Intel® NetStructure™ 6000 Switch

C H A P T E R 4
Using Local Management
To configure DHCP, type bootp interface dhcp.
To display how an interface is configured, type ifconfig -a.
The ifconfig command can be used to configure an interface even
though one of the dynamic configuration protocols is being run on the
interface. This is useful if a BOOTP or DHCP server cannot be found
and you know of a static IP address that can be used temporarily.
To display the current state of the BOOTP/DHCP client process, type
bootp show.
BOOTP Relay Agent
In many cases, BOOTP clients and their associated BOOTP server(s)
do not reside on the same IP network or subnet. The switch acts as a
BOOTP Relay Agent and transfers BOOTP and DHCP messages
between clients and servers.
The 6000 switch complies with RFC 1542 and provides BOOTP
Relay Agent support. The BOOTP Relay Agent configuration is
stored in NVRAM. All relay agent commands are available only in
privileged mode.
To configure the BOOTP Relay agent
1 Type relay enable.
2 To define a relay destination server IP address, type relay
server add ip_address. Up to eight servers can be defined.
6000 Switch>#>relay server add 172.21.2.143
3 To specify the maximum number of hops or routers between the
switch and the destination server, type relay maxHops count.
6000 Switch>#>relay maxHops 6
This sets a discard threshold. If a packet has traversed more hops than
the value of the hops parameter, the router drops the packets. The
range is between one and sixteen. The default is four.
To delete a destination server, type relay server del ip_address.
To delete all of the destination servers, type relay server del all.
Use show sys to display whether the agent is enabled or disabled.
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