Configuring IP

Table 6.3: IP Global Parameters – switch (Continued)

Parameter

Description

Default

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Domain name

A domain name (example: amaynes.router.com) you

None configured

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for Domain

can use in place of an IP address for certain

 

 

Name Server

operations such as IP pings, trace routes, and Telnet

 

 

(DNS) resolver

management connections to the router.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DNS default

A list of gateways attached to the router through

None configured

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gateway

which clients attached to the router can reach DNSs.

 

 

addresses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source interface

The IP address the switch uses as the source

The management IP

n/a

 

address for Telnet, RADIUS, or TACACS/TACACS+

address of the switch.

 

 

packets originated by the router. The switch uses its

Note: This parameter

 

 

management IP address as the source address for

 

 

is not configurable on

 

 

these packets.

 

 

the HP 6208M-SX.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DHCP gateway

The device can assist DHCP/BootP Discovery

None configured

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stamp

packets from one sub-net to reach DHCP/BootP

 

 

 

servers on a different sub-net by placing the IP

 

 

 

address of the router interface that forwards the

 

 

 

packet in the packet’s Gateway field.

 

 

 

You can specify up to 32 gateway lists. A gateway list

 

 

 

contains up to eight gateway IP addresses. You

 

 

 

activate DHCP assistance by associating a gateway

 

 

 

list with a port.

 

 

 

When you configure multiple IP addresses in a

 

 

 

gateway list, the switch inserts the addresses into the

 

 

 

DHCP Discovery packets in a round robin fashion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

a.Some devices have a factory default, such as 209.157.22.154, used for troubleshooting during installation. For routing switches, the address is on port 1 (or 1/1).

Interface IP Parameters – HP 6208M-SX

Table 6.4 lists the interface-level IP parameters for the HP 6208M-SX.

Table 6.4: Interface IP Parameters – switch

Parameter

Description

Default

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DHCP gateway

You can configure a list of DHCP stamp addresses for

None configured

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stamp

a port. When the port receives a DHCP/BootP

 

 

 

Discovery packet from a client, the port places the IP

 

 

 

address(es) in the gateway list into the packet’s

 

 

 

Gateway field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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