xDhcpServerOptionDefinition

Parameters

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
AddressFamily	Key	String	Class address family. Currently needs to be IPv4.	IPv4
OptionId	Key	UInt32	Option ID, specify a number between 1 and 255.
VendorClass	Key	String	Vendor class. Use an empty string for standard option class.
Name	Required	String	Option name.
Type	Required	String	Option data type.	Byte, Word, Dword, DwordDword, IPv4Address, String, BinaryData, EncapsulatedData
DefaultValue	Write	String	Default value for the option.
Description	Write	String	Option description.
Ensure	Write	String	Whether the DHCP server class should exist.	Present, Absent
Multivalued	Write	Boolean	Whether option is multi-valued or not.

Description

The xDhcpServerOptionDefinition DSC resource manages DHCP option definitions.

Requirements

• Target machine must be running Windows Server 2012 R2 or later.
• Target machine must be running at minimum Windows PowerShell 5.0.

Examples

Example 1

This example creates two new DHCP Server option definitions.

configuration Example
{
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName 'PSDscResources' -ModuleVersion '2.12.0.0'
    Import-DscResource -moduleName 'DhcpServerDsc'

    WindowsFeature 'DHCP'
    {
        Name   = 'DHCP'
        Ensure = 'Present'
    }

    xDhcpServerOptionDefinition 'DHCPServerOptionDefinition1'
    {
        Ensure        = 'Present'
        Name          = 'Cisco AP c1700 Provisioning'
        OptionID      = '200'
        Type          = 'IPv4Address'
        AddressFamily = 'IPv4'
        VendorClass   = 'Cisco AP c1700'
        Description   = 'Sample description'
    }

    xDhcpServerOptionDefinition 'DHCPServerOptionDefinition2'
    {
        Ensure        = 'Present'
        Name          = 'sample name'
        OptionID      = '200'
        Type          = 'IPv4Address'
        AddressFamily = 'IPv4'
        VendorClass   = ''  #default option class
        Description   = 'Sample description'
    }

    xDhcpServerOptionDefinition 'DHCPServerOptionDefinition3'
    {
        Ensure        = 'Present'
        Name          = 'PXEClient'
        OptionID      = '060'
        Type          = 'String'
        AddressFamily = 'IPv4'
        VendorClass   = ''  #default option class
        Description   = 'Sample description'
        DefaultValue  = 'PXEClient'
    }
}