M A G N U M 6 K S W I T C H E S , M N S - 6 K U S E R G U I D E
acknowledgement to the client. The system as a whole expects the client to configure its network
interface with the supplied options.
DHCP Information
The client sends a request to the DHCP server: either to request more information than the server
sent with the original DHCP ACK; or to repeat data for a particular application. Such queries do
not cause the DHCP server to refresh the IP expiry time in its database.
DHCP Release
The client sends a request to the DHCP server to release the DHCP and the client releases its IP
address as well. The DHCP protocol does not define the sending of DHCP Release as mandatory,
as the release of IP address is up to the client.
Client Configuration
A DHCP server can provide optional configuration parameters to the client. RFC 2132 defines
the available DHCP options, which are summarized here. Defined by Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority (IANA) - DHCP and BOOTP PARAMETERS
MNS-6K-SECURE Implementation
MNS-6K implements the DHCP server for MNS-6K-SECURE. The commands to implement
the DHCP server are
Syntax -
dhcpsrv <start|stop>
- start or stop the DHCP server. By default, the server is off
Syntax -
config startip=<start ip> endip=<endip> mask=<mask> [dns=<dns1, dns2,
…dns10>] [gateway=<gateway>] [leasetime=<lease time(1..10 hours)>]
– configure
the DHCP lease request parameters such as starting IP address, ending IP address, DNS server
parameters, default gateway IP address and lease time
Syntax
–
addlease ip=<ip> mac=<mac> [leasetime=<lease time (1..10)>]
– add a specific host
with a specific IP address
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