Import mac address list for dhcp allocation

[vf]

Dear all,

i want to set up dhcp server on dedicated vlan for my clients on fortigate.

Basically, i want to import list of mac address which will receive an ip from dhcp range (not reserved). On web UI, i did not see any menu which allows me to do that. How can i achieve it ?

Best regards.

[ozkanaltas]

Hello @vf ,

Fortigate doesn't have the ability to import a mac address list into the DHCP. But you can import all mac addresses via CLI. I think, this is best efficient way for import mac address bulky.

You can review example cli commands below. 

config system dhcp server
edit <DHCP_Scope_ID>
config reserved-address
edit 0
set type mac
set mac <MAC_ADDR>
set action assign
set description ''
next
edit 0
set type mac
set mac <MAC_ADDR>
set action assign
set description ''
next
end
next 
end

If you want to reserve an IP address for a client, you can use these commands. 

config system dhcp server
edit <DHCP_Scope_ID>
config reserved-address
edit 0
set type mac
set ip <IP_ADDR>
set mac <MAC_ADDR>
set action reserved
set description ''
next
edit 0
set type mac
set ip <IP_ADDR>
set mac <MAC_ADDR>
set action reserved
set description ''
next
end
next 
end

[vf]

Thanks for your answer.

I will try to set up a tcl script which will parse input file and will assign address for each mac parsed. It must be possible, musn't it ? It will be easier to do this on Tcl language instead of CLI script.

[ozkanaltas]

Hello @vf ,

Probably, tcl scripts will be better than cli. Because, with tcl scripts, you can read mac addresses from files and you can use these inputs on a loop. The loop will create all input for the configuration.

[vf]

Thanks, i just realize i don't have fortimanager.

I just own fortigate. If i uderstand, tcl scripts can run and execute only on Fortimanager, not fortigate ?

[ozkanaltas · Accepted solution]

Hello @vf ,

Yes, you are right. You can just use tcl scripts on FortiManager.

If you know Python or any scripting language you can create a cli template with them. If you don't know anything about Python, ChatGPT can help you :). 

[vf]

I will use bash.

Thanks.