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IP Unicast Commands

enable bootprelay

Enables the BOOTP relay function.

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or variables.

Usage Guidelines

After IP unicast routing has been configured, you can configure the switch to forward Dynamic Host

Configuration Protocol (DHCP) or BOOTP requests coming from clients on subnets being serviced by

the switch and going to hosts on different subnets. This feature can be used in various applications,

including DHCP services between Windows NT servers and clients running Windows 95. To configure

the relay function, follow these steps:

1 Configure VLANs and IP unicast routing.

2 Enable the DHCP or BOOTP relay function, using the following command:

enable bootprelay

3 Configure the addresses to which DHCP or BOOTP requests should be directed, using the following

configure bootprelay add <ip address>

The following command enables the forwarding of BOOTP requests:

enable bootprelay

This command was available in ExtremeWare 2.0.

Platform Availability

This command is available on all platforms.

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