Advanced Configuration; Retrieving An Ip Address From A Dhcp Server - Dell PowerConnect 3424 User Manual

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Advanced Configuration

This section provides information about dynamic allocation of IP addresses and security
management based on the Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) mechanism, and
includes the following topics:
• Configuring IP Addresses through DHCP
• Configuring IP Addresses through BOOTP
• Security Management and Password Configuration
When configuring/receiving IP addresses through DHCP and BOOTP, the configuration received
from these servers includes the IP address and may include subnet mask and default gateway.

Retrieving an IP Address From a DHCP Server

When using the DHCP protocol to retrieve an IP address, the device acts as a DHCP client. When
the device is reset, the DHCP command is saved in the configuration file, but the IP address is not.
To retrieve an IP address from a DHCP server, perform the following steps:
1
Select and connect any port to a DHCP server or to a subnet that has a DHCP server on it, in
order to retrieve the IP address.
2
Enter the following commands to use the selected port for receiving the IP address. In the
following example, the commands are based on the port type used for configuration.
• Assigning Dynamic IP Addresses:
console# configure
console(config)# interface ethernet 1/e1
console(config-if)# ip address dhcp hostname powerconnect
console(config-if)# exit
console(config)#
• Assigning Dynamic IP Addresses (on a VLAN):
console# configure
console(config)# interface ethernet vlan 1
console(config-if)# ip address dhcp hostname device
console(config-if)# exit
console(config)#
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