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59183-01 A 4-1
Section 4
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
 Displaying the Ethernet Network Configuration
 Configuring the Ethernet Port
 Verifying a Switch in the Network