DHCP server¶

Overview
Subnet configuration
DHCP options
Configuration example
Displaying DHCP server leases

Overview ¶

A DHCP server is typically used to configure the IPv4 addresses of the hosts connected to its different LAN subnets, upon their request.

It needs at least one IPv4 subnet on which one interface is configured and a range of addresses to be allocated to DHCP clients.

You can configure the DHCP server in the dhcp server context:

vsr running config# vrf VRFNAME dhcp server

VRFNAME: VRF name on which the DHCP server must run.

Subnet configuration ¶

Specify which subnet the DHCP server should serve:
```
vsr running server# subnet A.B.C.D/M
```
A.B.C.D/M
IPv4 subnet address with prefix mask length.

Each subnet has its configuration parameters in a subcontext.

Address range management ¶

The DHCP server manages a range of addresses to be allocated to DHCP clients.

Specify a range of addresses in a defined subnet:
```
vsr running subnet A.B.C.D/M# range A1.B1.C1.D1 A2.B2.C2.D2
```
A1.B1.C1.D1
First address of the range.

A2.B2.C2.D2
Last address of the range.

Note

The A1.B1.C1.D1 – A1.B2.C2.D2 address range must be included in the configured subnet.

Subnet interface ¶

Specify on which interface the server should listen to DHCP requests:
```
vsr running subnet A.B.C.D/M# interface IFNAME
```
IFNAME
The interface name.

Note

The interface must be able to receive broadcast packets.
If this option is not set, the DHCP server will use the first interface that has an IP address corresponding to the subnet.

Default gateway ¶

Specify the list of default gateways to provide to DHCP clients, by order of preference:
```
vsr running subnet A.B.C.D/M# default-gateway A.B.C.D
```
A.B.C.D
IPv4 address of the default gateway provided to the hosts.

Host management and static address assignment ¶

You can reserve a specific IPv4 address for a given host (mainly servers, whose IPv4 address is supposed to be stable).

Define a fixed IPv4 address for a host:
```
vsr running subnet A.B.C.D/M# host NAME mac-address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX ip-address A.B.C.D
```
NAME
The DHCP client host name.

XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Ethernet MAC address (e.g 00:02:b3:39:ba:d2).

A.B.C.D
IPv4 address to be provided to the host.

Note

Like ranges, the host IP address must be included in the configured subnet.

Warning

Static address assignments are not written in the machine leases, only the dynamic addresses are. As a consequence, they are neither displayed in show dhcp-server nor in show state.

DHCP options ¶

DHCP options can be specified in the root DHCP server context or overwritten per subnet.

Domain name ¶

Specify the domain name to use by default:
```
vsr running subnet A.B.C.D/M# dhcp-options domain-name NAME
```
NAME
Domain name to send to clients.

DNS server address ¶

Specify the list of default DNS servers, by order of preference:
```
vsr running subnet A.B.C.D/M# dhcp-options domain-name-server A.B.C.D
```
A.B.C.D
IPv4 server address provided to the hosts.

NetBIOS name server ¶

Specify the list of default NetBIOS/WINS servers, by order of preference:
```
vsr running subnet A.B.C.D/M# dhcp-options netbios-name-server A.B.C.D
```
A.B.C.D
IPv4 NetBIOS server address provided to the hosts.

NetBIOS node type ¶

Specify the NetBIOS node as broadcast mode and ignore WINS server address:

vsr running subnet A.B.C.D/M# dhcp-options netbios-node-type b-mode

Specify the NetBIOS node as always point-to-point and never broadcast request:
```
vsr running subnet A.B.C.D/M# dhcp-options netbios-node-type p-mode
```
Specify the NetBIOS node as try broadcast first if it fails to use WINS address:
```
vsr running subnet A.B.C.D/M# dhcp-options netbios-node-type m-mode
```
Specify the NetBIOS node as hybrid mode (starts with WINS address, then use broadcast request).
```
vsr running subnet A.B.C.D/M# dhcp-options netbios-node-type h-mode
```

Lease lengths management ¶

You can define the lease lengths for the DHCP clients.

Define the default lease length:

vsr running subnet A.B.C.D/M# default-lease-time VALUE

Define the maximum lease length:
```
vsr running subnet A.B.C.D/M# max-lease-time VALUE
```
VALUE
Lease length in seconds (between 180 and 31536000 included).

Configuration example ¶

vsr> edit running
vsr running config# vrf main
vsr running vrf main# dhcp
vsr running dhcp# server
vsr running server# enabled true
vsr running server# dhcp-options
vsr running dhcp-options# domain-name-server 10.0.0.1
vsr running dhcp-options# domain-name-server 10.0.0.2
vsr running dhcp-options# ..
vsr running server# subnet 1.0.0.0/24
vsr running subnet 1.0.0.0/24# range 1.0.0.1 1.0.0.50
vsr running subnet 1.0.0.0/24# range 1.0.0.51 1.0.0.100
vsr running subnet 1.0.0.0/24# ..
vsr running server# subnet 2.0.0.0/24
vsr running subnet 2.0.0.0/24# interface eth0
vsr running subnet 2.0.0.0/24# range 2.0.0.1 2.0.0.100
vsr running subnet 2.0.0.0/24# ..
vsr running server# ..
vsr running dhcp# ..

The same configuration can be made using this NETCONF XML configuration:

vsr> show config xml absolute vrf main  dhcp server
<config xmlns="urn:6wind:vrouter">
  <vrf>
    <name>main</name>
    <dhcp xmlns="urn:6wind:vrouter/dhcp">
      <server>
        <enabled>true</enabled>
        <default-lease-time>43200</default-lease-time>
        <max-lease-time>86400</max-lease-time>
        <dhcp-options>
          <domain-name-server>10.0.0.1</domain-name-server>
          <domain-name-server>10.0.0.2</domain-name-server>
        </dhcp-options>
        <subnet>
          <prefix>1.0.0.0/24</prefix>
          <dhcp-options/>
          <range>
            <start-ip>1.0.0.1</start-ip>
            <end-ip>1.0.0.50</end-ip>
          </range>
          <range>
            <start-ip>1.0.0.51</start-ip>
            <end-ip>1.0.0.100</end-ip>
          </range>
        </subnet>
        <subnet>
          <prefix>2.0.0.0/24</prefix>
          <dhcp-options/>
          <interface>eth0</interface>
          <range>
            <start-ip>2.0.0.1</start-ip>
            <end-ip>2.0.0.100</end-ip>
          </range>
        </subnet>
      </server>
    </dhcp>
  </vrf>
</config>

Displaying DHCP server leases ¶

Display the DHCP server’s leases:
```
vsr> show dhcp-server
```
Display the DHCP server’s leases in a specific VRF:
```
vsr> show dhcp-server vrf VRFNAME
```
VRFNAME
The VRF name.

Example

vsr> show dhcp-server vrf vrf1
authoring-byte-order little-endian;

server-duid "\000\001\000\001#\310\357\010\336\355\001\320\220\235";

lease 10.100.0.3 {
  starts 3 2019/01/09 17:42:36;
  ends 3 2019/01/09 18:42:36;
  cltt 3 2019/01/09 17:42:36;
  binding state active;
  next binding state free;
  rewind binding state free;
  hardware ethernet de:ed:01:e4:13:29;
}