SmartConnect User’s Guide

DHCP Server Configuration

To modify the DHCP server configuration, open the configuration file (dhcpd.conf), and add new classes for server ports. Then define an IP address for each class.

For Linux DHCP servers, option 82 information is referenced by the following variables:

„option agent.circuit-id

„option agent.remote-id

These variables can be used in any expression allowed declare an explicit chassis, configure the chassis ID in

within a DHCP configuration file. To agent.circuit-id.

This configuration declares a class for the server connected to port 8 of a switch in slot 1 of chassis 5949 00C1 565F 11DB A8DD CAD0 A4B3 DE4A

class “class-chassis1-slot1-port8”

{

match if option agent.circuit-id = 59:49:00:c1:56:5f:11:db:a8:dd:ca:d0:a4:b3:de:4a and option agent.remote-id = 01:0:0:0:08; }

This configuration associates an IP address with the class declared above.

subnet 10.70.70.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { pool

{

allow members of "class-chassis1-slot1-port8"; range 10.70.70.10; }

}

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