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IP Configuration Command Set
Configuring Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Matrix NSA Series Configuration Guide 12-111
DHCP Task List
The CLI commands for DHCP Server provide functionality for:
1. Configuring a DHCP local pool for a subnet (required)
2. Excluding IP addresses not to be assigned to the clients by the DHCP server (optional)
3. Configuring a DHCP pool (required)
4. Configuring manual bindings of IP addresses and client hardware addresses (optional)
5. Configuring a DHCP server boot file (optional)
6. Monitoring and maintaining DHCP server services (optional)
7. Enabling DHCP service on a routing interface (required)
DHCP Command Modes
Except for clear and show commands, most DHCP configuration commands can be executed in
most of the DHCP command modes shown in Table 12-12. CLI examples in this section will show
a command being executed in one of the appropriate DHCP configuration modes.
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Table 12-12 DHCP Command Modes
Mode Usage Access Method Resulting Prompt
IP Local Pool
Configuration
Mode
Configure a local
address pool as a
DHCP subnet.
Type ip local pool
and the local pool
name from Global
Configuration Mode.
Matrix>Router1
(ip-local-pool)#
DHCP Pool
Configuration
Mode
Configure a DHCP
server address pool.
Type ip dhcp pool
and the address pool
name from Global
Configuration Mode.
Matrix>Router1
(config-dhcp-pool)#
DHCP Class
Configuration
Mode
Configure a DHCP
client class.
Type client-class and
the client class name
from DHCP Pool or
Host Configuration
Mode.
Matrix>Router1
(config-dhcp-class)#