Connectivity Guide

System management
Dynamic Host
Conguration
Protocol
Provides information to dynamically assign IP addresses and other conguration parameters to network hosts
based on policies, see DHCP commands.
Network Time
Protocol
Provides information to synchronize timekeeping between time servers and clients, see NTP commands.
RESTCONF API Enables you to congure and monitor an OS10 switch using JSON-structured messages to access YANG-modeled
data in conguration data stores, see CLI commands for RESTCONF API.
Security Provides information about role-based access control, RADIUS server, user roles, and user names, see Security
commands.
Simple Network
Management
Protocol
Provides a message format for communication between Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) managers
and agents. SNMP provides a standardized framework and common language for network monitoring and device
management, see SNMP commands.
OS10 image upgrade Provides information to upgrade the OS10 software image, see Upgrade commands.
Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol
Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol (DHCP) is an application layer protocol that dynamically assigns IP addresses and other conguration
parameters to network end-stations, also known as hosts, based on conguration policies network administrators determine.
Figure 9. Client and Server Messaging
DHCP server
Network device oering conguration parameters to the client.
DHCP client Network device requesting conguration parameters from the server.
Relay agent Intermediary network device that passes DHCP messages between the client and the server when the server is
not on the same subnet as the host.
Packet format and options
The DHCP server listens on port 67 and transmits to port 68. The DHCP client listens on port 68 and transmits to port 67.
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