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RUCKUS FastIron DHCP Configuration Guide, 10.0.20 53-1005800-08

  • 1 CommScope Legal Statements
  • Preface Ruckus
    • 3 Contact Information, Resources, and Conventions
      • 3.1 Contacting RUCKUS Customer Services and Support
      • 3.2 Document Feedback
      • 3.3 RUCKUS Product Documentation Resources
      • 3.4 Online Training Resources
      • 3.5 Document Conventions
      • 3.6 Command Syntax Conventions
  • 4 About This Document
    • 4.1 New in This Document
    • 4.2 Supported Hardware
  • DHCP overview
    • 5 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Overview
      • 5.1 DHCP overview
  • DHCP client
    • 6 DHCP Clients
      • 6.1 DHCP Client
        • 6.1.1 Enabling the DHCP Client for a Specific VE Port
        • 6.1.2 Enabling the DHCP Client on a VE Port Associated with the Default VLAN
        • 6.1.3 DHCP Client in Continuous Discovery Mode (Layer 2 and Layer 3 Devices)
        • 6.1.4 DHCP Client as a New Device
        • 6.1.5 DHCP Client Behavior after Reboot
      • 6.2 BootP and DHCP Relay Parameters
      • 6.3 Configuring an IP helper address
      • 6.4 Configuring the BOOTP and DHCP reply source address
      • 6.5 Changing the IP Address Used for Stamping BootP and DHCP Requests
      • 6.6 Changing the Maximum Number of Hops to a BootP Relay Server
      • 6.7 DHCP Auto-Provisioning
      • 6.8 Auto-Provisioning Using the bootfile.bin Option
      • 6.9 DHCP Auto-Provisioning Using the Manifest File Option
      • 6.10 DHCP Auto-Provisioning Enhancements
      • 6.11 Configuring DHCP Auto-Provisioning Enhancements
      • 6.12 DHCP Auto-provisioning Options
      • 6.13 BOOTP Support
      • 6.14 Configuring BOOTP Support
      • 6.17 Disabling or Re-enabling the DHCP Client
      • 6.18 DHCP Auto-provisioning on Layer 3 Devices
      • 6.20 Configuration Notes and Feature Limitations for DHCP Auto-Provisioning
        • 6.20.1 Upgrade Considerations
        • 6.20.2 How DHCP Client-Based Auto-Provisioning and Flash Image Update Works
        • 6.20.3 Validating the IP Address and Lease Negotiation
        • 6.20.4 Flash Image Download and Update
        • 6.20.5 Auto-Provisioning Download and Update
      • 6.21 Disabling or re-enabling auto-provisioning
      • 6.22 Dynamic DHCP options configuration processing
      • 6.23 Discovery of SmartZone Based on DHCP Option 43
      • 6.24 Verifying Dynamic DHCP Options for a Router
  • DHCP server
    • 7 DHCP Servers
      • 7.1 DHCP Servers
        • 7.1.1 Configuration Considerations for DHCP Servers
        • 7.1.2 Configuring the DHCP Server and Creating an Address Pool
          • 7.1.2.1 DHCP server configuration
        • 7.1.3 Default DHCP Server Settings
      • 7.2 DHCP Server Options
      • 7.3 Disabling or re-enabling the DHCP server on the management port
      • 7.4 Setting the wait time for ARP ping response
      • 7.5 DHCP relay agent information support (option 82)
      • 7.7 Configuring the IP address of the DHCP server
      • 7.8 Configuring the Boot Image
      • 7.9 Deploying an Address Pool Configuration to the Server
      • 7.10 Specifying the Default Router Available to the Client
      • 7.11 Specifying DNS Servers Available to the Client
      • 7.12 Configuring the Domain Name for the Client
      • 7.13 Configuring the lease duration for the address pool
      • 7.14 Configuring the Number of Leases for the Address Pool
      • 7.15 Specifying addresses to exclude from the address pool
      • 7.16 Configuring the NetBIOS server for DHCP clients
      • 7.17 Configuring the Subnet and Mask of a DHCP Address Pool
      • 7.18 Configuring the TFTP Server
      • 7.19 Configuring X Window System Display Manager IP Addresses (Option 49)
      • 7.20 Vendor-specific Information (Option 43 and Option 60) Configurations
        • 7.20.1 Configuring Vendor Details and Vendor Specific Information (Option 43 and Option 60)
      • 7.21 Enabling static IP to MAC address mapping
      • 7.22 Enabling IP to Physical Port Mapping
      • 7.23 Configuring Avaya IP Telephony (Options 176 and 242)
      • 7.24 Configuring WPAD (option 252)
      • 7.25 Displaying DHCP server information
  • DHCPV4
    • 8 DHCPv4
      • 8.1 DHCPv4 Overview
      • 8.2 Dynamic ARP Inspection Overview
        • 8.2.1 ARP Poisoning
        • 8.2.2 How Dynamic ARP Inspection Works
          • 8.2.2.1 ARP and DHCP Snoop Entries
        • 8.2.3 Configuration Notes and Feature Limitations for DAI
        • 8.2.4 Configuring Dynamic ARP Inspection
        • 8.2.5 Configuring Dynamic ARP Inspection on Multiple VLANs
        • 8.2.6 Disabling Syslog Messages for DAI
        • 8.2.7 Displaying ARP Information
        • 8.2.8 Configuring DAI to Support Multi-VRF
        • 8.2.9 Enabling Trust on a Port for a Specific VRF
      • 8.3 DHCP Snooping
        • 8.3.1 How DHCP Snooping Works
          • 8.3.1.1 DHCP Snooping Deployment over a LAG
          • 8.3.1.2 DHCP Binding Database
          • 8.3.1.3 Client IP-to-MAC address mappings
        • 8.3.2 System Reboot and the Binding Database
        • 8.3.3 Configuration Notes and Feature Limitations for DHCP Snooping
        • 8.3.4 Configuring DHCP Snooping
        • 8.3.5 Configuring DHCP Snooping on Multiple VLANs
        • 8.3.6 Displaying DHCPv4 Snooping Information
        • 8.3.7 Configuring DHCPv4 Snooping for Multi-VRF
        • 8.3.8 Enabling DHCP Snooping MAC Address Verification
      • 8.4 DHCP Relay Agent Information and Option 82 Insertion
        • 8.4.1 Configuration Notes for DHCP Option 82
        • 8.4.2 DHCP Option 82 Sub-options
          • 8.4.2.1 Sub-option 1: Circuit ID
          • 8.4.2.2 Sub-option 2: Remote ID
          • 8.4.2.3 Sub-option 6: Subscriber ID
        • 8.4.3 DHCP Option 82 Configuration
          • 8.4.3.1 Disabling or Re-enabling DHCP Option 82 Processing on an Interface
          • 8.4.3.2 Disabling DHCP Option 82 Globally and Re-enabling it for an Interface
          • 8.4.3.3 Disabling or Re-Enabling DHCP Option 82 (dhcp-relay information) Processing on an Interface
          • 8.4.3.4 Disabling or Re-enabling DHCP Option 82 Processing on all VLAN Member Ports
          • 8.4.3.5 Disabling or Re-enabling DHCP Option 82 (dhcp-relay information) Processing on all VLAN Member Ports
          • 8.4.3.6 Changing the DHCP Relay Agent Forwarding Policy
          • 8.4.3.7 Configuring DHCP Snooping Relay Information Sub-options
          • 8.4.3.8 Displaying DHCP Option 82 Information
          • 8.4.3.9 Displaying DHCP Option 82 (dhcp-relay information) Information
          • 8.4.3.10 Configuring the Source IP Address of a DHCP Client Packet on the DHCP Relay Agent
      • 8.5 IP Source Guard
        • 8.5.1 Configuration Notes and Feature Limitations for IP Source Guard
        • 8.5.2 Enabling IP Source Guard on a Port or Range of Ports
        • 8.5.4 Defining Static IP Source Bindings
        • 8.5.5 Enabling IP Source Guard for a VLAN
        • 8.5.6 Enabling IP Source Guard for a LAG Port for a VLAN
        • 8.5.7 Enabling IP Source Guard on Multiple VLANs
        • 8.5.8 Binding IP Source Guard ACLs to Ports
        • 8.5.11 Displaying Learned IP Addresses
    • 9 DHCPv6 Client
      • 9.1 DHCPv6 Client
      • 9.2 DHCPv6 Stateful Client
      • 9.3 DHCPv6 Stateless Client
      • 9.4 Configuring a Peer Device for DHCPv6 Address Auto-configuration
      • 9.5 Enabling the DHCPv6 Client
      • 9.6 DHCPv6 Auto-provisioning
      • 9.7 Re-enabling DHCPv6 Auto-provisioning
    • 10 DHCPv6 Server
      • 10.1 DHCPv6 Server
        • 10.1.1 Configuration Considerations for DHCPv6 Servers
        • 10.1.2 Configuring the Stateless DHCPv6 Server
        • 10.1.3 Configuring the Stateful DHCPv6 Server
        • 10.1.4 DHCPv6 Controller Address Configuration
        • 10.1.5 Configuring the Bootfile URL (Option 59) for the DHCPv6 Server
        • 10.1.6 Displaying DHCPv6 Server Information
        • 10.1.8 Verification in Linux Mode
        • 10.1.9 Prefix Delegation
        • 10.1.10 Prefix Delegation for ICX DHCPv6 Servers
  • DHCPV6
    • 11 DHCPv6
      • 11.1 DHCPv6 Overview
      • 11.2 DHCP relay agent for IPv6
        • 11.2.1 Configuring a DHCPv6 relay agent
        • 11.2.2 DHCPv6 Relay Agent Include Options
        • 11.2.3 Specifying the IPv6 DHCP Relay Include Options
        • 11.2.4 DHCPv6 Relay Agent Prefix Delegation Notification
        • 11.2.5 DHCPv6 Relay Agent Prefix Delegation Notification Limitations
        • 11.2.6 Upgrade and Downgrade Considerations
        • 11.2.7 Configuring DHCPv6 Relay Agent Prefix Delegation Notification
        • 11.2.8 Enabling DHCPv6 Relay Agent Prefix Delegation Notification on an Interface
        • 11.2.9 Assigning the Administrative Distance to DHCPv6 Static Routes
        • 11.2.10 Displaying DHCPv6 Relay Agent and Prefix Delegation Information
        • 11.2.11 Clearing the DHCPv6 Delegated Prefixes and Packet Counters
        • 11.2.12 Disabling or Re-Enabling DHCP Option 37 (DHCP-Relay Information) Processing on an Interface
        • 11.2.13 Disabling or Re-enabling DHCP Option 37 (DHCP-Relay Information) Processing on all VLAN Member Ports
        • 11.2.14 Displaying DHCP Option 37 Information
      • 11.3 DHCPv6 Snooping
        • 11.3.1 How DHCPv6 Snooping Works
          • 11.3.1.1 DHCPv6 Binding Database
        • 11.3.2 Configuration Notes and Feature Limitations for DHCPv6 Snooping
        • 11.3.3 Configuring DHCPv6 Snooping
        • 11.3.4 Configuring DHCPv6 Snooping on Multiple VLANs
        • 11.3.5 Configuring DHCPv6 Snooping for Multi-VRF
        • 11.3.6 Displaying DHCPv6 Snooping Information
      • 11.4 IPv6 Source Guard
        • 11.4.1 Configuration Notes and Feature Limitations for IPv6 Source Guard
        • 11.4.2 Enabling IPv6 Source Guard on a Port or Range of Ports
        • 11.4.3 Defining Static IPv6 Source Bindings
        • 11.4.4 Enabling IPv6 Source Guard for a VLAN
        • 11.4.5 Enabling IPv6 Source Guard for a LAG Port for a VLAN
        • 11.4.6 Binding IPv6 Source Guard ACLs to Ports
        • 11.4.7 Displaying Learned IPv6 Addresses

How DHCP Client-Based Auto-Provisioning and Flash Image Update Works

Auto-provisioning is enabled by default. To disable auto-provisioning, refer to Disabling or re-enabling DHCP client and Disabling or re-enabling auto-provisioning, respectively.

Parent topic: Configuration Notes and Feature Limitations for DHCP Auto-Provisioning

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