DHCP client

Request IPv4 network settings from an upstream DHCP server.

The DHCP client can provide the interface address, default route, DNS servers, and other options advertised by the upstream network.

  • Lease - The current lease details.

Properties

Metric

The network metric used for routing this network.

  • Data type: integer
  • Default: 0
  • Minimum: 0
  • Configuration
  • Required

CLI: (cli)> config network link-aggregation <key> ipv4 dhcp client metric

Client identifier

The identifier sent in DHCP requests.

Include this string value in the DHCP client identifier option (number 61) instead of the interface's MAC address.

  • Data type: string
  • Configuration
  • Optional

CLI: (cli)> config network link-aggregation <key> ipv4 dhcp client client-identifier