Switch User Manual

296 IP Routing Conﬁguration and Management

DHCP Relay

Use the DHCP relay tab to view and conﬁgure the DHCP settings for the

switch.

To view the DHCP Relay tab, select IP Routing > DHCP from the Device

Manager menu. The following ﬁgure illustrates the DHCP Relay tab.

DHCP Relay tab

To conﬁgure a DHCP entry, use the following procedure:

Creating a DHCP entry

Step Action

From the Device Manager, select IP Routing > DHCP. The DHCP

Relay tab appears.

Click the Insert button. The DHCP, Insert DHCP Relay dialog, as

illustrated in the following ﬁgure, appears.

Insert DHCP Relay

Make the new DHCP progressRelay entry in the ﬁelds provided. The

following table describes the ﬁelds in the Insert DHCP Relay dialog.

Insert DHCP Relay ﬁelds

Field Description

AgentAddr The IP address conﬁgured on an interface.

ServerAddr The IP address of the DHCP server. This IP

address should be a remote address, so the

DHCP packet is sent through unicast to the

remote device.

Enable Enables the DHCP mode.

Mode Indicate whether this entry pertains to BOOTP

packets, DHCP packets, or both.

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series

Conﬁguration-IP Routing Protocols

NN47200-503 03.01 Standard

5.1 27 August 2007