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Boot Program
6.5.2.1 DHCP Client
The basic steps that occur when a DHCP client requests an IP address from a DHCP server are
shown in Figure 6-8.
The client sends a DHCP DISCOVER broadcast message to locate a DHCP server.
A DHCP server offers configuration parameters (such as an IP address, a TFTP server IP
address, bootfile name...).
The client returns a formal request for the first offered IP address to the DHCP server in a
DHCPREQUEST broadcast message.
The DHCP server confirms that the IP address has been allocated to the client by returning
a DHCPACK unicast message to the client.
There are two possibilities for setting the MSC8144E MAC address during the boot:
User defined and read from an I
2
C EEPROM. See Section 6.5.1 for details.
Predefined default using the following fields:
— A constant of 24 bits: {0x1E, 0xF7, 0xD5}
— 8 bits consisting of (RCWHR[DEVID]) (aligned to the right and padded with 0)
— A constant of 16 bits: {0x00, 0x00}
The predefined option is configured to be an individual locally administered address in
accordance with IEEE Std. 802-2001™. This MAC address scheme allows for more that 8
unique MAC addresses per device by changing the last 4 bit values, thus allowing each core to
have 2 MAC addresses for use during operational mode.
Figure 6-8. DHCP Transactions
DHCP Discover (broadcast)
DHCP Offer (unicast)
DHCP Request (broadcast)
DHCP Ack (unicast)
DHCP
CLIENT
DHCP
SERVER
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