Reference Guide

B-6
Network Addressing
Using Bootp
Network Addressing
Definitions of the table entry fields:
Notes for the bootptab file:
■ Blank lines and lines beginning with the pound sign (#) are ignored.
■ Make sure you include a colon (:) and a backslash (\) as a continuation
indication at the end of each line except the last one. The last line should
end with just a colon (:).
■ Spaces are not allowed between the characters on a line.
■ Names, such as 100vghub must begin with a letter and can only contain
letters, numbers, periods, or hyphens.
100vghub is a user-defined symbolic name to help you find the correct section of the
bootptab file. If you have multiple hubs that will be using Bootp to get their
IP configuration, you should use a unique symbolic name for each hub.
ht is the “hardware type” tag. For the HP AdvanceStack 100VG Hub-14, set this
to ether (for Ethernet).
This tag must precede the ha tag.
ha is the “hardware address” tag. Use the hub’s 12-digit station address.
ip is the IP address to be assigned to the hub. Enter the address in the dotted-
decimal format as shown in the example on the previous page.
sm is the subnet mask of the subnet in which the hub is installed.
gw is the IP address of the default router (or gateway) that allows the hub to
communicate with systems that are not on the local network segment. If
there is no default router, do not include this tag.
vm is a required entry that specifies the Bootp report format. For the
HP AdvanceStack 100VG Hub-14 , you must set this parameter to rfc1048.