Bootp Client Configuration; Introduction To Bootp Client; Bootp Application; Obtaining An Ip Address Dynamically - H3C S5120-SI Series Configuration Manual

BOOTP client configuration

If several VLAN interfaces sharing the same MAC address obtain IP addresses through a BOOTP relay agent,
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the BOOTP server cannot be a Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server.

Introduction to BOOTP client

BOOTP application

After you specify an interface of a device as a BOOTP client, the interface can use BOOTP to get
information (such as IP address) from the BOOTP server, which simplifies your configuration.
Before using BOOTP, an administrator needs to configure a BOOTP parameter file for each BOOTP client
on the BOOTP server. The parameter file contains information such as MAC address and IP address of a
BOOTP client. When a BOOTP client originates a request to the BOOTP server, the BOOTP server will
search for the BOOTP parameter file and return the corresponding configuration information.
Because you need to configure a parameter file for each client on the BOOTP server, BOOTP usually runs
under a relatively stable environment. If the network changes frequently, DHCP is more suitable.
Because a DHCP server can interact with a BOOTP client, you can use the DHCP server to configure an IP address
for the BOOTP client, without any BOOTP server.

Obtaining an IP address dynamically

A DHCP server can take the place of the BOOTP server in the following dynamic IP address acquisition.
A BOOTP client dynamically obtains an IP address from a BOOTP server in the following steps:
The BOOTP client broadcasts a BOOTP request, which contains its own MAC address.
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The BOOTP server receives the request and searches the configuration file for the corresponding IP
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address and other information according to the MAC address of the BOOTP client. The BOOTP
server then returns a BOOTP response to the BOOTP client.
The BOOTP client obtains the IP address from the received response.
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Protocols and standards

Some protocols and standards related to BOOTP include:
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