Command Reference Guide

3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family dhcp server bims-server (Interface view) ● 71
Command Reference
dhcp server bims-server (Interface view)
Purpose Use the dhcp server bims-server command to enable and configure BIMS
option support on the current interface.
Use the undo dhcp server bims-server command to disable BIMS option
support on the current interface.
Syntax dhcp server bims-server ip ip-address [ port port-number ] sharekey key
undo dhcp server bims-server
Parameters ip ip-address
IP address of the BIMS server.
port port-number
Number of the protocol port on the BIMS server. Valid
values are 1 to 65,534.
sharekey key
Shared key of the BIMS server, which can be 1 to 16
characters in length.
Default By default, BIMS option support is not configured on the DHCP server.
Example Configure BIMS option support on Ethernet interface ethernet0/0/0 (which is
configured with an interface address pool), setting the IP address of the BIMS server
to 192.168.1.1, the protocol port to 80, and the shared key to abcdefg.
[3Com-Ethernet0/0/0] dhcp server bims-server ip 192.168.1.1 port 80
sharekey abcdefg
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ Ethernet Interface (subinterface) view
Description After you configure BIMS option support on the DHCP server, the DHCP server
encapsulates the BIMS option information in the DHCP_OFFER and DHCP_ACK
packets sent to the DHCP clients according to these rules:
If BIMS option support is enabled on the current interface, the DHCP server sends the
BIMS option information together with the lease when assigning an IP address from
the interface address pool to a DHCP client.