Specifications

RoamAbout Mobility System Software Configuration Guide E-1
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DHCP Server
MSShasaDHCPserverthattheswitchusestoallocateIPaddressestothefollowing:
•Hostconnectedtoanew(unconfigured)RBT‐8100,toconfiguretheswitchusingtheWeb
QuickStart
DHCPservicefortheseitemsisenabledbydefault.
Optionally,youcanconfiguretheDHCPservertoalso
provideIPaddressestoDistributedAPs
andtoclients.
ConfigurationissupportedonanindividualVLANbasis.WhenyouconfiguretheDHCP server
onaVLAN,theservercanserveaddressesonlyfromthesubnetthatcontainsthehostaddress
assignedtotheVLAN.Bydefault,theVLANcanserveany
unusedaddressinthesubnetexcept
theVLAN’shostaddressandthenetworkandbroadcastaddresses.Youcanspecifytheaddress
range.
YoucanconfiguretheDHCPserveronmorethanoneVLAN.YoucanconfigureaDHCPclient
andDHCPserveronthesameVLAN,butonlytheclient
ortheservercanbeenabled.TheDHCP
clientandDHCPservercannotbothbe enab ledonthesameVLANatthesametime.
TheMSSDHCPserverisimplementedaccordingto“RFC2131:DynamicHostConfiguration
Protocol”and“RFC2132:DHCPOptionsandBOOTPVendorExtensions”,withthefollowing
exceptions:
•If
theswitchispowereddownorrestarted,MSSdoesnotretainaddressallocationsorlease
times.
•TheMSSDHCPserverwillnotoperateproperlywhenanotherDHCPserverispresentonthe
samesubnet.
•TheMSSDHCPserverisconfigurableonanindividualVLANbasisonly,andoperatesonly
onthe
subnetsforwhichyouconfigureit.
For information about... Refer to page...
How the MSS DHCP Server Works E-2
Configuring the DHCP Server E-2
Displaying DHCP Server Information E-3
Note: Use of the MSS DHCP server to allocate client addresses is intended for temporary,
demonstration deployments and not for production networks. Enterasys Networks recommends that
you do not use the MSS DHCP server to allocate client addresses in a production network.