pool
Configuring DNS Services for the DHCP Server
Configuring NetBIOS Services for the DHCP Server
Customizing DHCP Service
Configuring Gateway Addresses for DHCP Clients
2.2.2 Enabling DHCP
You need to enable DHCP before performing other DHCP-related configurations,
which takes effect only after DHCP is enabled.
Follow these steps to enable DHCP:
To do...
Enter system view
Enable DHCP
2.2.3 Configuring Global Address Pool Mode on Interface(s)
You can configure the global address pool mode on the specified or all interfaces of a
DHCP server. After that, when the DHCP server receives DHCP packets from DHCP
Task
Configuring to assign IP addresses
by static binding
Configuring to assign IP addresses
dynamically
Use the command...
system-view
dhcp enable
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Chapter 2 DHCP Server Configuration
Remarks
Required
Optional
One among these two
options is required. Only
one mode can be selected
for the same global
address pool.
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Remarks
—
Required
By default, DHCP is enabled