No expiry time on offered DHCP lease
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Article ID: 340204
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Products
VMware vCenter Server
VMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
Summary
When you are running the dhclient, the error No expiry time on offered DHCP lease is received.
This error occurs when the DHCP client receives a DHCPACK packet with no expiry time.
Example
When a dhclient receives a DHCPACK packet with no expiry time, an error message is:
DHCPACK from 10.117.9.253
No expiry time on offered lease.
Impact
The interface cannot receive a valid IP address and starts the DHCP process over again.
Environment
VMware vCenter Server 5.0.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0
Resolution
Perform one of the following workarounds:
- Check that at least one DHCP server works properly in the subnet.
- Assigna static IP address to the interface.
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