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Table 8-1 describes the commands used to configure basic IP settings on the Switch.

Table 8-1 Basic IP Commands

Command Description
enable bootp {vlan <name> | all} Enables the generation and processing of
BOOTP packets on a VLAN to obtain an IP
address for the VLAN from a BOOTP server.
The default setting is enabled for all VLANs.
enable bootprelay Enables the forwarding of BOOTP and
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
requests.
enable ipforwarding {vlan <name> | all} Enables IP routing for one or more VLANs. If
no argument is provided, enables routing for
all VLANs that have been configured with an
IP address. The default setting for
ipforwarding is disabled.
enable ipforwarding broadcast {vlan <name> | all} Enables forwarding IP broadcast traffic for
one or more VLANs. If no argument is
provided, enables broadcast forwarding for
all VLANs. To enable, ipforwarding must be
enabled on the VLAN. The default setting is
enabled.
config bootprelay add <ipaddress> Adds the IP destination address to forward
BOOTP packets.
config bootprelay delete [<ipaddress> | all] Removes one or all IP destination addresses
for forwarding BOOTP packets.
config iparp add <ipaddress> <mac_address> Adds a permanent entry to the ARP table.
Specify the IP address and MAC address of
the entry.
config iparp delete <ipaddress> Deletes an entry from the ARP table.
Specify the IP address of the entry.
disable bootp vlan [<name> | all] Disables the generation and processing of
BOOTP packets.
disable bootprelay Disables the forwarding of BOOTP requests.
disable ipforwarding {vlan <name> | all} Disables routing for one or more VLANs.
disable ipforwarding broadcast {vlan <name> | all} Disables routing of broadcasts to other
networks.
clear iparp [<ipaddress> | vlan <name> | all] Removes dynamic entries in the IP ARP
table. Permanent IP ARP entries are not
affected.
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