Chapter 5 Introduction to the Command Line Interfaces
28 Cajun P120 User’s Guide
Configuring the Cajun P120’s IP Address using Bootp
1 Configure your Bootp client server with: the Cajun P120’s IP addres s and
subnet mask (mng-port-ip), Default gateway address (def-gate way) and TFTP
file name (tftp-filename).
Note:
a. Use the revision command from the CLI to list the Mng MAC address.
b. Set your Bootp server to always broadca st a reply to your MAC address.
c. The IP address of the Bootp server will be inserted as the TFTP server’s IP add ress
(tftp-server).
d. TFTP mode can be enabled and disabled in the Command Line Interface
(IP group).
2 Connect the Cajun P120 to the network with the Bootp server.
3 Power on the Cajun P120 (with default settings). If it is successful, the
parameters are configured and saved in the switch’s flash memory. Each time
that the switch is subsequently powered on it will use the parameters saved in
flash memory.
Note: There is no indication of the success or failure of Bootp on the front panel.
You can see the results in the CLI (not Telnet). Progress can be monitored from the
station if you are using a SLIP connection.
If the Bootp is unsuccessful or there is no Bootp server connected (it takes
approximately 1 minute for the Cajun P120 to respond), the Cajun P120 will start
with the parameters saved in flash memory (either the default settings or last ones
you saved).
Reasons that Bootp is unsuccessful include:
• Problems in communications between the client and server.
• Parameters set in the se rver are incorrect (therefore, it cannot save them ).
• A router installed betwe en the switch and the Bootp server is not co nfigured to
pass Bootp requests.