Reference Guide

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Enabling DHCP Server
This feature is available on the S5000.
The DHCP server is disabled by default.
In the illustration below, an IP phone is powered by PoE and has acquired an IP address from the Dell
Networking system, which is advertising LLDP-MED. The leased IP address is displayed using
show ip
dhcp binding
, and confirmed with show lldp neighbors.
Figure 14-3. Configuring DHCP Server
Configuring a Method of Hostname Resolution
Dell Networking systems are capable of providing DHCP clients with parameters for two methods of
hostname resolution.
Address Resolution using DNS
A domain is a group of networks. DHCP clients query DNS IP servers when they need to correlate host
names to IP addresses.
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Enter the DHCP command-line context.
ip dhcp server
CONFIGURATION
2 Enable DHCP server.
no disable
Default: Disabled
DHCP
3 Display the current DHCP configuration.
show config
DHCP
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Create a domain. domain-name name DHCP <POOL>
2 Specify in order of preference the DNS servers that are
available to a DHCP client.
dns-server address
DHCP <POOL>
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Relay Agent
DNS Serve
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