How does AHV IPAM provide IP addresses to the VMs?

It runs a DHCP service within each CVM, which responds to DHCP requests from VMs on the local node.

It leverages a plug-in, which enables connection to third-party IPAM solutions to handle DCHP assignments.

It is a centralized DHCP server within Prism Central, which responds to DHCP requests for VMs on managed clusters.

leverages VXLAN and OpenFlow rules to intercept the DHCP request and responds with an address.