To configure a local DHCPv4 server on a routing instance

Steps
 
1 

In the navigation tree routing view, expand Network→NE→Routing Instance.

2 

Right-click on a routing instance icon and choose Properties. The Routing Instance (Edit) form opens.

3 

Click on the Local DHCP Servers tab and click Create or select an existing DHCPv4 server and click Properties. The Local DHCP Server (Create|Edit) form opens.

4 

Configure the parameters on the General tab as required.

5 

Click Select in the Local User Database panel if required to choose a local database to provided local authentication. The Local User Db - Local DHCP Server, Routing Instance form opens.

Perform the following steps:

  1. Click Search to list the available databases. See To configure a local user database for subscriber host authentication for information about configuring a local user database.

  2. Select a database and click OK. The Local DHCP Server (Create|Edit) form reappears.

6 

Click on the Failover tab to configure DHCP server failover support.

Perform the following steps:

  1. Configure the parameters on the General tab as required.

    The Administrative State parameter must be configured to Down if you are configuring a failover DHCP server peer.

  2. Click on the Peer tab to configure a failover DHCP server peer.

  3. Click Create or select an existing failover peer and click Properties. The Failover Peer (Create|Edit) form opens.

  4. Click Select to choose a MC peer group and click OK. See To configure an MC peer group for information on configuring an MC peer group.

  5. Configure the Sync Tag parameter.The Sync Tag parameter setting must be the same on both failover servers.

  6. Click Node Redundancy to configure node redundancy for the failover peer if required. The Manage Node Redundancy form opens, preconfigured for MC peer groups. The Node Redundancy button allows you to access the MC sync group configuration within the MC peer group in order to add failover peer sync tags.

  7. Click Create or select an existing MC peer group and click Properties. The MC Peer Group (Create|Edit) form opens. See To configure an MC peer group to complete the MC peer group configuration.

  8. Save your changes and close the forms. The Local DHCP Server (Create|Edit) form reappears.

7 

Click on the IP Address Pools tab to configure address pools for the local DHCPv4 server.

Perform the following steps:

  1. Click Create or select an existing IP address pool and click Properties. The IP Address Pool (Create|Edit) form opens.

  2. Configure the parameters on the General tab as required.

8 

Click on the Failover tab and repeat Step 6 to configure DHCP server failover support.

9 

Click on the Subnets tab and click Create to add a subnet to the IP address pool or select an existing subnet and click Properties. The Subnet (Create|Edit) form opens.

Perform the following steps:

  1. Configure the parameters on the General tab as required.

  2. Click on the Address Ranges tab and click Create or select an existing address range and click Properties. The Subnet Address Range (Create|Edit) form opens.

  3. Configure the parameters as required. You must exclude static IP addresses from the subnet address range because static IP addresses are dedicated.

  4. Save your changes and close form. The Subnet (Create|Edit) form reappears.

10 

Click on the Options tab.

Perform the following steps:

  1. Click Create or select an existing option entry and click Properties. The IP Address Pool Option (Create|Edit) form opens.

  2. Configure the parameters as required.

    The Value parameter is configurable when the Type parameter is set to ASCII String or Hex String.

    The IP Address 1, IP Address 2, IP Address 3, and IP Address 4 parameters are configurable when the Type parameter is set to IP Address.

  3. Save your changes and close the form. The IP Address Pool (Create|Edit) form reappears.

11 

Click on the Free Addresses tab and click Search to observe the minimum number of free addresses in the pool. If the actual number of free addresses in the pool falls below this configured minimum, an alarm is generated. A value of 0 specifies No Minimum.

12 

Click on the Declined Addresses tab and click Search to observe the number of declined addresses in the pool.

13 

Save your changes and close the IP Address Pool form.

14 

To add a sticky lease to an IP address pool, perform the following steps:

  1. Click on an IP address pool entry and click Create Sticky Lease. The Sticky Lease Action (Create) form opens.

  2. Configure the required parameters.

    The Host Name parameter value must be unique. The MAC Address can be duplicated across multiple sticky lease objects, provided that each has a different corresponding Circuit ID value. Similarly, the Circuit ID value can be duplicated across multiple sticky lease objects, provided that each has a different corresponding MAC Address.

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Save your changes and close the forms.

End of steps