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Table 3: options 60, 66 and 67 statements, Table 4: options 55 and 124 statements – LevelOne GTL-2691 User Manual

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If the switch does not receive a DHCP response prior to completing the

bootup process, it will continue to send a DHCP client request once a

minute. These requests will only be terminated if the switch’s address is

manually configured, but will resume if the address mode is set back to

DHCP.

To successfully transmit a bootup configuration file to the switch the DHCP

daemon (using a Linux based system for this example) must be configured

with the following information:

Options 60, 66 and 67 statements can be added to the daemon’s

configuration file.

By default, DHCP option 66/67 parameters are not carried in a DHCP

server reply. To ask for a DHCP reply with option 66/67 information, the

DHCP client request sent by this switch includes a “parameter request

list” asking for this information. Besides, the client request also

includes a “vendor class identifier” that allows the DHCP server to

identify the device, and select the appropriate configuration file for

download. This information is included in Option 55 and 124.

The following configuration example is provided for a Linux-based DHCP

daemon (dhcpd.conf file). In the “Vendor class” section, the server will

always send Option 66 and 67 to tell switch to download the “test”

configuration file from server 192.168.255.101.

ddns-update-style ad-hoc;

default-lease-time 600;

max-lease-time 7200;

log-facility local7;

server-name "Server1";

Server-identifier 192.168.255.250;

#option 66, 67

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Table 3: Options 60, 66 and 67 Statements

Option

Statement

Keyword

Parameter

60

vendor-class-identifier

a string indicating the vendor class identifier

66

tftp-server-name

a string indicating the tftp server name

67

bootfile-name

a string indicating the bootfile name

Table 4: Options 55 and 124 Statements

Option

Statement

Keyword

Parameter

55

dhcp-parameter-request-list a list of parameters, separated by ','

124

vendor-class-identifier

a string indicating the vendor class identifier