Configuring an Internal DHCP Server Policy File Parameters and Syntax
OmniSwitch AOS Release 8 Network Configuration Guide December 2017 page 22-25
Policy File Parameters and Syntax
Num Policy Usage
Default
Value
Description
1 ActiveLease
Expiration
ActiveLease
Expiration
= On
Off Determines how the expired leases are handled.
The following values are available:
Off - prevents expired leases from being
automatically deleted after lease period is over.
Full_delete - causes the lease from DHCP
database to be deleted, and the Message Service to be
notified of expired leases.
2Check
TransactionID
Check
Transaction
ID=True
False Configures the service to ignore multiple discover,
request, and BootP messages that have the same XID.
3 DefaultLease
Default
Lease=86400
7776000
(90 days)
Specifies the default lease period provided for the
clients in seconds.
4DropAll
DhcpInform
Packets
DropAll
Dhcp
Inform
Packets = True
False Allows administrators to configure the DHCP server
to ignore inform packets.
If this policy is set to True, the DHCP server
prevents the processing of DHCPINFORM packets.
However, the incoming packets are parsed.
4DropZero
MacAddress
Packets
DropZero
MacAddress
Packets =
False
True If this policy is set to True, the DHCP server checks
all incoming packets for a zero MAC address and
drops the packet if it is found.
Note: DHCPINFORM messages are processed even
if this process is set to true.
5ForceClass
ForceClass
=VendorNone
True Determines if the service verifies the lease request
from the client before issuing a lease.
The values associated with this policy are as follows:
• None - Allows the server to issue leases from any
IP address range to an incoming client request.
• Both - Forces the service to match for both user
and vendor class with the values defined for a
particular IP address range.
• Vendor - The service must match only on the
vendor class.
• User - The service must match only on user class.
6 Honor
Requested
LeaseTime
Honor
Requested
Lease
Time = False
True If this policy is set to True, the DHCP server
provides the requested lease time to the client.
If this policy is set to False, the server offers the
configured lease time.
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