Dell PowerConnect 5324 Command Line Interface Reference Manual

IP Addressing Commands 159
User Guidelines
• The ip address dhcp command allows any interface to dynamically learn its IP address by
using the DHCP protocol.
• Some DHCP Servers require that the DHCPDISCOVER message have a specific host name.
The most typical usage of the
ip address dhcp hostname host-name command is when host-
name
is the host name provided by the system administrator.
• If a device is configured to obtain its IP address from a DHCP server, it sends a
DHCPDISCOVER message to provide information about itself to the DHCP server on the
network.
•If the
ip address dhcp command is used with or without the optional keyword, the DHCP
option 12 field (host name option) is included in the DISCOVER message. By default, the
specified DHCP host name is the device globally configured host name.
• However, you can use the
ip address dhcp hostname host-name command to place a different
name in the DHCP option 12 field than the globally configured host name of the device.
• The
no ip address dhcp command deconfigures any IP address that was acquired, thus
sending a DHCPRELEASE message.
Example
The following example acquires an IP address on an Ethernet interface from DHCP.
ip default-gateway
The ip default-gateway Global Configuration mode command defines a default gateway (router).
To remove the default gateway use the
no form of this command.
Syntax
ip default-gateway ip-address
no ip default-gateway
• ip-address — Valid IP address that specifies the IP address of the default gateway.
Default Configuration
No default gateway is defined.
Command Mode
Global configuration
Console (config)# interface ethernet g8
Console (config-if)# ip address dhcp

Dell PowerConnect 5324 Specifications

General

Switching Capacity	48 Gbps
VLAN Support	Yes
Rack Mountable	Yes
Device Type	Switch
MAC Address Table Size	8K entries
RAM	64 MB
Flash Memory	8 MB
Power Device	Internal power supply
Voltage Required	AC 120/230 V (50/60 Hz)
Jumbo Frame Support	Yes
Ports	24 x 10/100/1000 + 2 x SFP
Management	Web-based, SNMP, CLI
Enclosure Type	Rack-mountable
Routing Protocol	Static IP routing
Remote Management Protocol	SNMP 1, 2, 3
Features	Flow control, auto-negotiation, port mirroring, Quality of Service (QoS)
Compliant Standards	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3x
Operating Temperature	0 °C to 45 °C
Storage Temperature	-20 °C to 70 °C
Humidity	5% to 95% (non-condensing)
Layer	Layer 2