Advanced Configuration; Retrieving An Ip Address From A Dhcp Server - Dell PowerConnect 8024 Getting Started Manual

Step 4:
Finally, setup the default gateway. Please enter the IP address of
the gateway from which this network is reachable. [0.0.0.0]:
This is the configuration information that has been collected:
SNMP Interface = "public"@192.168.2.100
User Account setup = admin
Password = ********
Management IP address = 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway = 0.0.0.0
Operation Mode = Normal
Step 5:
If the information is correct, please select (Y) to save the
configuration, and copy to the start-up configuration file. If the
information is incorrect, select (N) to discard configuration and
restart the wizard: [Y/N] y
Thank you for using Dell Easy Set up Wizard. You will now enter CLI
mode.

Advanced Configuration

This section provides summary information about such common tasks as:
•

Retrieving an IP Address From a DHCP Server

• Security Management and Password Configuration
NOTE:
For detailed information on all the CLI commands available for the 8024 and 8024F M6348
switches, see the CLI Reference Guide.
Retrieving an IP Address From a DHCP Server
When using the DHCP protocol to retrieve an IP address, the switch acts as a DHCP client.
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.
NOTE:
You do not need to delete the switch configuration to retrieve an IP address for the D HCP server.
2
Enter the following commands to use the selected port for receiving the IP address.
console#config
console(config)#ip address dhcp
The interface receives the IP address automatically.
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