Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol | 3152. Configuration Parameter Storage and Management: DHCP servers also store and maintain otherparameters that are sent to clients when requested. These parameters specify in detail how a client is tooperate.3. Lease Management: DHCP servers use leases to allocate addresses to clients for a limited time. TheDHCP server maintains information about each of the leases, including lease length.4. Responding To Client Requests: DHCP servers respond to different types of requests from clients,primarily, granting, renewing, and terminating leases.5. Providing Administration Services: The DHCP server includes functionality that allows anadministrator to implement policies that govern how DHCP performs its other tasks.Configuration TasksTo configure DHCP, an administrator must first set up a DHCP server and provide it with configurationparameters and policy information including IP address ranges, lease length specifications, andconfiguration data that DHCP hosts need.Configuring the Dell Force10 system to be a DHCP server is a 3-step process:1. Configure the Server for Automatic Address Allocation2. Specify a Default Gateway3. Enable DHCP ServerRelated Configuration Tasks• Configure a Method of Hostname Resolution on page 317• Allocate Addresses to BOOTP Clients on page 318• Create Manual Binding Entries on page 318• Check for Address Conflicts on page 319• DHCP Clear Commands on page 320Configure the Server for Automatic Address AllocationAutomatic Address Allocation is an address assignment method, by which the DHCP server leases an IPaddress to a client from a pool of available addresses.Create an IP Address PoolAn address pool is a range of IP addresses that may be assigned by the DHCP server. Address pools areindexed by subnet number.
