Alteon Application Switch Operating System Application Guide
Basic IP Routing
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When Alteon receives a UDP broadcast on port 67 from a DHCP client requesting an IP address,
Alteon acts as a proxy for the client, replacing the client source IP (SIP) and destination IP (DIP)
addresses. The request is then forwarded as a UDP Unicast MAC layer message to two BOOTP
servers with configured IP addresses. The servers respond with a UDP Unicast message back to
Alteon, with the default gateway and IP address for the client. The destination IP address in the
server response represents the interface address that received the client request. This interface
address instructs Alteon on which VLAN to send the server response to the client.
DHCP Relay Agent Configuration
To enable Alteon as the BOOTP forwarder, you need to configure the DHCP/BOOTP server IP
addresses. Generally, you should configure the command IP interface closest to the client so that the
DHCP server knows from which IP subnet the newly allocated IP address should come.
Figure 12 - Example Basic DHCP Network, page 118
illustrates a basic DHCP network example:
Figure 12: Example Basic DHCP Network
In this Alteon implementation, there is no need for primary or secondary servers. The client request
is forwarded to the BOOTP servers configured. Using two servers provides failover redundancy.
However, no health checking is supported.
To configure a DHCP relay agent
1. Use the following commands to configure Alteon as a DHCP relay agent:
2. Additionally, DHCP Relay functionality can be assigned on a per-interface basis. Use the
following command to enable the Relay functionality:
>> # /cfg/l3/bootp
>> Bootstrap Protocol Relay# addr
(Set IP address of BOOTP server)
>> Bootstrap Protocol Relay# addr2
(Set IP address of second 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 the current configuration)
>> #/cfg/l3/if <interface number> /relay ena
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