Specifications

Configuring DHCP, DNS and IAS services
Summit WM Getting Started Guide, Software Version 5.156
21 Select Yes, I want to activate this scope now, and click Next. The wizard displays the following
message: This server is now a DHCP server.
22 Click Start, point to Administrative Tool, and then click DHCP. The DHCP console tree is displayed.
23 Select the scope you configured, and right-click.
24 Select Configure Options. The Server Options window is displayed.
25 Enable 078 SLP DA.
26 In the lower pane of the screen, type the dotted decimal values of the SLP DA’s IP address.
NOTE
• The Wireless APs use the SLP DA to discover the Summit WM Controller.
• The mobility agents use the SLP DA to discover the mobility manager.
NOTE
If there is no SLP deployment on the enterprise network, the Summit WM Controller is configured to act as a DA
by default. If you put the Summit WM Controller’s IP address(es) in a DHCP server for Option 78, Wireless APs
will interact with the Summit WM Controller for discovery.
Similarly, the mobility agents will also interact with the Summit WM Controller to discover the mobility manager.
27 Click Apply, and then click OK.
Configuring DHCP in Red Hat Linux Server
You can configure a DHCP server using the configuration file /etc/dhcpd.conf.
DHCP also uses the file
/var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases to store the client lease database.
The first step in configuring a DHCP server is to create the configuration file that stores the network
information for the clients. Global options can be declared for all clients, or options can be declared for
each client system.
The configuration file can contain any extra tabs or blank lines for easier formatting. The keywords are
not case-sensitive and lines beginning with a hash mark (#) are considered comments.
To use the recommended mode, add the following line to the top of the configuration file:
ddns-update-style interim;
Read the
dhcpd.conf man page for details about the different modes.
There are two types of statements in the configuration file:
● Parameters – State how to perform a task, whether to perform a task or what networking
configuration options to use to send to the client.
● Declarations – Describe the topology of the network, describe the clients, provide addresses for the
clients, or apply a group of parameters to a group of declarations.
Some parameters must start with the option keyword and are referred to as options. Options configure
DHCP options; whereas, parameters configure values that are not optional or control how the DHCP
server behaves.