Chapter 41 DHCP

Table 134 IP Application > DHCP > VLAN (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Server

Use this section if you want to configure the Switch to function as a DHCP

 

server for this VLAN.

 

 

Client IP

Specify the first of the contiguous addresses in the IP address pool.

Pool

 

Starting

 

Address

 

 

 

Size of

Specify the size, or count of the IP address pool. The Switch can issue

Client IP

from 1 to 253 IP addresses to DHCP clients.

Pool

 

 

 

IP Subnet

Enter the subnet mask for the client IP pool.

Mask

 

 

 

Default

Enter the IP address of the default gateway device.

Gateway

 

 

 

Primary/

Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers. The DNS servers are passed to

Secondar

the DHCP clients along with the IP address and the subnet mask.

y DNS

 

Server

 

 

 

Relay

Use this section if you want to configure the Switch to function as a DHCP

 

relay for this VLAN.

 

 

Remote

Enter the IP address of a DHCP server in dotted decimal notation.

DHCP

 

Server 1

 

.. 3

 

 

 

Relay

Select the Option 82 check box to have the Switch add information (slot

Agent

number, port number and VLAN ID) to client DHCP requests that it relays

Informati

to a DHCP server.

on

 

 

 

Informati

This read-only field displays the system name you configure in the

on

General Setup screen.

 

Select the check box for the Switch to add the system name to the client

 

DHCP requests that it relays to a DHCP server.

 

 

Add

Click Add to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The

 

Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the

 

Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non-

 

volatile memory when you are done configuring.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

Clear

Click this to clear the fields above.

 

 

VID

This field displays the ID number of the VLAN group to which this DHCP

 

settings apply.

 

 

Type

This field displays Server or Relay for the DHCP mode.

 

 

DHCP Status

For DHCP server configuration, this field displays the starting IP address

 

and the size of the IP address pool.

 

For DHCP relay configuration, this field displays the first remote DHCP

 

server IP address.

 

 

Delete

Select the configuration entries you want to remove and click Delete to

 

remove them.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to clear the Delete check boxes.

 

 

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