Users Guide
To exclude an address, follow this step.
• Exclude an address range from DHCP assignment. The exclusion applies to all congured pools.
DHCP mode
excluded-address
Specifying an Address Lease Time
To specify an address lease time, use the following command.
• Specify an address lease time for the addresses in a pool.
DHCP <POOL>Mode
lease {days [hours] [minutes] | infinite}
The default is 24 hours.
Specifying a Default Gateway
The IP address of the default router should be on the same subnet as the client.
To specify a default gateway, follow this step.
• Specify default gateway(s) for the clients on the subnet, in order of preference.
DHCP <POOL>Mode
default-router address
Congure a Method of Hostname Resolution
Dell Networking systems are capable of providing DHCP clients with parameters for two methods of hostname resolution—using DNS or
NetBIOS WINS.
Using DNS for Address Resolution
A domain is a group of networks. DHCP clients query DNS IP servers when they need to correlate host names to IP addresses.
1 Create a domain.
DHCP <POOL>Mode
domain-name name
2 Specify in order of preference the DNS servers that are available to a DHCP client.
DHCP <POOL>Mode
dns-server address
Dynamic Host
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