DELL 9.7(0.0) User Manual

lease {days [hours] [minutes] | infinite}

The default is 24 hours.

Specifying a Default Gateway

The IP address of the default router should be on the same subnet as the client.
To specify a default gateway, follow this step.

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

DHCP <POOL>

default-router address

Configure a Method of Hostname Resolution

Dell Networking systems are capable of providing DHCP clients with parameters for two methods of 

hostname resolution—using DNS or NetBIOS WINS.

Using DNS for Address Resolution

A domain is a group of networks. DHCP clients query DNS IP servers when they need to correlate host 

names to IP addresses.

1.

Create a domain.
DHCP <POOL>

domain-name name

2. Specify in order of preference the DNS servers that are available to a DHCP client.

DHCP <POOL>

dns-server address

Using NetBIOS WINS for Address Resolution

Windows internet naming service (WINS) is a name resolution service that Microsoft DHCP clients use to 

correlate host names to IP addresses within a group of networks. Microsoft DHCP clients can be one of 

four types of NetBIOS nodes: broadcast, peer-to-peer, mixed, or hybrid.

1.

Specify the NetBIOS WINS name servers, in order of preference, that are available to Microsoft 

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) clients.
DHCP <POOL> mode

netbios-name-server address

2. Specify the NetBIOS node type for a Microsoft DHCP client. Dell Networking recommends specifying 

clients as hybrid.
DHCP <POOL> mode

netbios-node-type type

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)