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Does the console server DHCP server issue IP addresses to network-attached hosts?
The IMG4xxx, IM42xx and ACM5004-2 console servers also host a DHCP server which by default is disabled. The DHCP server enables the automatic distribution of IP addresses to devices on the Management LAN that are running DHCP clients.
To enable the DHCP server:
- Select Management LAN on the System: IP menu and click the Disabled label in the DHCP Server field, or go to the System: DHCP Server menu and check Enable DHCP Server
- Enter the Gateway address that is to be issued to the DHCP clients. If this field is left blank, the console server’s IP address will be used
- Enter the Primary DNS and Secondary DNS address to issue the DHCP clients. Again if this field is left blank, console server’s IP address is used, so leave this field blank for automatic DNS server assignment
- Optionally enter a Domain Name suffix to issue DHCP clients
- Enter default and maximum lease time (that is the time that a dynamically assigned IP address is valid before the client must request it again) can be specified,
- Click Apply
- the DHCP server will allocate IP addresses from the specified dynamic address pools
- IP addresses can also be reserved, to be used by connected hosts with fixed IP addresses, or pre-assigned, so they will only be allocated to management LAN connected hosts with specific MAC addresses.
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