Operation Manual - Management VLAN 
Quidway S5600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510  Chapter 2  DHCP/BOOTP Client Configuration
 
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The BOOTP packets are based on user datagram protocol (UDP). To ensure reliable 
packet transmission, a timer is triggered when the BOOTP client sends a request 
packet to the server. If no response packet from the server is received after the timer 
times out, the client resends the request packet. The packet is resent every five 
seconds and three times at most. After that, no packet is resent if there is still no 
response packet from the server. 
2.3  DHCP/BOOTP Client Configuration 
An S5600 series Ethernet switch can operate as a DHCP/BOOTP client. In this case, 
the IP address of the management VLAN interface is obtained through DHCP/BOOTP. 
2.3.1  Prerequisites 
Before configuring the management VLAN, you need to create the VLAN 
corresponding to the VLAN ID. As VLAN 1 is the default VLAN, you do not need to 
create it if you configure VLAN 1 to be the management VLAN. 
2.3.2  Configuring a DHCP/BOOTP Client 
Table 2-1 Configure DHCP/BOOTP client 
Operation  Command  Description 
Enter system view 
system-view 
Required 
Configure a specified 
VLAN to be the 
management VLAN 
management-vlan 
vlan-id 
Required 
By default, VLAN 1 operates 
as the management VLAN. 
Create the management 
VLAN interface and enter 
VLAN interface view 
interface 
vlan-interface vlan-id
Required 
Configure the way in 
which the management 
VLAN interface obtains 
an IP address 
ip address 
{  bootp-alloc  | 
dhcp-alloc } 
Required 
By default, no IP address is 
assigned to the management 
VLAN interface. 
 
2.3.3  Configuration Example 
I. Network requirements 
To manage the switch QuidwayA remotely, which operates as a DHCP client, through 
Telnet, The following are required: 
z  QuidwayA obtains an IP address through DHCP 
z  The route between QuidwayA and the remote console is reachable. 
To achieve this, you need to perform the following configuration for the switch: