Installation guide

Switch Services
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Additionally, define the network IP Address and Subnet Mask used for DHCP discovery and
requests between the DHCP Server and DHCP clients.
8. Within the Lease Time field, define one of the two kinds of leases the DHCP Server assigns to its
clients:
• Infinite - If selected, the client can use the assigned address indefinitely.
• Actual Interval - Select this checkbox to manually define the interval for clients to use DHCP
supplied addresses. The default lease time is 1 day, with a minimum setting of 10 seconds and a
maximum value of 946080000 seconds.
9. Within the Servers field, change the server type used with the pool and use the Insert and Remove
buttons to add and remove the IP addresses of the routers used.
10. Provide the Included Ranges (starting and ending IP addresses) for this particular pool.
Use the Insert and Remove buttons as required to define the range of supported IP addresses.
A network pool without any include range is as good as not having a pool, because it won't be useful
in assigning addresses.
11. Click OK to save and add the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
12. Refer to the Status field.
The Status is the current state of the requests made from the applet. Requests are any “SET/GET”
operation from the applet. The Status field displays error messages if something goes wrong in the
transaction between the applet and the switch.
13. Click Cancel to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration
5.2.1.3 Configuring DHCP Global Options
The DHCP Server screen’s Configuration tab can be used to display an additional Global Options screen.
To define new global name and value and send it to other peer switches in the mobility domain:
1. Select Services > DHCP Server from the main menu tree.
2. Highlight an existing pool name from within either the Configuration tab and click the Options Setup
button.
3. Click the Insert button to display an editable field wherein the name and value of the DHCP option
can be added.
NOTE The network IP address and subnet mask of the pool are required to match the
addresses of the layer 3 interface in order for the addresses to be supported
through that interface.