Choosing A Bootp Request Mode; Bootp When Needed - Nortel BayStack 450 Using Manual

Using the BayStack 450 10/100/1000 Series Switch
Table 3-2. IP Configuration/Setup Screen Fields
Field Description
Default Gateway The IP address of the default gateway.
Default Value
Range

Choosing a BootP Request Mode

The BootP Request Mode field in the IP Configuration screen allows you to
choose which method the switch uses to broadcast BootP requests:
•

BootP When Needed

• BootP Always
• BootP Disabled
• BootP or Last Address
Note: Whenever the switch is broadcasting BootP requests, the BootP process
will time out if a reply is not received within (approximately) 7 minutes. When
the process times out, the BootP request mode automatically changes to BootP
Disabled mode. To restart the BootP process, change the BootP request mode
to any of the three following modes: BootP When Needed, BootP Always, or
to BootP or Last Address.
BootP When Needed
Allows the switch to request an IP address if one has not already been set from the
console terminal. When selected, this mode operates as follows:
• When the IP data is entered from the console terminal, the data becomes the
in-band address of the switch and BootP requests are not broadcast. The
switch can be managed using this in-band IP address.
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0.0.0.0 (no IP address assigned)
Four-octet dotted-decimal notation, where each octet is represented
as a decimal value, separated by a decimal point
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