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To renew the lease time of the dynamically acquired IP, use the renew dhcp command on an interface already
configured with a dynamic IP address.
NOTE: To verify the currently configured dynamic IP address on an interface, use the show ip dhcp lease
command. The show running-configuration command output only displays ip address dhcp. The
currently assigned dynamic IP address does not display.
To configure and view an interface as a DHCP client to receive an IP address, use the following commands.
1. Enter INTERFACE Configuration mode on an Ethernet interface.
CONFIGURATION mode
interface type slot/port
2. Acquire the IP address for an Ethernet interface from a DHCP network server.
INTERFACE mode
ip address dhcp
Dynamically assigned IP addresses can be released without removing the DHCP client operation on the interface
on a switch configured as a DHCP client.
3. Manually acquire a new IP address from the DHCP server by releasing a dynamically acquired IP address while
retaining the DHCP client configuration on the interface.
EXEC Privilege mode
release dhcp interface type slot/port
4. Acquire a new IP address with renewed lease time from a DHCP server.
EXEC Privilege mode
renew dhcp interface type slot/port
To display DHCP client information, use the following show commands in EXEC Privilege mode.
To display statistics about DHCP client interfaces, use the show ip dhcp client statistics
interface
type slot/port command.
To clear DHCP client statistics on a specified or on all interfaces, use the clear ip dhcp client
statistics {all | interface type slot/port} command.
To display dynamic IP address lease information currently assigned to a DHCP client interface, use the show
ip dhcp lease [interface
type slot/port] command.
To display log messages for all DHCP packets sent and received on DHCP client interfaces, use the debug ip
dhcp client packets [interface type slot/port] command.
To display log message on DHCP client interfaces for IP address acquisition, IP address release, IP address and
lease time renewal, and release an IP address, use the [no] debug ip dhcp client events
[interface
type slot/port] command.
DHCP Client on a Management Interface
These conditions apply when you enable a management interface to operate as a DHCP client.
The management default route is added with the gateway as the router IP address received in the DHCP ACK
packet. It is required to send and receive traffic to and from other subnets on the external network. The route is
added irrespective when the DHCP client and server are in the same or different subnets. The management
default route is deleted if the management IP address is released like other DHCP client management routes.
ip route for 0.0.0.0
takes precedence if it is present or added later.
Management routes added by a DHCP client display with Route Source as DHCP in the show ip
management route and show ip management-route dynamic command output.
Management routes added by DHCP are automatically reinstalled if you configure a static IP route with the ip
route
command that replaces a management route added by the DHCP client. If you remove the statically
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