How to Deploy Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server

DHCP stand for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. What is DHCP or Understanding DHCP is also important thing to know before you deploy DHCP Server.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DHCP servers operate independently. You must install the service and configure scopes on every computer that will function as a DHCP server. The DHCP Server service is packaged as a role in Windows Server 2012, which you can install by using the Add Roles and Features Wizard, accessible from the Server Manager console.

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When you install the DHCP Server role on a computer that is a member of an Active Directory Domain Services domain, the DHCP Server is automatically authorized to allocate IP addresses to clients that are members of the same domain. If the server is not a domain member when you install the role, and you join it to a domain later, you must manually authorize the DHCP server in the domain by right-clicking the server node in the DHCP console and, from the shortcut menu, selecting Authorize. After installing the DHCP Server role, you must configure the service by creating a scope before it can serve clients.

Before we begin we need to verify following things:

• You are familiar with DHCP concepts such as scopes, leases, and options.
• The operating system is configured correctly.
• This computer has a static IP address.
• All existing disk volumes use the NTFS file system. FAT32 volumes are not secure, and they do not support file and folder compression, disk quotas, file encryption, or individual file permissions.

Install DHCP Role Server Manager

• Launch the Add Role Wizard from Server Manager.
• Select DHCP server role and go through the steps needed for installation.
• The last page of the wizard (which comes up after the role has been installed), provides a link – “Complete DHCP configuration”. This provides some tasks that need to be performed to enable the DHCP server role to work properly after role installation.

Finish Installation

Description

Authorization

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Install DHCP Server via PowerShell

To install the DHCP server role via PowerShell, one needs to run the following command:

Command: Add-WindowsFeature  -IncludeManagementTools dhcp

Creating DHCP security groups

Command:netsh dhcp add securitygroups

Note: You will need to restart the DHCP service for these groups to become active.

Command:  Restart-service dhcpserver

Authorizing the DHCP server in Active Directory (only needed for a domain-joined setup)

Command: Add-DhcpServerInDC <hostname of the DHCP server> <IP address of the DHCP server>