Bootp Disabled; Bootp Or Last Address; Default Bootp Setting - Avaya 3500 Series Getting Started

minutes), the switch automatically enters the BootP Disabled mode. You can then configure the
IP address with ACLI.
If an IP address is not currently in use, these actions take effect immediately. If an IP address is
currently in use, these actions take effect only after the switch is reset or power cycled.

BootP Disabled

This option lets you manage the switch by using the IP address set from the console terminal. The
switch operates in the BootP Disabled mode as described in the following steps:
• The switch does not broadcast BootP requests, regardless of whether an IP address is set
from the console terminal.
• The switch can be managed only by using the in-band switch IP address set from the console
terminal.

BootP or Last Address

This option lets you manage the switch even if a BootP server is not reachable. The switch operates
in the BootP or Last Address mode as described in the following steps:
• When you specify the IP data from the console terminal, the IP address becomes the in-band
address of the switch. BootP requests are not broadcast. You can manage the switch using
this in-band IP address.
• When you do not specify the in-band IP address from the console terminal, the switch
broadcasts BootP requests until it receives a BootP reply containing an in-band IP address. If
the switch does not receive a BootP reply that contains an in-band IP address within 10
minutes, the switch uses the last in-band IP address it received from a BootP server. This IP
information is displayed in the Last BootP column.
If the IP address specified as the in-band IP address is not currently in use, these actions take effect
immediately. If an IP address is currently in use, these actions take effect only after the switch is
reset or power cycled.

Default BootP setting

The default operational mode for BootP on the switch is BootP or Default IP. The switch
requests an IP address from BootP only if one is not already set from the console terminal (or if the
IP address is the default IP address: 192.168.1.1).
July 2015
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