Procedure for Mac Binding on DHCP Server of MDI

Adding or Binding new MAC addresses.

If we need to bind new MAC address for new batch then folow below steps:

1. Go to directory /mac_address.

[root@mdidhcpserver ~]# cd /mac_address [Press enter Key]

2.Create a text file with batch name.

eg. [root@mdidhcpserver ~]# vim new_batch.txt

3.Now enter the MAC address in given format

host Kamal_Kishore {hardware ethernet 00:16:E6:F6:E8:B1 ;}

4.For multiple MAC address please add all MAC address in the file like below and save file.

host 111_Satya_Prakash-1 {hardware ethernet 00:16:E6:F6:BC:B7 ;}
host 111_Satya_Prakash-2 {hardware ethernet 14:f6:5a:ff:68:19 ;}
host 114_Ashok_Mishra-1 {hardware ethernet 00:16:E6:F6:BC:6E ;}
host 115_Tika_Bahadur-1 {hardware ethernet 00:01:6c:9d:33:d0 ;}
host 115_Tika_Bahadur-2 {hardware ethernet 78:45:C4:C3:DD:7C ;}
host 115_Tika_Bahadur-3 {hardware ethernet 9C:2A:70:C5:F2:F5 ;}
host 132_Charanjeet-4 {hardware ethernet 5C:F8:A1:97:11:D1 ;}
host 132_Charanjeet-5 {hardware ethernet 08:bd:45:66:03:3e ;}
host 135_Des_Raj-1 {hardware ethernet 8C:DC:D4:46:AF:9E ;}
host 136_Ashish_Kumar_Bose-1 {hardware ethernet 00:16:E6:21:4D:32 ;}
host 142_Lekh_Bahadur-1 {hardware ethernet 00:01:6C:9C:B1:12 ;}
host 143_R_P_Paswan-1 {hardware ethernet 00:01:6C:9C:A4:A1 ;}

Note: Duplicate entry will not be accepted you will get error while restarting dhcpd service.

5.Make a entry for new created file (new_batch.txt) in /etc/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf file

[root@mdidhcpserver ~]# vim /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf

and make below entry.

include "/mac_address/new_batch.txt";

6.Restart dhcpd service:

[root@mdidhcpserver ~]# /etc/init.d/dhcpd restart
Shutting down dhcpd:                                       [  OK  ]
Starting dhcpd:                                            [  OK  ]