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If you are using IP and you have a Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) server set up correctly

on your network, you must add the following information to the BOOTP server:

• Switch Media Access Control (MAC) address, found on the rear label of the switch

• IP address

• Subnet address mask (optional)

Once this is done, the IP address and subnet mask for the switch will be downloaded

automatically. You can then start managing the switch without further configuration.

You can enable BOOTP on a per-VLAN basis by using the following command:

enable bootp vlan [<name> | all]

By default, BOOTP is enabled on the default VLAN.

If you configure the switch to use BOOTP, the switch IP address is not retained through

a power cycle, even if the configuration has been saved. To retain the IP address

through a power cycle, you must configure the IP address of the VLAN using the

command-line interface, Telnet, or Web interface.

All VLANs within a switch that are configured to use BOOTP to get their IP address

use the same MAC address. Therefore, if you are using BOOTP relay through a router,

the BOOTP server must be capable of differentiating its relay based on the gateway

portion of the BOOTP packet.

For more information on DHCP/BOOTP relay, refer to Chapter 11.

MANUALLY CONFIGURING THE IP SETTINGS

If you are using IP without a BOOTP server, you must enter the IP parameters for the

switch in order for the SNMP Network Manager, Telnet software, or Web interface to

communicate with the device. To assign IP parameters to the switch, you must do the

following:

• Log in to the switch with administrator privileges.

• Assign an IP address and subnet mask to a VLAN.

The switch comes configured with a default VLAN named default. To use Telnet o r

an SNMP Network Manager, you must have at least one VLAN on the switch, and it