Boot Options
Basic System Configuration Guide 219
Management Ethernet Configuration
address
Syntax [no] address ip-prefix/ip-prefix-length [active | standby]
Context bof
Description This command assigns an IP address to the management Ethernet port on the active CPM in the
running configuration and the Boot Option File (BOF) or the standby CPM for systems using
redundant CPMs. Deleting a BOF address entry is not allowed from a remote session.
Note that changing the active and standby addresses without reboot standby CPM may cause a boot-
env sync to fail.
The no form of the command deletes the IP address from the CPM Ethernet port.
Default no address — There are no IP addresses assigned to Ethernet ports.
Parameters ip-prefix/ip-prefix-length — The destination address of the aggregate route in dotted decimal
notation.
Ipv6 is applicable to the 7750 SR and 7950 XRS only.
Values
active | standby — Specifies which CPM Ethernet address is being configured: the active CPM
Ethernet or the standby CPM Ethernet.
Default active
autonegotiate
Syntax [no] autonegotiate [limited]
Context bof
Description This command enables speed and duplex autonegotiation on the management Ethernet port in the
running configuration and the Boot Option File (BOF).
ipv4-prefix a.b.c.d (host bits must be 0)
ipv4-prefix-length 0 to 32
ipv6-prefix x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x (eight 16-bit pieces)
x:x:x:x:x:x:d.d.d.d
x: [0 to FFFF]H
d: [0 to 255]D
ipv6-prefix-length 0 to128