Technical Tip: DHCP client options configuration
Description
When an interface is in DHCP addressing mode, DHCP client options can be configured in the CLI.
For example, a vendor class identifier (usually DCHP client option 60) can be specified so that a request can be matched by a specific DHCP offer.
This article describes how to configure it.
Solution
Multiple options can be configured, but any options not recognized by the DHCP server are discarded.
To configure client option 60 - vendor class identifier.
When an interface is in DHCP addressing mode, DHCP client options can be configured in the CLI.
For example, a vendor class identifier (usually DCHP client option 60) can be specified so that a request can be matched by a specific DHCP offer.
This article describes how to configure it.
Solution
Multiple options can be configured, but any options not recognized by the DHCP server are discarded.
To configure client option 60 - vendor class identifier.
# config system interface
edit port1
set vdom vdom1
set mode dhcp
# config client-options
edit 1
set code 60
set type hex
set value aabbccdd
next
end
set type physical
set snmp-index 4
next
end