Owner's Manual

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For example, on a DHCP3 server, you can configure the assignment of a fixed
MAC-based IP address and configuration file by entering the following lines of
configuration parameters in the dhcpd.conf file on the server:
host S4810 {
hardware ethernet 00:01:e8:81:e2:39;
fixed-address 20.0.0.48;
option configfile "customer.conf";
}
DHCP-Client Mode Prerequisites
Before you use the DHCP-Client mode to auto-configure a switch, you must first
configure a DHCP, DNS, and file server in the network.
• Set up a DHCP server. Refer to the FTOS Configuration Guide: Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol chapter for detailed information. You must configure the
DHCP server to assign an IP address to each system along with the following
DHCP server parameters:
• IP address pool: IP address for the system
• Image name: FTOS image used to boot up the system
• Configuration file: Startup configuration parameters to be applied to the
system
• IP address of TFTP file server: File server from which the image and startup
configuration file are downloaded.
• Domain Name server: DNS server to be contacted to resolve the host name
Use the following DHCP option codes in the dhcpd.conf file:
• 6: IP address of Domain Name Server, if a DNS server is needed to resolve
the IP address of a file server hostname
• 150: IP address of a TFTP server
• 209: Configuration file
For example, a sample dhcpd.conf file on a DHCP3 server is as follows:
lease-file-name "/var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases";
option configfile code 209 = text;
option tftp-server-address code 150 = ip-address;
subnet 20.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 20.0.0.26 20.0.0.28;
filename "FTOS-SC-1-2-0-363.bin";
option configfile "customer.conf";
option tftp-server-address 20.0.0.1;
option domain-name-servers 20.0.0.1;
}
• Set up a TFTP server and ensure connectivity.
In BMP 1.5, you must configure a TFTP file server as the network source from which the
switch downloads the image file and the configuration file to be applied to the system. On
a TFTP server, the required files are commonly stored in the
/tftpboot directory.