Bootp Automatic Ip Configuration/Mac Address - Nortel 2000 Using Manual

• The term autonegotiation refers to a standardized protocol (IEEE 802.3u) that
exists between two IEEE 802.3u-capable devices. Autonegotiation allows the
switch to select the best of both speed and duplex modes.
Autosensing is used when the attached device is not capable of autonegotiation or
is using a form of autonegotiation that is not compatible with the IEEE 802.3u
autonegotiation standard. In this case, because it is not possible to sense the
duplex mode of the attached device, the Business Policy Switch reverts to
half-duplex mode.
When autonegotiation-capable devices are attached to the Business Policy Switch,
the ports negotiate down from 100 Mb/s speed and full-duplex mode until the
attached device acknowledges a supported speed and duplex mode.
For more information about autosensing and autonegotiation modes, see
Chapter 6, "Troubleshooting," on page
For information on configuring autonegoitation using the CI menus, refer to
Chapter 3. To configure this feature using the Web-based management system,
refer to Using Web-based Management for the Business Policy Switch 2000
Software Version 1.2. To use Device Manager (DM) to configure this feature, refer
to Reference for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Management Software Version
1.2. And, to configure this feature using CLI commands, refer to Reference for the
Business Policy Switch 2000 Command Line Interface Software Version 1.2. book.

BootP automatic IP configuration/MAC address

Beginning with software version 1.2, you can retrieve the ASCII configuration
file name and configuration server address using BootP.
With software 1.1 and a stack consisting only of BPS 2000 switches (Pure BPS
2000 Stack mode), you can perform BootP using the MAC address of the base
unit.
The Business Policy Switch has a unique 48-bit hardware address, or MAC
address, that is printed on a label on the back panel. You use this MAC address
when you configure the network BootP server to recognize the Business Policy
Switch BootP requests. A properly configured BootP server enables the switch to
automatically learn its assigned IP address, subnet mask and the IP address of the
default router (default gateway).
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