Using DHCP Option 121 on ArubaOS 8.x Mobility Controller
Supporting Classless Static Route (Option 121) on ArubaOS 8.x Sometimes you need your ArubaOS 8.x Controller hosted DHCP Server IPv4 pool to offer a client a reservation that does not include option 3, the clients default gateway. Instead you can use option 121 and offer these clients a single or list of DHCP derived static routes with a next-hop of your choice. Setting up DHCP Option 121 on ArubaOS tested on: ArubaOS 8.3.0.[26] need to: offer option 121 to clients of an DHCP server/scope hosted on an MC issue: you cannot complete this configuration from the MM or Standalone MC GUI as the hex option is missing see the following code sample implemented via the CLI that did work: ip dhcp pool vlan_666 option 121 hex " 18AC1E00C0A80101 " network 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 authoritative decoding the meaning of the hex value: 18 AC1E00 C0A80101 destmask: 18 = 24 bit mask destip: AC.1E.00 = 172.30.0 nexthop: C0.A8.01.01 = 192.168.1.1 u