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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Overview
Dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) is an application layer protocol that dynamically assigns
IP addresses and other configuration parameters to network end-stations (hosts) based on configuration
policies determined by network administrators.
An Aggregator can operate as a DHCP client. As a DHCP client, the Aggregator requests an IP address
from a DHCP server.
The following types of DHCP commands are described in this chapter:
• DHCP Client Commands
• Other Commands supported by DHCP Client
DHCP Client Commands
• ip address dhcp
• release dhcp interface
• renew dhcp interface
• show ip dhcp client statistics
• show ip dhcp lease
Other Commands supported by DHCP Client
• debug ip dhcp client events
• debug ip dhcp clients packets