# Monitoring DHCP Server and Proxy Client Information

#### Purpose

Display DHCP server and proxy client information.

#### Action

To display information about the DHCP server and proxy clients:

    host1#show dhcp server
                             DHCP Proxy Client Status:
                             -------------------------
    O A Address     Leases Offers Requests Acks Naks Declines Releases
    - - ----------- ------ ------ -------- ---- ---- -------- --------
    E E 10.6.128.10      0      0        0    0    0       0       0
    E E 10.6.128.11      0      0        0    0    0       0       0

#### Meaning

Table 124 lists the show dhcp server command output fields.

Table 124: show dhcp server Output Fields

Field Name | Field Description
--- | ---
O | Read-only value that displays the operational status of the server
A | Read/write value that displays the administrative status of the server
E | Enabled; indicates that the server is being actively used to supply IP addresses to clients
D | Draining; indicates that the server is not accepting any new requests for addresses, but is maintaining the addresses that it has already assigned
X | Disabled; means that the server is not accepting any new requests for addresses and has no outstanding addresses
Address | IP address of a DHCP server
Leases | Number of IP address leases granted by the server
Offers | Number of offers sent by the server
Requests | Number of requests sent to the server
Acks | Number of acknowledgments received from the server
Naks | Number of negative acknowledgments received from the server
Declines | Number of IP addresses rejected because they were already in use
Releases | Number of IP addresses released back to the server

#### Related Documentation

- show dhcp server