Bootp Operation; Overview; The Bootp Process - HP J3100B Installation And Configuration Manual

BOOTP Operation

Overview

Bootp is used to download configuration data from a Bootp server to the
switch or to a VLAN configured on the switch. Either a minimal IP configura-
tion or a full configuration can be retrieved from the Bootp server.
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The Switch 2000 supports only the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol) implementations that are backwards compatible with Bootp.

The Bootp Process

Whenever the switch reboots with the IP Config parameter set to Use Bootp
(the default), Bootp requests are broadcast on all local networks. When the
Bootp server receives the request it searches its Bootp database for a record
entry that matches the MAC address in the Bootp request. If a match is found,
the configuration data in the associated database record is returned to the
switch. For most Unix systems, the Bootp database is contained in the
/etc/bootptab file.
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