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DHCP/BOOTP Client Configuration
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Introduction to DHCP Client
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Introduction to BOOTP Client
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DHCP/BOOTP Client Configuration
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as IP address dynamically from the DHCP server, which facilitates user configuration and
agement.
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Obtaining IP Addresses Dynamically
for the process of how a DHCP client dynamically obtains
P address through DHCP.
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Introdu
After you specify an interface as a Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) client, the interface can use BOOTP to
et information (such as IP address) from the BOOTP server, which simplifies your configuration.
BOOTP, an administrator needs to configure a BOOTP parameter file for each BOOTP
server. The parameter file contains information such as MAC address and IP
BO
ay:
s own MAC address.
the request and searches for the corresponding IP address according
e
3) The BOOTP client obtains the IP address from the received response.
F
S4500 series Ethernet switches (operating as DHCP clients), the vendor and device information
ained in Option 60 of DHCP requests is not configurable; instead, it is populated by the application
pro ram of the switches
in the format of
vendor-name
.
vendor-name device-model
.
ction to BOOTP Client
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Before using
client on the BOOTP
address of a BOOTP client. When a BOOTP client sends a request to the BOOTP server, the BOOTP
server will search for the BOOTP parameter file and return it to the client.
A
OTP client dynamically obtains an IP address from a BOOTP server in the following w
1)
The BOOTP client broadcasts a BOOTP request, which contains it
2) The BOOTP server receives
to the MAC address of the BOOTP client and sends the information in a BOOTP response to th
BOOTP client.
Because a DHCP server can interact with a BOOTP client, you can use the DHCP server to assign an
IP address to the BOOTP client, without needing to configure any BOOTP server.