HP ProCurve 7000dl Series

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP)
Contents
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3
DHCP Request Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3
The ProCurve Secure Router as a DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4
The ProCurve Secure Router as a DHCP Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
DHCP Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6
Configuring a DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6
Excluding Static Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7
Creating a DHCP Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7
Specifying the Network Address and Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8
Specifying the Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-9
Changing a Pool’s Lease Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-10
Specifying DNS, WINS, and Other Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11
Specifying a Domain Name for the Subnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Specifying a Bootfile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Configuring Parent and Child Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13
Example DHCP Pool Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14
Assigning a Fixed Address to a Host through a DHCP Server . . . . 13-14
Configuring DHCP Scopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15
Configuring the DHCP Server’s Ping Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-17
Managing and Troubleshooting the DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-19
Viewing DHCP Client Bindings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-19
Monitoring the DHCP Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-20
Clients Unable to Receive a DHCP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-21
Client Receiving the Wrong Fixed DHCP Address . . . . . . . . . . 13-21