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DHCP address pools can be classified into two types: 

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Common address pool: Supports both static binding and dynamic allocation. 

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Extended address pool: Supports dynamic allocation only. 

In response to a client’s request, the DHCP server selects an idle IP address from an address pool and 

sends it together with other parameters such as the lease time and a DNS server address to the client. 

The common address pool database is organized as a tree. The root of the tree is the address pool for 

natural networks, branches are address pools for subnets, and leaves are addresses statically bound to 

clients. For the same level address pools, a previously configured pool has a higher selection priority 

than a new one.  

At the very beginning, subnetworks inherit network parameters and clients inherit subnetwork 

parameters. Therefore, common parameters, for example a DNS server address, should be configured 

at the highest (network or subnetwork) level of the tree.  

After establishment of the inheritance relationship, the new configuration at the higher level (father) of 

the tree will be: 

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Inherited if the lower level (child) has no such configuration, or  

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Overridden if the lower level (child) has such configuration. 

 

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The extended address pool database is not organized as a tree. 

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The IP address lease does not enjoy the inheritance attribute. 

 

The DHCP server observes the following principles to select an address pool when assigning an IP 

address to a client: 

1)  If the receiving interface has an extended address pool referenced, the DHCP server will assign an 

IP address from this address pool. If no IP address is available in the address pool, the DHCP 

server will fail to assign an address to the client. For the configuration of such an address pool, 

refer to section 

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2)  If there is an address pool where an IP address is statically bound to the MAC address or ID of the 

client, the DHCP server will select this address pool and assign the statically bound IP address to 

the client. For the configuration of this address pool, refer to section 

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3)  Otherwise, the DHCP server will select the smallest common address pool that contains the IP 

address of the receiving interface (if the client and the server reside on the same network segment), 

or the smallest common address pool that contains the IP address specified in the giaddr field of