HP VPN Firewall Appliances Network Management Configuration Guide

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Configuring the BOOTP client in the Web interface
For more information about configuring the BOOTP client in the Web interface, see "Configuring
interfaces management."
Configuring the BOOTP client at the CLI
Configuring an interface to dynamically obtain an IP address
through BOOTP
Ste
p
Command Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view N/A
2. Enter interface view.
interface interface-type
interface-number
N/A
3. Configure an interface to
dynamically obtain an IP address
through BOOTP.
ip address bootp-alloc
By default, an interface does not use
BOOTP to obtain an IP address.
Displaying and maintaining BOOTP client
Task Command Remarks
Display BOOTP
client information.
display bootp client [ interface interface-type interface-number ]
[ | { begin | exclude | include } regular-expression ]
Available in any view.
BOOTP client configuration example
Network requirements
As shown in Figure 126, GigabitEthernet 0/1 of Firewall is connected to the LAN to obtain 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 configurations
on the DHCP server. For more information, see "Configuring the DHCP server."