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Command Line Interface Guide

Chapter 8: DHCP Commands

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CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 8

DHCP COMMANDS

The following DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) commands allow you to:

Enable and disable subnetworks and client leases.

Add subnetworks and client leases.

Set the lease time.

Change client leases manually.

Set option values globally, for a subnetwork, or for a client lease.

Enable/disable BootP.

Use BootP to specify the boot server.

Define option types.

The DHCP commands described in this section are included in

Table 8-1, “DHCP

Command Listing”

. To read about DHCP concepts and the DHCP configuration

process, see

“DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)” on page 4-2

of the

Technical Reference Guide.

Table 8-1: DHCP Command Listing

Command

Function

dhcp ?

Lists the supported DHCP keywords.

dhcp add

Provides one of three types of DHCP definitions:
subnetwork, client lease, or option type.

dhcp addrelay

Adds an address to the DHCP relay list.

dhcp bootp allow

Allows a BootP request to be processed for a par-
ticular client or subnet.

dhcp bootp disallow

Denies processing of a BootP request for a partic-

ular client or subnet.

dhcp bootp file

Specifies the boot file name (kernel) and the sub-
net to which it applies.

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