DHCP on 3560 switch with multiple VLANs

sonitadmin · ‎03-24-2010

Customer has a 3560 with approximately 6 different VLANs setup. Each with different subnets:

172.16.1.0/24

10.70.0.0/16

10.40.0.0/16

10.30.0.0/16

10.20.0.0/16

10.10.0.0/16

There are no DHCP servers in any of the existing subnets. Everything has been statically assigned by the previous consulting firm. We just installed a new 1131AG access point yesterday on the 10.30.0.0 subnet. What I would like to do (if possible) is setup DHCP server on the switch and assign DHCP addresses to just the 10.30.0.0 subnet. I could leave the existing clients static and setup a small scope for the wireless clients.

Could someone explain if this is possible, and if so how I would go about it.

Thanks!

Giuseppe Larosa · ‎03-24-2010

Hello Sonitadmin,

here it an example of a pool configured on a cisco router

ip dhcp pool DATA

network 10.110.224.128 255.255.255.240

default-router 10.110.224.129

dns-server 10.98.112.32 10.55.0.32

netbios-name-server 10.52.64.37 10.24.128.151

lease 0 1

!

you can adapt this to your needs.

you need to exclude ip addresses that are statically assigned including C3560 SVI interface IP address

with commands like the following:

ip dhcp excluded-address 10.110.224.129 10.110.224.132

ip dhcp excluded-address 10.110.224.145

Hope to help

Giuseppe

sonitadmin · ‎03-24-2010

Giuseppe,

Thanks for the reply. Is there anything I need to do in order to enable DHCP server on the 3560 itself?

Thanks!

Giuseppe Larosa · ‎03-24-2010

Hello Sonitadmin,

there is no explicit ip dhcp server command.

My understanding is that after having configured the DHCP pool the system starts to act as DHCP server for the defined pools.

see

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3560/software/release/12.2_44_se/configuration/guide/swdhcp82.html#wp1098426

that sends to

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/ipaddr/configuration/guide/iad_dhcp_svr_cfg_ps6441_TSD_Products_Configuration_Guide_Chapter.html#wp1048245

Hope to help

Giuseppe

sonitadmin · ‎03-24-2010

So tell me if this looks correct then. I plan to set this up for VLAN4 on the switch.

switch>en
switch#conf t
switch(config)#no ip dhcp conflict logging
switch(config)#ip dhcp excluded-address 10.30.0.14 10.30.0.100
switch(config)#ip dhcp excluded-address 10.30.0.253
switch(config)#ip dhcp excluded-address 10.30.0.254
switch(config)#ip dhcp pool VLAN4
switch(dhcp-config)#network 10.30.0.0 /16
switch(dhcp-config)#domain-name (if applicable)
switch(dhcp-config#)dns-server 209.143.0.10 (or internal)
switch(dhcp-config)#default-router 10.30.0.254
switch(dhcp-config)#lease 7
switch(dhcp-config)#end

switch(config)#copy run start

Anythign I'm missing?

Thanks again for the help.

Giuseppe Larosa · ‎03-24-2010

Hello Sonitadmin,

you should be fine with your proposed configuration

note: I would keep enabled dhcp conflict logging

Hope to help

Giuseppe

sonitadmin · ‎03-24-2010

I was just going off of the Cisco document where it says

If you choose not to configure a DHCP database agent, disable the recording of DHCP address conflicts on the DHCP server. To disable DHCP address conflict logging, use the following command in global configuration mode:

Do I need to configure a DHCP database agent?

Giuseppe Larosa · ‎03-24-2010

Hello Sonitadmin,

unless you want to deploy DHCP snooping you don't need the DHCP database agent.

but DHCP snooping should not be an option in your scenario

Hope to help

Giuseppe

droeun141 · ‎03-25-2010

No need to exclude the gateway - it's automatically excluded.