This post will show you how to configure a DHCP scope on your Cisco device.

DHCP uses the transport layer protocol UDP. DHCP server uses port 67 and the client uses port 68. DHCP would fall into layer 7 application layer protocols.

Create your pools just like below and add any options in you require i’ve shown 2 different option types one is IP and one is ASCII. You can add as many options as you need.

ip dhcp pool vlan10
network 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0
update dns both override
domain-name mydomain.com
dns-server 10.1.1.111 10.2.2.222
netbios-name-server 10.1.1.111 10.2.2.222
default-router 10.10.10.1
option 137 ascii http://myserver.com/update
option 150 ip 192.168.101.1
lease 3
!
ip dhcp pool vlan16
network 10.10.16.0 255.255.255.0
update dns both override
domain-name mydomain.com
dns-server 10.1.1.111 10.2.2.222
netbios-name-server 10.1.1.111 10.2.2.222
default-router 10.10.16.1
option 150 ip 192.168.101.1
option 137 ascii http://myserver.com/update
lease 3
!

To add static DHCP reservations you need to add the MAC address as below. Note they start with ’01’ and in dotted hexadecimal. The ’01’ means that its Ethernet media type.

ip dhcp pool static-user1
host 10.10.10.54 255.255.255.0
client-identifier 01bb.cccc.dddd.ff
!
ip dhcp pool staticuser2
host 10.10.16.53 255.255.255.0
client-identifier 01xx.yyyy.zzzz.aa

The above configuration would be added to your switch that contains your SVI’s.

Confirm your configuration by using these commands below.

show ip dhcp binding – This will show all assigned IP’s and MAC address.
show ip dhcp pool [pool name] – This will show information on number of IP’s leased.
show ip dhcp conflict – This will show any conflicts in your pools.
clear ip dhcp binding | conflict [x.x.x.x] | * – This will clear the pool of the address you specify or all in the case of *.

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