Cisco Systems 32369 hardware-address hardware-address type, no hardware-address, Defaults

hardware-address

hardware-address

To specify the hardware address of a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client, use the hardware-addressDHCP pool configuration command. It is valid for manual bindings only. Use the no form of this command to remove the hardware address.

hardware-addresshardware-address type

no hardware-address

Syntax Description

hardware-address	Specifies the MAC address of the client’s hardware platform.
type	Indicates the protocol of the hardware platform. Strings and values are
	acceptable. The string options are:
	•	ethernet
	•	ieee802
	The value options are:
	•	1 10Mb Ethernet
	•	6 IEEE 802
	If no type is specified, the default protocol is Ethernet.

Defaults

Ethernet is the default type if none is specified.

Command Modes

DHCP pool configuration

Usage Guidelines

This command first appeared in Cisco IOS Release 12.0(1)T.

Examples

The following example specifies b708.1388.f166 as the MAC address of the client:

hardware-address b708.1388.f166

Related Commands

client-identifier host

ip dhcp pool

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