Dell Force10 MXL Blade MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module Configuration Guide - Page 167

Enable DHCP Server DHCP server is disabled by default. To enable the DHCP server, follow these steps: Step 1 2 Task Enter the DHCP command-line context. Enable DHCP server. 3 Display the current DHCP configuration. Command Syntax Command Mode ip dhcp server no disable Default: Disabled show config CONFIGURATION DHCP DHCP In Figure 9-3, an IP phone is powered by power over ethernet (PoE) and has acquired an IP address from the Dell Force10 system, which is advertising link layer discover protocol (LLDP)-media endpoint discovery (MED). The leased IP address is displayed using the show ip dhcp binding command and confirmed with the show lldp neighbors command. Figure 9-3. Configuring DHCP Server Relay Agent DNS Server 7/1 Configure a Method of Hostname Resolution Dell Force10 systems are capable of providing DHCP clients with parameters for two methods of hostname resolution. Address Resolution using DNS A domain is a group of networks. DHCP clients query domain name server (DNS) IP servers when they need to correlate host names to IP addresses. To specify the order of preference for the DNS servers, follow these steps: Step 1 2 Task Create a domain. Specify in order of preference for the DNS servers that are available to a DHCP client. Command Syntax domain-name name dns-server address Command Mode DHCP DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) | 165