Displaying And Maintaining Bootp Client; Bootp Client Configuration Example; Network Requirements; Configuration Procedure - HPE FlexNetwork 10500 Series Configuration Manual

Step
3. Configure an interface to use
BOOTP for IP address
acquisition.

Displaying and maintaining BOOTP client

Execute display command in any view.
Task
Display BOOTP client information.

BOOTP client configuration example

Network requirements

As shown in
VLAN-interface 10 obtains an IP address from the DHCP server by using BOOTP.
To make the BOOTP client obtain an IP address from the DHCP server, you must perform
configuration on the DHCP server. For more information, see
examples."

Configuration procedure

The following describes the configuration on Switch B, which acts as a client.
# Configure VLAN-interface 10 to dynamically obtain an IP address from the DHCP server.
<SwitchB> system-view
[SwitchB] interface vlan-interface 10
[SwitchB-Vlan-interface10] ip address bootp-alloc

Verifying the configuration

# Display the IP address assigned to the BOOTP client.
[SwitchB] display bootp client
Figure 21, Switch B's port belonging to VLAN 10 is connected to the LAN.
Command
ip address bootp-alloc
Command
display bootp client [ interface interface-type
interface-number ]
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Remarks
By default, an interface does not
use BOOTP for IP address
acquisition.
"DHCP server configuration