McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem Command Line Interface Guide (AA-RWEJA-TE, November 2006)

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3 Network and fabric configuration
The switch network configuration consists of the following:
• Network discovery method
• IP address
• Subnet mask
• IP gateway address
The network discovery method determines how the switch acquires its IP address. The IP address can come
from the IP address that resides on the switch or from a server. The switch supports network discovery from
the following server types:
• Bootstrap Protocol (BootP)
• Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP)
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
This section describes the following network configuration tasks:
• Displaying name server information, page 24
• Displaying the ethernet network configuration, page 24
• Configuring the ethernet port, page 25
• Verifying a switch in the network, page 26
• Verifying and tracing fibre channel connections, page 26