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Re: Defining a vendor class with specific option to support Pano Logic DHCP client discovery
From: Glenn Satchell <glenn.satchell_at_nospam>Date: Thu May 13 2010 - 00:50:49 GMT
To: Users of ISC DHCP <dhcp-users@lists.isc.org>
On 05/13/10 06:50, Timothy Loudermilk wrote:
> I have been provided instructions on how to setup Pano Logic client
> discovery using a Windows DHCP server, however we run ISC DHCP. I need
> help translating the instructions for Windows DHCP into configuration
> parameters for our ISC DHCP servers.
>
> We are currently running Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server
> V3.0.5-RedHat
>
> To set up Pano Client Discovery to use DHCP method:
>
> On the server, you'll define a vendor class called /Pano Logic/, and
> this class is identified by the ASCII string /Pano Logic/. For this
> vendor class you'll use vendor specific option, /Code 1/, Type IP
> address, Value: /PanoManagerServerIPAddress/ where
> /PanoManagerServerIPAddress/ is the static IP address of the Pano Manger VM.
>
> Windows server example:
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim
>
Hi Tim
This looks like Vendor Encapsulated Options, which is well supported in
ISC dhcpd. Details are in the dhcp-options man page, but I think it will
look something like this. There are two parts, defining the option, and
filling in the values.
VENDOR ENCAPSULATED OPTIONS
The DHCP protocol defines the vendor-encapsulated-options
option, which allows vendors to define their own options
that will be sent encapsulated in a standard DHCP option.
So in the global space define the option:
option space PanoLogic;
option PanoLogic.PanoManagerServerIPAddress code 1 = ip-address;
Then in global space (for all dhcp requests) or any specific scope such
as host, subnet or whatever fill in the value. You can set different
values in different scopes if required.
An ip-address can be either a hostname (such as pano.example.com) which
will be resolved by dhcpd at startup, or a dotted quad ip-address (1.2.3.4).
vendor-option-space PanoLogic;
option PanoLogic.PanoManagerServerIPAddress host.example.com;
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