IxNetwork DHCP: How to configure DHCPv4 Client and DHCPv4 Server

In the main navigation window, click Protocol Configuration.

Click Access and enable DHCP/PD/w Auth on port1 and DHCP Server on port2

Configure DHCPv4 Client

Under Protocol Configuration, click DHCP/PD w/Auth node  and then the DHCP Client tab

*** the All tab contains all  configuration options for DHCP clients. In order to be easy to use the DHCPv4 client configuration options are grouped in  tabs

Click the Basic tab and make sure that Client is IPv4 type ( default).

Configure Count to be 100 in order to emulate 100 DHCPv4 clients

Click the DHCPv4 tab to see other parameters that might be configured.

Optionally you can click on MAC tab to configure the MAC addresses used by clients

Optionally you can click on VLAN tab to configure VLAN information for each client.

Uncheck box means that no VLAN is currently used (default)

Note:

You can configure up to six levels of VLAN stack.

VLAN stack 1 and 2 can be activated directly from the grid.

To configure more, click on Edit VLAN tab

 Configure Global DHCP client settings

 Click on Protocol Options icon from top to configure the Global settings for  DHCPv4 clients

On protocol option click on DHCP Client

On Global Settings tab General tab you can configure the Setup rate, Teardown Rate, Timeout and retransmission for DHCPv4 and also the DCPv4 ports to be used on client-server exchange

In order to be able to generate traffic although not all clients have been negotiated check the box Accept Partial Configuration

To specify a desired rate per port go to  Port Group Settings tabs and   activate  overrides for specific ports:

Configure DHCP Server

Under Protocol Configuration click DHCP Server and then click the DHCP Server tab. All tab is selected by default

Go on DHCP Server tab

Make sure that type is Ipv4

Configure Server Address an Server Gateway ( optional). They should be in the same subnet

On DHCP Leases tab configure the pool addresses to be used by the DHCP server:

If you want to add more ranges from a click on the Add Range button from above or Append To button if you want to add more  from a click. Check the box in front of row in order to be used.

*****In case of using Relay Agent the pool should be on the same subnet with the IPv4 address of the Relay Agent

 Optionally configure MAC and VLAN for server from their respective tabs:

Configure DHCP server Global Settings

To configure Lease Timeout and maximum Lease time go to Protocol Options click on DHCP Server node and Global Settings are displayed