DHCP Workshop Syllabus

DHCP Class Syllabus **Updated May 2012

* The history of address allocation in IP networks
* RARP / DRARP
* BOOTP
    * relay agent operation
    * vendor information field
* Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

* DHCP to distribute network configuration for IP hosts
* the DHCP protocol
* the states of a DHCP client
* DHCP message exchange
* Format of DHCP messages
* DHCP options

* DHCP deployment design
* centralized vs. decentralized DHCP
* the role of DHCP relay agents
* setting up a DHCP relay agent
* using static DHCP address allocation
* Split-Scopes
* Failover-Cluster

* DHCP Clients
* DHCP Clients
* Windows DHCP Clients
* MacOS X
* Solaris 10/11
* Linux/xBSD - the ISC DHCP Client
* Linux - dnsmasq (Ubuntu Linux)
* Identifying clients on the DHCP Server

* DHCP Server
   * ISC DHCP 3.x and 4.x
   * Microsoft DHCP 2008/2012
   * ISC BIND 10 DHCP
   * Cisco IOS DHCP

* ISC DHCP Server
* History and Versions
* installation
* starting and stopping
* the configuration file
* parameters and options
* subnets, shared-networks and pools
* host and group declarations
* the lease database
* automating DHCP management with scripting

* DHCP and DNS interaction
* DNS dynamic update
* DHCP DDNS update strategies
* configure dynamic update on the DNS Server side
* configure dynamic update on the DHCP Server side
* securing dynamic updates
* dynamic update troubleshooting

* DHCP operations
* DHCP testing and troubleshooting
* DHCP Server monitoring
* Monitoring DHCP Pool utilization
* finding unauthorized DHCP Servers
* maintaining a DHCP Server

* DHCP and IPv6
* DHCPv6
* how it is different from DHCPv4
* DHCPv6 and IPv6 auto configuration
* stateful and stateless DHCPv6
* DHCPv6 and the ISC DHCP Server 4.x