DHCP Group Help

Create, modify, and delete DHCP groups.

To update the displayed settings, click the Refresh button.

To create new DHCP groups, click the Create button.

To update the displayed settings, click the Modify button.

To remove the displayed settings, click the check box next to the desired setttings, and click the Delete button.

The table below describes the DHCP settings.

Index

The DHCP group index.

Name

The DHCP server group name.

Routing Domain

The routing domain to which this subnet, group, or host parameter applies.

Vendor Match String

The vendor class identifier match string that determines which clients should be placed in the group.

Vendor Match Offset

The offset into the client passed vendor class identifier string where the string match should start.

Vendor Match Length

The length of the vendor class identifier substring to match.

A value of -1, which indicates that the entire string starting at the match offset value should be matched.

Client Match String

Client identifier match string that determines which clients should be placed in this group.

Client Match Offset

The offset into the client passed client identifier string where the string match should start.

Client Match Length

The length of the client identifier substring to match.

A value of -1 specifies that the entire string beginning at the match offset value should be matched.

Default Lease Time d-h:m:s

The default time, in seconds assigned to a lease if the client requesting the lease does not request a specific expiration time.

Min Lease Time
d-h:m:s

The minimum expiration time in seconds that will be assigned to a DHCP lease by the server, regardless of the value specified by a client. Values: -1 to 2147483647. -1 indicates the parameter should be ignored. Default: 0.

Max Lease Time
d-h:m:s

The maximum time in seconds that will be assigned to a lease regardless of the value specified by a client. Values: -1 to 2147483647. -1 indicates the parameter should be ignored. Default: 86400

Boot File

The name of the initial boot file loaded by the client. The filename should be recognizable to the file transfer protocol that the client will be using to load the file.

Boot Server

The IP address of the server from which the initial boot file (specified in the bootfile parameter) is to be loaded.

Default Router

The IP address of the client default gateway.

Primary Name Server

The IP address of the primary domain name server that the client should use for DNS resolution.

Secondary Name Server

The IP address of the secondary domain name server that the client should use for DNS resolution.

Domain Name

The name of the DNS domain.

 

January 22, 2011