Bcm50 Main Unit Lan Connection; Dhcp Server Configuration And Ip Address; Bcm50 And Bcm50B Main Units (No Integrated Router) - Nortel BCM50 3.0 Quick Start Manual

BCM50 main unit LAN connection

For more information, see the chapter "Connecting the BCM50 system to the LAN and WAN" in
the Installation and Maintenance Guide.
Warning: The DHCP server on the main unit is enabled (IP Phones only) by
default. If your network already contains a DHCP server, then disable the DHCP
server on the main unit.
To connect a BCM50 system to the LAN
1 Connect one end of a standard Ethernet cable to your LAN.
2
Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into the LAN port on the BCM50 main unit.
3
If you want to use the internal BCM50 network switch to connect another IP device to the
LAN, connect an Ethernet cable between the IP device and one of the additional LAN ports on
the BCM50 system (Router card LAN ports, Expansion port, or expansion unit LAN port).
4 Repeat step 3 for each IP device you want to connect to the LAN using the BCM50 switch.
If you cannot connect your BCM50 system to the LAN, you can access the system by connecting
through the OAM port. See

DHCP server configuration and IP address

If the main unit has an integrated router, you can activate either the DHCP server on the main unit
or the DHCP server on the integrated router through Element Manager (Configuration > Data
Services > DHCP Server > General Settings tab). If you want to use the DHCP server on the main
unit, you must first disable the DHCP server on the integrated router.
The BCM50 system can have a main unit with or without an integrated router:
•

BCM50 and BCM50b main units (no integrated router)

• BCM50a, BCM50e, BCM50ba, or BCM50be main unit (with integrated router)
For more information, see the chapter "Determining DHCP server configuration and IP address"
in the Installation and Maintenance Guide.
BCM50 and BCM50b main units (no integrated router)
By default, the main unit is configured with a dynamic IP address, which means the unit requests
an IP configuration from a DHCP server.
The BCM50 and BCM50b main units can have two DHCP server configurations:
• If an external DHCP server is not present
• If an external DHCP server is present
To connect to the system using the OAM port
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Chapter 3 Hardware installation
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