Specifications

11-22 Access Point Commands
set dap boot-switch
SpecifiestheRoamAboutSwitchaDistributedAPcontactsandattemptstouseasitsbootdevice.
Syntax
set dap dap-num boot-switch [switch-ip ip-addr] [name name dns ip-addr] [mode
{enable | disable}]
Parameters
Defaults
BydefaultAPsusetheprocessdescribedin“DefaultAPBootProcess”,intheRoamAboutMobility
SystemSoftwareConfigurationGuidetobootfromanRoamA boutSwitch,insteadofusinga
manuallyspecifiedRoamAboutSwitch.
Mode
Enabled.
Usage
WhenyouspecifyabootswitchforadistributedAPtobootfrom,itbootsusingtheprocess
describedin“AP BootProcessUsingStaticIPConfiguration”,intheRoamAboutMobilitySystem
SoftwareConfigurationGuide.
WhenastaticIPaddressisspecifiedforaDistributedAP,thereisnopreconfiguredDNS
informationorDNSnamefortheRoamAboutSwitchtheDistributedAPattemptstouseasits
bootdevice.IfyouconfigureastaticIPaddressforaDistributedAP,butdonotspecifyaboot
device,thentheRoamAboutSwitchmustbereachableviasubnetbroadcast.
Examples
ThefollowingcommandconfiguresDistributedAP1tousetheRoamAboutSwitchwithaddress
172.16.0.21asitsbootdevice.
RBT-8100# set dap 1 boot-switch switch-ip 172.16.0.21 mode enable
success: change accepted.
dapdap‐num NumberoftheDistributedAPforwhichyouarespecifying
staticIPinformation.
switch‐ipip‐addr TheIPaddressoftheRoamAboutSwitchtheDistributedAP
shouldbootfrom.
namename ThefullyqualifieddomainnameoftheRoamAboutSwitch
theDistributedAPshouldbootfrom.Whenbotha
name
andaswitch‐iparespecified ,theAPusesthename.
dnsip‐addr TheIPaddressoftheDNSserverusedtoresolvethe
specifiednameoftheRoamAboutSwitch.
mode{enable|disable}EnablesordisablestheAPusingthespecifiedbootdevice.