800 CHAPTER 57: DHCP SERVER CONFIGURATION
■ Without subaddress specified, assign an IP address from the address pool of
the subnet which the primary IP address of the server’s interface (connected to
the client) belongs to.
Configuring an
Address Pool for the
DHCP Server
Configuration Task List Complete the following tasks to configure an address pool:
Creating a DHCP
Address Pool
Follow these steps to create a DHCP address pool:
Configuring an Address
Allocation Mode
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CAUTION: You can configure either the static binding or dynamic address
allocation for an address pool as needed.
It is required to specify an address range for the dynamic address allocation. A
static binding is a special address pool containing only one IP address.
Configuring manual address allocation
Some DHCP clients such as a WWW server need fixed IP addresses. You can create
a static binding of a client’s MAC or ID to IP address in the DHCP address pool.
Task Remarks
“Creating a DHCP Address Pool” on page 800 Required
“Configuring an Address
Allocation Mode” on page 800
“Configuring manual address allocation” on
page 800
Required to
configure
either of the
two
“Configuring dynamic address allocation”
on page 801
“Configuring a Domain Name Suffix for the Client” on page 802 Optional
“Configuring DNS Servers for the Client” on page 802
“Configuring WINS Servers and NetBIOS Node Type for the Client” on page
803
“Configuring the BIMS Server Information for the Client” on page 803
“Configuring Gateways for the Client” on page 804
“Configuring Option 184 Parameters for the Client with Voice Service” on
page 804
“Configuring the TFTP Server and Bootfile Name for the Client” on page 805
“Configuring Self-Defined DHCP Options” on page 805
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view -
Create a DHCP address pool
and enter its view
dhcp server ip-pool
pool-name
Required
No DHCP address pool is
created by default.