IP Configuration
IPv4 Management and Interfaces
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- Delayed—The assignment of the IP address is delayed for 60 second if 
DHCP Client is enabled on startup in order to give time to discover DHCP 
address.
- Not Received—Relevant for DHCP Address. When a DCHP Client starts 
a discovery process, it assigns a dummy IP address 0.0.0.0 before the 
real address is obtained. This dummy address has the status of “Not 
Received”.
STEP  4 Click Add.
STEP  5 Select one of the following fields:
• Interface—Select Port, LAG, or VLAN as the interface associated with this 
IP configuration, and select an interface from the list.
• IP Address Type—Select one of the following options:
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Dynamic IP Address
—Receive the IP address from a DHCP server. 
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Static IP Address
—Enter the IP address. 
STEP  6 If Static Address was selected, enter the IP Address for this interface. 
STEP  7 If Static Address was selected, enter one of the following:
• Network Mask—IP mask for this address.
• Prefix Length—Length of the IPv4 prefix. 
STEP  8 Click Apply. The IPv4 address settings are written to the Running Configuration 
file.
CAUTION When the system is in one of the stacking modes with a Backup Master present, it 
is recommended to configure the IP address as a static address to prevent 
disconnecting from the network during a Stacking Master switchover. This is 
because when the backup master takes control of the stack, when using DHCP, it 
might receive a different IP address than the one that was received by the stack’s 
original master-enabled unit.