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Configuring the Router as an Extended DHCP Local Server

You can enable the router to function as an extended DHCP local server and configure the extended DHCP local server options on the router. The extended DHCP local server provides an IP address and other configuration information in response to a client request.

The extended DHCP local server enhances traditional DHCP server operation in which the client address pool and client configuration information reside on the DHCP server. With the extended DHCP local server, the client address and configuration information reside in centralized address-assignment pools, which are managed independently of the DHCP local server and which can be shared by different client applications.

The extended DHCP local server also supports advanced pool matching and the use of named address ranges. You can also configure the local server to use DHCP  option 82 information in the client PDU to determine which named address range to use for a particular client. The client configuration information, which is configured in the address-assignment pool, includes user-defined options, such as boot server, grace period, and lease time.

Configuring the DHCP environment that includes the extended DHCP local server requires two independent configuration operations, which you can complete in any order. In one operation, you configure the extended DHCP local server on the router and specify how the DHCP local server determines which address-assignment pool to use. In the other operation, you configure the address-assignment pools used by the DHCP local server. The address-assignment pools contain the IP addresses, named address ranges, and configuration information for DHCP clients. See Configuring Address-Assignment Pools for details about creating and using address-assignment pools.

Note: The extended DHCP local server and the address-assignment pools used by the server must be configured in the same logical system and routing instance.

You cannot configure the extended DHCP local server and extended DHCP relay on the same interface.

To configure the extended DHCP local server on the router, include the dhcp-local-server statement at the [edit system services] hierarchy level:

[edit system services]
dhcp-local-server {authentication {password password-string;username-include {circuit-type;delimiter delimiter-character;domain-name domain-name-string;logical-system-name;mac-address;option-60;option-82 <circuit-id> <remote-id>;routing-instance-name;user-prefix user-prefix-string;}}group group-name {authentication {password password-string;username-include {circuit-type;delimiter delimiter-character;domain-name domain-name-string;logical-system-name;mac-address;option-60;option-82 <circuit-id> <remote-id>;routing-instance-name;user-prefix user-prefix-string;}}interface interface-name <upto upto-interface-name> <exclude>;}pool-match-order {ip-address-first;option-82;}traceoptions {file filename <files number> <size size> <world-readable | no-world-readable> <match regex>;flag flag;}}

You can also include these statements at the following hierarchy levels:

  • [edit logical-systems logical-system-name system services]
  • [edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-instances routing-instance-name system services]
  • [edit routing-instances routing-instance-name system services]

Note: The extended DHCP local server is incompatible with the J Series router DHCP server. As a result, the DHCP local server and the DHCP or BOOTP relay agent cannot both be enabled on the router at the same time. The extended DHCP local server is fully compatible with the extended DHCP relay feature.

 

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Published: 2013-02-22

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