DELL S50V User Manual

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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To create an address pool:

Once an IP address is leased to a client, only that client may release the address. FTOS performs a IP + 
MAC source address validation to ensure that no client can release another clients address. This is a default 
behavior, and is separate from 

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Exclude Addresses from the Address Pool

The DHCP server assumes that all IP addresses in a DHCP address pool are available for assigning to 
DHCP clients. You must specify the IP address that the DHCP server should not assign to clients.

Specify an Address Lease Time

The IP address of the default router should be on the same subnet as the client.

1

Access the DHCP server CLI context.

CONFIGURATION

2

Create an address pool and give it a name.

pool name

DHCP

3

Specify the range of IP addresses from which the 
DHCP server may assign addresses.

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 is the subnet address.

•

 specifies the number of bits 

used for the network portion of the address 
you specify.

network network /prefix-length

Prefix-length Range: 17-31

DHCP <POOL>

4

Display the current pool configuration.

DHCP <POOL>

Exclude an address range from DHCP assignment. The 
exclusion applies to all configured pools.

DHCP

Specify an address lease time for the addresses in 
a pool.

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Default: 24 hours

DHCP <POOL>

Specify default gateway(s) for the clients on the subnet, in 
order of preference.

default-router address 

DHCP <POOL>