34.4. DHCP diagnostics, statistics and debug

34.4. DHCP diagnostics, statistics and debug
	Chapter 34. DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

34.4.1. DHCP diagnostics

This command reports the current situation of the DHCP resource:

[17:49:20] ABILIS_CPX:d d dhcp

RES:Dhcp ----------------------------------------------------------------------
       Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol                                     
       STATE:ACTIVE           SERVER-LAN:2            RELAY-LAN:0
       - Server Bindings ------------------------------------------------------
       ------- Summary -------|------- Types ---------|------- States ---------
       MAX      |300          |ACT-STATIC  |5         |ACTIVE     |7          |
       USED     |48           |ACT-DYNAMIC |2         |EXPIRED    |17         |
       FREE     |252          |            |          |RELEASED   |0          |
       REUSABLE |41           |ALL-STATIC  |6         |ABANDONED  |2          |
                |             |ALL-DYNAMIC |42        |INCOMPLETE |0          |
                |             |            |          |INVALID    |22         |
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------

The meaning:

STATE

Current DHCP state:

DOWN - State set when registration to lower UDP port fail, better said when the "use" of UDP service is not possible.
INACT - The driver is "ready" to work (no errors with UDP service), but inactive (configuration parameter ACT:NO). All the incoming requests/responses will be silently dropped at their arrival, without requiring CPU time for their verification.
ACTIVE - The driver is fully ready to work.
STOP - Server mode only. The driver is fully ready to work but it cannot create/write the bindings file. Possible causes:
- The file is corrupted.
- The disk is corrupted.
- The disk is write protected.
  Note
  Try to remove cause of stopped state end send the INIT command.

MAX

	Note
Try to remove cause of stopped state end send the INIT command.

Number of all Entries in a binding table (it is equal to max-clients value from DHCP configuration).

USED

Number of all used binding entries.

FREE

Number of all free entries in the binding table.

REUSABLE

Number of all used entries in the binding table in not ACTIVE state (EXPIRED, ABANDONED, RELEASED, INVALID). They can be reused when free entries are ended.

ACT-STATIC

Total Number of used STATIC entries in ACTIVE and INCOMPLETE state.

ACT-DYNAMIC

Total Number of used DYNAMIC entries in ACTIVE and INCOMPLETE state.

ALL-STATIC

Total Number of all STATIC entries.

ALL-DYNAMIC

Total Number of all DYNAMIC entries.

ACTIVE

Total Number of used entries in ACTIVE state.

EXPIRED

Total Number of used entries in EXPIRED state.

RELEASED

Total Number of used entries in RELEASED state.

ABANDONED

Total Number of used entries in ABANDONED state.

INCOMPLETE

Total Number of used entries in INCOMPLETE state.

INVALID

Total Number of used INVALID entries.

34.4.2. DHCP statistics

This command can help to understand what is happening, in case of troubles:

[11:42:10] ABILIS_CPX:d s dhcp

RES:Dhcp ----------------------------------------------------------------------
       Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol                                     
       --- Cleared 1 days 21:51:19 ago, on 20/10/2020 at 16:43:22 -------------
       -----------|---INPUT---|--OUTPUT---|-----------|---INPUT---|--OUTPUT---|
       PCK        |         89|         89|CHAR       |      28016|      26700|
       NOBUF      |          0|           |BAD-FORMAT |          0|           |
       UNK-IPRES  |          0|           |LONG       |          0|          0|
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Server LANs
       -----------|---INPUT---|--OUTPUT---|-----------|---INPUT---|--OUTPUT---|
       REQUESTS   |         89|           |RESPONSES  |           |         89|
       DISCOVER   |          7|           |OFFER      |           |          7|
       REQUEST    |         44|           |ACK        |           |         82|
       DECLINE    |          0|           |NAK        |           |          0|
       RELEASE    |          0|           |           |           |           |
       INFORM     |         38|           |
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Relay LANs
       -----------|---INPUT---|--OUTPUT---|-----------|---INPUT---|--OUTPUT---|
       REQUESTS   |          0|          0|RESPONSES  |          0|          0|
       HOP-EXCEED |          0|           |BAD-GW     |          0|           |
       NO-IPRES   |           |          0|
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------

With reference to the shown interval of time («Cleared 1 days 21:51:19 ago») these counters, show the number of:

`PCK`	Received/sent packets.
`CHAR`	Received/sent characters in DHCP messages (UDP interface overhead excluded).
`NOBUF`	No available buffers for incoming packets.
`BAD-FORMAT`	Packets discarded because they were not "well formatted".
`UNK-IPRES`	Received packets with "unknown" IP.
`LONG`	IN - received packets which are too long for the configured `MSGLEN`. OUT - "not sent" packets because available buffer is too small.

Statistics of Server LANs:

`REQUESTS`	All DHCP messages received.
`RESPONSES`	All DHCP messages sent.
`DISCOVER`	Received DHCPDISCOVER packets from the DHCP client.
`OFFER`	Sent DHCPOFFER packets to the DHCP client.
`REQUEST`	Received DHCPREQUEST packets from the DHCP client.
`ACK`	Sent DHCPACK packets to the DHCP client.
`DECLINE`	Received DHCPDECLINE packets from the DHCP client.
`NAK`	Sent DHCPNAK packets to the DHCP client.
`RELEASE`	Received DHCPRELEASE packets from the DHCP client.
`INFORM`	Number of received DHCPINFORM packets from the DHCP client.

Statistics of Relay LANs:

`REQUESTS`	IN - good requests received from client. OUT - client's requests relayed to the servers.
`RESPONSES`	IN - good responses received from server(s). OUT - server(s)'s responses relayed to the client.
`HOP-EXCEED`	Discarded requests because the "hops number" value in the packet exceeded the threshold.
`BAD-GW`	Discarded responses for "not matching" gateway address ('giaddr' field).

34.4.3. DHCP debug

The following commands allow to purge INVALID bindings which may appear upon network configuration changes.

[20:57:46] ABILIS_CPX:debug res:dhcp

RES:Dhcp ----------------------------------------------------------------------
       Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol                                     
       BufferLength:454    Date/Time:05/06/2015 10:03:54 TraceTime:2010508

Usage:
  LSN:0             - This help
  LSN:1             - Complete debug
  LSN:2             - Statistics
  LSN:3             - DHCP log
  LSN:3  CMD:CLR    - Clear DHCP log
  LSN:4             - Incoming datagrams dump
  LSN:4  CMD:CLR    - Clear incoming datagrams dump
  LSN:5             - Restore host table
  LSN:6  CMD:<MAC>  - Delete INV (invalid) bindings with specified MAC
  LSN:6  CMD:ALL    - Delete ALL INV (invalid) bindings

Type the following command to view the DHCP log:

[14:20:53] ABILIS_CPX:d dhcp log

22/10 11:53:30 [S/I]    IP:192.168.20.107, MAC:08-00-27-D1-C1-0D
22/10 11:58:30 [G/I] RV INFORM
22/10 11:58:30 [G/I]    IP:192.168.20.107, MAC:08-00-27-D1-C1-0D
22/10 11:58:30 [G/I]    GIADDR:0.0.0.0, interface IP:192.168.20.254
22/10 11:58:30 [S/I]    LAN:1, NET:192.168.20.0/24
22/10 11:58:30 [S/I] SD ACK
22/10 11:58:30 [S/I]    done
22/10 11:58:30 [S/I]    IP:192.168.20.107, MAC:08-00-27-D1-C1-0D
22/10 12:08:35 [G/I] RV INFORM
22/10 12:08:35 [G/I]    IP:192.168.20.107, MAC:08-00-27-D1-C1-0D
22/10 12:08:35 [G/I]    GIADDR:0.0.0.0, interface IP:192.168.20.254
22/10 12:08:35 [S/I]    LAN:1, NET:192.168.20.0/24
22/10 12:08:35 [S/I] SD ACK
22/10 12:08:35 [S/I]    done
22/10 12:08:35 [S/I]    IP:192.168.20.107, MAC:08-00-27-D1-C1-0D
22/10 12:18:40 [G/I] RV INFORM
22/10 12:18:40 [G/I]    IP:192.168.20.107, MAC:08-00-27-D1-C1-0D
22/10 12:18:40 [G/I]    GIADDR:0.0.0.0, interface IP:192.168.20.254
22/10 12:18:40 [S/I]    LAN:1, NET:192.168.20.0/24
22/10 12:18:40 [S/I] SD ACK
22/10 12:18:40 [S/I]    done
22/10 12:18:40 [S/I]    IP:192.168.20.107, MAC:08-00-27-D1-C1-0D
22/10 12:28:46 [G/I] RV INFORM
22/10 12:28:46 [G/I]    IP:192.168.20.107, MAC:08-00-27-D1-C1-0D
22/10 12:28:46 [G/I]    GIADDR:0.0.0.0, interface IP:192.168.20.254
22/10 12:28:46 [S/I]    LAN:1, NET:192.168.20.0/24
22/10 12:28:46 [S/I] SD ACK
22/10 12:28:46 [S/I]    done
22/10 12:28:46 [S/I]    IP:192.168.20.107, MAC:08-00-27-D1-C1-0D


34.3. DHCP Server Mode		34.5. DHCPC resource (DHCP Client)