To configure a Cisco Catalyst 6509 switch to act as a DHCP server, perform the following:

Under the VLAN IP DHCP pool, enter the name of the bootstrap file located on the Provisioning Server as well as the IP address of the server.

Example:

ip dhcp pool VLAN20

 

network 10.10.1.0 255.255.255.0

 

bootfile [name of bootstrap file]

 

domain-name ABC.org

 

dns-server 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.5

 

default-router 10.10.1.1

 

option 66

ip 10.10.2.100

<— IP address of server

 

lease 3

To configure a Cisco Catalyst 6509 switch to support PXE boot across subnets/VLANs, perform the following:

Under the VLAN interface, enter the IP address of the Provisioning Server.

Example:

interface Vlan22
ip address 10.10.1.1 255.255.255.0
ip access-group 100 in
ip access-group 100 out
ip helper-address 10.10.2.100 <— IP address of server