Configuring DHCP

 

Here are instructions for setting up your DHCP server and clients, and for configuring DHCP to send dynamic updates to Domain Name System (DNS).

• Configuring the DHCP server and BOOTP/DHCP relay agent
  This topic explains what software you need to use to configure a System i™ DHCP server. It also includes instructions to work with the DHCP configuration, to use the DHCP server monitor, and to set up a DHCP/BOOTP relay agent.

• Configuring clients to use DHCP
  After the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server is configured, clients must be configured as well so as to request their configuration information from the DHCP server.

• Configuring DHCP to send dynamic updates to DNS
  The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server can be configured to send update requests to the DNS server each time it assigns a new address to a host. This automated process reduces DNS server administration in rapidly growing or changing TCP/IP networks, and in networks where hosts change locations frequently.

 

Parent topic:

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Related reference
Planning for DHCP