Command Reference DHCP Commands
DHCP Commands
bootfile
Use this command to define the startup mapping file name of the DHCP client in DHCP address pool
configuration mode. Use the no form of this command to remove the definition.
bootfile file-name
no bootfile
Parameter Description Parameter
Description
file-name
Startup file name
Defaults
No startup file name is defined by default.
Command
Mode
DHCP address pool configuration mode.
Usage Guide
Some DHCP clients need to download the operating system and the configuration file during startup.
The DHCP server should provide the mapping file name required for the startup, so that DHCP clients
can download the file from the corresponding server such as Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP).
Other servers are defined by the next-server command.
Configuration
Examples
The following example defines device.conf as the startup file name.
bootfile device.conf
Command Description Related
Commands
ip dhcp pool
Defines the name of the DHCP address pool and enters DHCP address pool
configuration mode.
next-server
Configures the next server IP address of the DHCP client startup process.
Platform
Description
N/A
client-identifier
Use this command to define the unique ID of the DHCP client (indicated in hexadecimal separated by
dot) in DHCP address pool configuration mode. Use the no form of this command to delete the client
ID.
client-identifier unique-identifier
no client-identifier