IP Service > DHCP > Dynamic Provision

Use the IP Service > DHCP > Dynamic Provision to enable dynamic provisioning via DHCP.

Command Usage

DHCPD is the daemon used by Linux to dynamically configure TCP/IP information for client systems. To support DHCP option 66/67, you have to add corresponding statements to the configuration file of DHCPD. Information on how to complete this process are described in "Downloading a Configuration File and Other Parameters Provided by a DHCP Server"; as described in the CLI Reference Guide.

Some alternative commands which can be added to the DHCPD to complete the dynamic provisioning process are also described under the ip dhcp dynamic-provision command in the CLI Reference Guide.

By default, the parameters for DHCP option 66/67 are not carried by the reply sent from the DHCP server. To ask for a DHCP reply with option 66/67, the client can inform the server that it is interested in option 66/67 by sending a DHCP request that includes a 'parameter request list' option. Besides this, the client can also send a DHCP request that includes a 'vendor class identifier' option to the server so that the DHCP server can identify the device, and determine what information should be given to requesting device.

Command Parameters