Dell Force10 MXL Blade - Configure a Method of Hostname Resolution; Address Resolution Using DNS; Enable DHCP Server

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Enable DHCP Server
DHCP server is disabled by default. To enable the DHCP server, follow these steps:
In Figure 9-3, an IP phone is powered by power over ethernet (PoE) and has acquired an IP address from
the Dell Force10 system, which is advertising link layer discover protocol (LLDP)-media endpoint
discovery (MED). The leased IP address is displayed using the
show ip dhcp binding command and
confirmed with the
show lldp neighbors command.
Figure 9-3. Configuring DHCP Server
Configure a Method of Hostname Resolution
Dell Force10 systems are capable of providing DHCP clients with parameters for two methods of
hostname resolution.
Address Resolution using DNS
A domain is a group of networks. DHCP clients query domain name server (DNS) IP servers when they
need to correlate host names to IP addresses. To specify the order of preference for the DNS servers,
follow these steps:
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Enter the DHCP command-line context.
ip dhcp server
CONFIGURATION
2 Enable DHCP server.
no disable
Default: Disabled
DHCP
3 Display the current DHCP configuration.
show config
DHCP
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Create a domain. domain-name name DHCP <POOL>
2 Specify in order of preference for the DNS servers that are
available to a DHCP client.
dns-server address
DHCP <POOL>
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Relay Agent
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