Configuring a DHCP Client on an Interface

This section provides a sample of configuring a DHCP client on an interface using the config method.

**Table 1** Configuring a DHCP client on an interface
Operation	XPATH
config	/ietf-interfaces:interfaces/interface/ietf-ip:ipv4/huawei-ip:ip-address-extend-type

Data Requirements

Item	Data	Description
Interface name	Vlanif2	Configure the DHCP client function on VLANIF 2, that is, the interface uses DHCP to obtain an IP address.
Whether to enable the DHCP client function on an interface	dhcp

Request example

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<rpc message-id="2" xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <edit-config>
    <target>
      <running/>
    </target>
    <config>
      <if:interfaces xmlns:if="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-interfaces">
        <if:interface>
          <if:name>Vlanif2</if:name>
          <if:type xmlns:iana-if-type="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:iana-if-type">iana-if-type:propVirtual</if:type>
          <ip:ipv4 xmlns:ip="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-ip">
            <hw-ip:ip-address-extend-type xmlns:hw-ip="urn:huawei:params:xml:ns:yang:hw-ip">dhcp</hw-ip:ip-address-extend-type>
          </ip:ipv4>
        </if:interface>
      </if:interfaces>
    </config>
  </edit-config>
</rpc>

Response example

Sample of successful response

<rpc-reply xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="2">
  <ok/>
</rpc-reply>

Sample of failed response

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<rpc-reply xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="2">
  <rpc-error>
    <error-type>application</error-type>
    <error-tag>operation-failed</error-tag>
    <error-severity>error</error-severity>
    <error-path>/ietf-interfaces:interfaces/interface[name='Vlanif2']/ietf-ip:ipv4/huawei-ip:ip-address-extend-type</error-path>
    <error-message>parse rpc config error.(Failed to resolve identityref "huawei-ip:dhc".).</error-message>
  </rpc-error>
</rpc-reply>