
Customizing BootP
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Specifying Servers for BootP Services
You can specify a forwarding route for BOOTREQUEST packets by defining a
relationship between an input interface and a BootP server. By defining such a
relationship, you can:
• Improve the efficiency of BOOTREQUEST packet relay.
• Transmit BOOTREQUEST packets through unnumbered output interfaces.
Configuring BootP Preferred Servers
You configure a BootP preferred server by specifying the following:
• IP address of a numbered network interface that you want to receive
BOOTREQUEST or DHCP packets from clients. Do not specify an
unnumbered interface for this parameter.
• IP address of the server that should receive the BOOTREQUEST or DHCP
packet from the relay agent.
The router can then unicast a BOOTREQUEST packet through normal IP services
to that server.
You can use the BCC or Site Manager to configure a BootP preferred server.
Using the BCC
To specify the IP address of the preferred server, go to the BootP interface prompt
(for example,
box; eth 2/2; ip/2.2.2.2/255.255.0.0; bootp
) and enter:
preferred-server
<
server-address>
server-address
is the IP address of the preferred server.
9. Click on
Done
. You return to the BOOTP Relay Agent
Interface Table window.
10. Click on
Done
. You return to the Configuration Manager
window.
Site Manager Procedure
(continued)
You do this System responds
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