HP (Hewlett-Packard) 6208M-SX Switch User Manual


 
Configuring IP
Table 6.3: IP Global Parameters switch (Continued)
Domain name
for Domain
Name Server
(DNS) resolver
A domain name (example: amaynes.router.com) you
can use in place of an IP address for certain
operations such as IP pings, trace routes, and Telnet
management connections to the router.
None configured 6-74
DNS default
gateway
addresses
A list of gateways attached to the router through
which clients attached to the router can reach DNSs.
None configured 6-74
Source interface The IP address the switch uses as the source
address for Telnet, RADIUS, or TACACS/TACACS+
packets originated by the router. e switch uses its
management IP address as the source address for
these packets.
The management IP
address of the switch.
Note: his parameter
is not configurable on
the HP 6208M-SX.
n/a
DHCP gateway
stamp
The device can assist DHCP/BootP Discovery
packets from one sub-net to reach DHCP/BootP
servers on a different sub-net by placing the IP
address of the router interface that forwards the
packet in the packets Gateway field.
You can specify up to 32 gateway lists. A gateway list
contains up to eight gateway IP addresses. You
activate DHCP assistance by associating a gateway
list with a port.
When you configure multiple IP addresses in a
gateway list, the switch inserts the addresses into the
DHCP Discovery packets in a round robin fashion.
None configured 6-79
Parameter Description Default See page...
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a.Some devices have a factory default, such as 209.157.22.154, used for troubleshooting during installation.
For routing switches, the address is on port 1 (or 1/1).
Interface IP Parameters HP 6208M-SX
Table 6.4 lists the interface-level IP parameters for the HP 6208M-SX.
Table 6.4: Interface IP Parameters switch
Parameter Description Default See page...
DHCP gateway
stamp
You can configure a list of DHCP stamp addresses for
a port. When the port receives a DHCP/BootP
Discovery packet from a client, the port places the IP
address(es) in the gateway list into the packets
Gateway field.
None configured 6-79
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