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This page describes the Abiquo DHCP configuration that uses a DHCP server with OMAPI.
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For Abiquo private, external and public networks, the platform can manage their the corresponding VLANs with an ISC DHCP server. Abiquo
Abiquo recommends one DHCP server per physical datacenter. Add When you configure the datacenter, add the DHCP service to Abiquo when creating or editing a datacenter. You can use the Remote Services DHCP server supplied with Abiquo or another compatible server. If .
If you have many virtual networks, you might need a separate relay server to manage VLANs for the DHCP server.
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For unmanaged networks only, you do not need to configure a DHCP server and you must provide the network addresses to the VMs outside of Abiquo.
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How Abiquo uses DHCP
Abiquo standard VLAN management has the following features:
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DHCP configuration notes
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To configure a single DHCP server with VLAN support, see Configuring a DHCP Serverserver .
To install a DHCP Relay server with the Abiquo appliances see Automatically configuring one DHCP relay server .
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If you need to use multiple relay servers, see Manually see Manually configuring multiple DHCP relay servers .