User`s guide

IP Address Management
BOOTP Relay
Pipeline User’s Guide Preliminary January 30, 1998 3-9
BOOTP Relay
The Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) defines how a computer on a TCP/IP network
can get its Internet Protocol (IP) address and other information it needs to start up
from another computer. The computer that requests startup information is called
the BOOTP client, and the computer that supplies the startup information is
called the BOOTP server. A request for startup information is called a BOOTP
request, and the BOOTP server’s response is called a BOOTP reply.
When the BOOTP client and BOOTP server are not on the same local-area
network, the BOOTP request must be relayed from one network to another. This
task, known as BOOTP relay, can be performed by a Pipeline.
A device that relays BOOTP requests to another network is known as a BOOTP
relay agent. In addition to delivering BOOTP requests to servers, a BOOTP relay
agent is responsible for delivering BOOTP replies to clients. In most cases, the
agent is a router that connects the networks, such as a Pipeline.
By default, a Pipeline does not relay BOOTP requests to other networks. To
enable the BOOTP relay feature for BOOTP clients connected to your Pipeline,
follow these steps:
1
Obtain the IP address of up to two BOOTP servers to be used.
2
Open the Ethernet > Mod Config:
20-A00 Mod Config
BOOTP Relay...
>BOOTP Relay Enable=No
Server=0.0.0.0
Server=0.0.0.0
3
Select BOOTP Relay Enable and set it to Yes.
4
Select Server and press Enter to open a text box. In the text box, enter the IP
address of the BOOTP server. Press Enter to close the text box.
5
If there is another BOOTP server available, select the second menu item
named Server and enter its IP address.
You are not required to specify a second BOOTP server.
Note:
If you specify two BOOTP servers, the Pipeline that relays the
BOOTP request determines when each server is used. The order of the