Obtaining An In-Band Management Ip Address Automatically - Avaya 5900 Series Quick Start Configuration

Variable
If you do not specify a parameter with the ip address command, the system automatically modifies the
stack IP address when in stack mode, and modifies the switch IP address when in standalone mode.
Obtaining an in-band management IP address
automatically
Use this procedure to automatically obtain an in-band management IP address, subnet mask and
default gateway on the switch or stack.
About this task
When you use DHCP, the switch or stack can also obtain up to three DNS server IP addresses.
Procedure
1. Enter Global Configuration mode:
enable
configure terminal
2. At the command prompt, enter the following command:
ip address source {bootp-always | bootp-last-address | bootp-when-
needed | configured-address | dhcp-always | dhcp-last-address |
dhcp-when-needed}
Variable definitions
The following table describes the parameters for the ip address source command.
Variable
bootp-always
bootp-last-address
bootp-when-needed
configured-address
dhcp-always
dhcp-last-address
dhcp-when-needed
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Obtaining an in-band management IP address automatically

Value
Value
Always use the BootP server.
Use the last BootP server.
Use the BootP server when needed.
DEFAULT: bootp-when-needed
Use the manually configured IP configuration.
Always use the DHCP server.
Use the last DHCP server.
Use DHCP client when needed.
Quick Start Configuration for Avaya ERS 5900 Series
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