Interfaces
Local Area Networks (LANs)
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4. Save the configuration and apply the change:
(config)> save
Configuration saved.
>
5. Type
exit
to exit the Admin CLI.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an
Access selection
menu
. Type
quit
to disconnect from the device.
DHCP servers
You can enable DHCP on your IX10 device to assign IP addresses to clients, using either:
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The DHCP server for the device's local network, which assigns IP addresses to clients on the
device's local network. Addresses are assigned from a specified pool of IP addresses. For a
local network, the device uses the DHCP server that has the IP address pool in the same
IP subnet as the local network.
When a host receives an IP configuration, the configuration is valid for a particular amount of
time, known as the lease time. After this lease time expires, the configuration must be
renewed. The host renews the lease time automatically.
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A DHCP relay server, which forwards DHCP requests from clients to a DHCP server that is
running on a separate device.
Configure a DHCP server
Note
These instructions assume you are configuring the device to use its local DHCP server. For
instructions about configuring the device to use a DHCP relay server, see
Required configuration items
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Enable the DHCP server.
Additional configuration items
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The lease address pool: the range of IP addresses issued by the DHCP server to clients.
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Lease time: The length, in minutes, of the leases issued by the DHCP server.
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The Maximum Transmission Units (MTU).
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The domain name suffix appended to host names.
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The IP gateway address given to clients.
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The IP addresses of the preferred and alternate Domain Name Server (DNS), NTP servers, and
WINS severs that are given to clients.
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The TFTP server name.
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The filepath and name of the bootfile on the TFTP server.
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Custom DHCP options. See
for information about custom DHCP
options.
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Static leases. See
Map static IP addresses to hosts
for information about static leases.
