BLADE OS™ Application Guide HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch for c-Class BladeSystem Version 5.1 Advanced Functionality Software
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part 1: Basic Switching
- Accessing the Switch
- The Management Network
- Local Management Using the Console Port
- The Command Line Interface
- Remote Management Access
- Client IP Address Agents
- Securing Access to the Switch
- Setting Allowable Source IP Address Ranges
- RADIUS Authentication and Authorization
- TACACS+ Authentication
- LDAP Authentication and Authorization
- Secure Shell and Secure Copy
- Configuring SSH/SCP Features on the Switch
- Configuring the SCP Administrator Password
- Using SSH and SCP Client Commands
- SSH and SCP Encryption of Management Messages
- Generating RSA Host and Server Keys for SSH Access
- SSH/SCP Integration with Radius Authentication
- SSH/SCP Integration with TACACS+ Authentication
- End User Access Control
- Ports and Trunking
- Port-Based Network Access Control
- VLANs
- Spanning Tree Protocol
- RSTP and MSTP
- Link Layer Discovery Protocol
- Quality of Service
- Accessing the Switch
- Part 2: IP Routing
- Basic IP Routing
- Routing Information Protocol
- IGMP
- OSPF
- OSPF Overview
- OSPF Implementation in BLADE OS
- OSPF Configuration Examples
- Remote Monitoring
- Part 3: High Availability Fundamentals
- High Availability
- Layer 2 Failover
- Server Link Failure Detection
- VRRP Overview
- Failover Methods
- BLADE OS Extensions to VRRP
- Virtual Router Deployment Considerations
- High Availability Configurations
- High Availability
- Part 4: Appendices
- Index
BLADE OS 5.1 Application Guide
40 Chapter 1: Accessing the Switch BMD00113, September 2009
DHCP Relay Agent Configuration
To enable the GbE2c to be the BOOTP forwarder, you need to configure the DHCP/BOOTP server
IP addresses on the switch. Generally, you should configure the command on the switch IP interface
closest to the client so that the DHCP server knows from which IP subnet the newly allocated IP
address should come.
The following figure shows a basic DHCP network example:
Figure 2 DHCP Relay Agent Configuration
In the GbE2c implementation, there is no need for primary or secondary servers. The client request
is forwarded to the BOOTP servers configured on the switch. The use of two servers provide
failover redundancy. However, no health checking is supported.
Use the following commands to configure the switch as a DHCP relay agent:
Additionally, DHCP Relay functionality can be assigned on a per interface basis. Use the following
command to enable the Relay functionality:
Blade Chassis
Blade Chassis
DHCP
Server
Switch
>> # /cfg/l3/bootp
>> Bootstrap Protocol Relay# addr (Set IP address of BOOTP server)
>> Bootstrap Protocol Relay# addr2 (Set IP address of 2nd BOOTP server)
>> Bootstrap Protocol Relay# on (Globally turn BOOTP relay on)
>> Bootstrap Protocol Relay# off (Globally turn BOOTP relay off)
>> Bootstrap Protocol Relay# cur (Display current configuration)
>> # /cfg/l3/if <interface number>/relay ena