It seems like it was indeed pi-hole's DHCP server not communicating with the switch 😵💫. I managed to get it working using another DHCP server. I have done something similar to what @GRL was...

@Clive_A Yes. My current hardware does not support VLANs, so my whole network is at 10.6.1.0/24 What should I be looking for that might be causing the link to the DHCP server to be failing?

@Clive_A Thank you for the response. I haven't set up any VLANS yet, what should my PVID be and where can I set it?

I'm having trouble setting up my switch and getting it to connect to my software controller. My network is at 10.6.1.0/24 but the switch turns on with the IP 192.168.0.1 I was very surprised because...