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        5            3         1           0    2000-04-02 20:55:12.2 
For detailed output description, see the corresponding command manual.  
DHCP Test 
Network requirements 
Both the remote-ping client and the DHCP server are 4200G Ethernet switches. Perform a remote-ping 
DHCP test between the two switches to test the time required for the remote-ping client to obtain an IP 
address from the DHCP server.  
Network diagram 
Figure 1-3 Network diagram for the DHCP test 
 
 
 
 
Configuration procedure 
z  Configure DHCP Server(Switch B): 
Configure DHCP server on Switch B. For specific configuration of DHCP server, refer to the DHCP part 
of the manual.  
z  Configure remote-ping Client (Switch A): 
# Enable the remote-ping client. 
<Sysname> system-view 
[Sysname] remote-ping-agent enable 
# Create a remote-ping test group, setting the administrator name to administrator and test tag to 
DHCP. 
[Sysname] Remote-ping administrator dhcp 
# Configure the test type as dhcp.  
[Sysname-remote-ping-administrator-dhcp] test-type dhcp 
# Configure the source interface, which must be a VLAN interface. Make sure the DHCP server resides 
on the network connected to this interface.  
[Sysname-remote-ping-administrator-dhcp] source-interface Vlan-interface 1 
# Configure to make 10 probes per test.  
[Sysname-remote-ping-administrator-dhcp] count 10 
# Set the probe timeout time to 5 seconds. 
[Sysname-remote-ping-administrator-dhcp] timeout 5 
# Start the test.  
[Sysname-remote-ping-administrator-dhcp] test-enable 
# Display test results 
[Sysname-remote-ping-administrator-dhcp] display remote-ping results administrator dhcp