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Figure 1-2shows a basic BOOTP network example.

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Raleigh

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10.1.1.2

 

 

BladeCenter

 

BOOT Client

BladeCenter acts as

BOOTP Server

BOOTP Relay Agent

asks for IP from

 

 

 

BOOTP server

 

 

Figure 1-2BOOTP Relay Agent Configuration

The use of two servers provide failover redundancy. The client request is forwarded to both BOOTP servers configured on the switch. However, no health checking is supported.

Configuring the BOOTP Relay Agent

To enable the GbE Switch Module to be the BOOTP forwarder, you need to configure the BOOTP server IP addresses on the switch, and enable BOOTP relay on the interface(s) on which the BOOTP requests are received.

Generally, you should configure the command on the switch IP interface that is closest to the client, so that the BOOTP server knows from which IP subnet the newly allocated IP address should come.

Use the following commands to configure the switch as a BOOTP relay agent:

>># /cfg/l3/bootp

>>Bootstrap Protocol Relay# addr <IP address>(IP address of BOOTP server)

>>Bootstrap Protocol Relay# addr2 <IP address>(IP address of 2nd BOOTP server)

>> Bootstrap Protocol Relay# on

(Globally turn BOOTP relay on)

>> Bootstrap

Protocol

Relay# off

(Globally turn BOOTP relay off)

>> Bootstrap

Protocol

Relay# cur

(Display current configuration)

Use the following command to enable the Relay functionality on an IP interface:

>># /cfg/l3/if <interface number>/relay ena

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42C4911 specifications

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