Dell Force10 Z9000 FTOS Configuration Guide for Z9000 System - Page 318

www.dell.com | support.dell.com To create an address pool: Step 1 2 3 4 Task Command Syntax Access the DHCP server CLI context. ip dhcp server Create an address pool and give it a name. Specify the range of IP addresses from which the DHCP server may assign addresses. • network is the subnet address. • prefix-length specifies the number of bits used for the network portion of the address you specify. pool name network network /prefix-length Prefix-length Range: 17 to 31 Display the current pool configuration. show config Command Mode CONFIGURATION DHCP DHCP DHCP Once an IP address is leased to a client, only that client may release the address. FTOS performs a IP + MAC source address validation to ensure that no client can release another clients address. This is a default behavior, and is separate from IP+MAC Source Address Validation. Exclude Addresses from the Address Pool The DHCP server assumes that all IP addresses in a DHCP address pool are available for assigning to DHCP clients. You must specify the IP address that the DHCP server should not assign to clients. Task Exclude an address range from DHCP assignment. The exclusion applies to all configured pools. Command Syntax excluded-address Command Mode DHCP Specify an Address Lease Time Task Command Syntax Specify an address lease time for the addresses in a pool. lease {days [hours] [minutes] | infinite} Default: 24 hours Command Mode DHCP Specify a Default Gateway The IP address of the default router should be on the same subnet as the client. Task Specify default gateway(s) for the clients on the subnet, in order of preference. Command Syntax default-router address Command Mode DHCP 318 | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)