Oracle Solaris 11 includes an open source version of DHCP named Internet Systems Consortium Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (ISC DHCP), which is a well-known client-server service used by most IT administrators. This makes network and IP address configuration easier, mainly when there are many machines to be managed on a network. Without a DHCP server, the administrator would have to configure the IP address, mask, gateway, server name, and other settings on each network machine manually, making administration a time-consuming job. When using the DHCP service, most network settings are performed in a centralized point and there is the possibility of performing a particular configuration for chosen machines.

The DHCP server isn't already installed on Oracle Solaris 11, and it's available on the DVD or in the Oracle repository, whereas the DHCP client (dhcpagent) runs and is included on every default Oracle Solaris 11 and higher installations.

All DHCP operations...