I'm confused by your question, Kings,
The same guide says that to configure "manual bindings" one must enter 
"client-identifier" command. What made you think that the "hardware-address" 
option didn't work?
Were you able to simulate BOOTP instead of DHCP request with option 61 ?

Eugene

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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kingsley Charles
Sent: 15 April 2012 09:08
To: [email protected]
Subject: [OSL | CCIE_Security] DHCP address assignment using hardware address

Hi all
Hi all

If I want to configure manual binding that doesn't working with hardware 
address. Instead, if I specify the client identifies, it works.

ip dhcp pool cat
   host 10.20.30.40 255.255.255.0
   hardware-address 0001.0002.0003


The snippet below, claims that hardware address can be used with bootp requests 
only. Logically, I feel that should be the case because bootp request doesn't 
have options field. In the case of DHCP request, the option 61 is used to carry 
client identifier. Hence, it seems, the IOS expect client identifies to be 
configured, if it a dhcp request.

Comments please.


Snippet from 
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_2/ip/configuration/guide/1cfdhcp.html#wp1001108

Router(dhcp-config)# client-identifier unique-identifier
Specifies the unique identifier for DHCP clients. This command is used for DHCP 
requests.

Router(dhcp-config)# hardware-address hardware-address type

(Optional) Specifies a hardware address for the client. This command is used 
for BOOTP requests.

With regards
Kings
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