SMC Networks SMC6724L3 manual Creating a New Address Pool, Setting the Network Parameters

CONFIGURING THE SWITCH

Command Attributes

Creating a New Address Pool

• Pool Name – A string or integer. (Range: 1-8 characters)

Setting the Network Parameters

•IP – The IP address of the DHCP address pool.

•Subnet Mask – The bit combination that identifies the network (or subnet) and the host portion of the DHCP address pool.

Setting the Host Parameters

•IP – The IP address of the DHCP address pool.

•Subnet Mask – Specifies the network mask of the client.

•Hardware Address – Specifies the MAC address and protocol used on the client. (Options: Ethernet, IEEE802, FDDI; Default: Ethernet)

•Client-Identifier– A unique designation for the client device, either a text string (1-15 characters) or hexadecimal value.

Setting the Optional Parameters

•Default Router – The IP address of the primary and alternate gateway router. The IP address of the router should be on the same subnet as the client.

•DNS Server – The IP address of the primary and alternate DNS server. DNS servers must be configured for a DHCP client to map host names to IP addresses.

•Netbios Server – IP address of the primary and alternate NetBIOS Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) name server used for Microsoft DHCP clients.

•Netbios Type – NetBIOS node type for Microsoft DHCP clients. (Options: Broadcast, Hybrid, Mixed, Peer to Peer; Default: Hybrid)

•Domain Name – The domain name of the client. (Range: 1-32 characters)

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