Configuring Vendor Details and Vendor Specific Information (Option 43 and Option 60)

RUCKUS ICX switches running as DHCP servers can be configured with option 43 and option 60.

Complete the following steps to configure option 60 and option 43 for a device running as a DHCP server.

  1. Enter global configuration mode. 
    device# configure terminal
  2. Create a DHCP server pool. 
    device(config)# ip dhcp-server pool ruckus
    Note: Save the configuration to retain the configuration through warm or cold reboots.
  3. Use the option 60 command to specify the vendor type and configuration value for the DHCP client.
    device(ip dhcp-server pool ruckus)# option vendor-class-identifier ascii “Ruckus CPE”
    Note: If the ascii option contains a space, you must enter it within double quotes, as shown in the previous example.
  4. Use the option 43 command to specify the vendor-specific information.
    Note: Choose the appropriate syntax from the following options:
    • option vendor-encapsulated-options ascii ascii-string
    • option vendor-encapsulated-options hex hex-string
    • option vendor-encapsulated-options ip ip-address

    A single IP address or a series of comma-separated IP addresses may be entered after the ip keyword.

    device(ip dhcp-server pool ruckus)# option vendor-encapsulated-options hex 0108c0a80a01c0a81401

The following example configures option 60 and option 43 (ASCII) for a RUCKUS AP. 

device# configure terminal 
device(config)# ip dhcp-server pool ruckus 
device(ip dhcp-server pool ruckus)# option vendor-class-identifier ascii “Ruckus CPE”
device(ip dhcp-server pool ruckus)# option vendor-encapsulated-options ascii ruckusconfig

The following example configures option 43, using the ascii option and specifying the SmartZone IP addresses.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# ip dhcp-server pool ruckus
device(ip dhcp-server pool ruckus)# option vendor-encapsulated-options ascii 0710.10.10.1,11.11.11.10

The following example configures the SmartZone IP list in TLV format for the DHCP server.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# ip dhcp-server pool ruckus
device(ip dhcp-server pool ruckus)# option vendor-class-identifier ascii “Ruckus CPE”
device(ip dhcp-server pool ruckus)# option vendor-encapsulated-options hex 0x010b31312e31312e31312e3131030f3131322e3131322e3131322e313132061731302e31302e31302e31302c31322e31322e31322e3132
Parent topic: Vendor-specific Information (Option 43 and Option 60) Configurations