Ciena 5150 - Configuring an Interface Using DHCP

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5150 Service Aggregation Switch Hardware Installation and Start-up Manual
009-3222-001 Standard Revision H
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Procedure 3-8
Configuring an Interface using DHCP
Step Action
1 Display DHCP information.
dhcp client show
Example output where DHCP is disabled and configured to run on the local
interface:
+------------------- DHCP CLIENT STATE --------------------+
| Parameter | Value |
+------------------------------------+---------------------+
| Interface Name | local |
| Admin State | Disabled |
| Oper State | Disabled |
| DHCP State | Disabled |
| Discovery Interval | 30 |
| Lease Time (days hh:mm:ss) | 0:00:00:00 |
| Lease Remaining (seconds) | 0 |
| Renewal (T1) Time (seconds) | 0 |
| Rebinding (T2) Time (seconds) | 0 |
| DHCP Server | :: |
+------------------------------------+---------------------+
2 Set which interface will use DHCP.
dhcp client set interface <interfacetype>
For example, to configure a remote interface:
dhcp client set interface remote
3 Enable DHCP.
dhcp client enable
4 Verify that the DHCP server is bound to the interface.
dhcp client show
Example output where DHCP is enabled and running on the remote interface:
+------------------- DHCP CLIENT STATE --------------------+
| Parameter | Value |
+------------------------------------+---------------------+
| Interface Name | remote |
| Admin State | Disabled |
| Oper State | Disabled |
| DHCP State | Disabled |
| Discovery Interval | 30 |
| Lease Time (days hh:mm:ss) | 0:00:00:00 |
| Lease Remaining (seconds) | 0 |
| Renewal (T1) Time (seconds) | 0 |
| Rebinding (T2) Time (seconds) | 0 |
| DHCP Server | :: |
+------------------------------------+---------------------+
5 Save and complete the process.
configuration save
You have configured an Interface using DHCP.