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Riverstone Networks RS Switch Router User Guide Release 8.0 11-7

IP Routing Configuration Guide

Configuring DNS Parameters

11.5.2

Defining MAC-to-IP Address Mappings

The

rarpd add

command allows you to map a MAC address to an IP address for use with RARP. When a host makes

a RARP request on the RS, and its MAC address has been mapped to an IP address with the

rarp add

command,

the RARP server on the RS responds with the IP address that corresponds to the host’s MAC address. To map MAC
address 00:C0:4F:65:18:E0 to IP address 10.10.10.10:

There is no limit to the number of address mappings you can configure.

Optionally, you can create a list of mappings with a text editor and then use TFTP to upload the text file to the RS. The
format of the text file must be as follows:

Then place the text file on a TFTP server that the RS can access and enter the following command in Enable mode:

11.5.3

Monitoring RARP

You can use the following commands to obtain information about the RS’s RARP configuration:

11.6

CONFIGURING DNS PARAMETERS

The RS can be configured to specify DNS servers, which supply name services for DNS requests. You can specify up
to three DNS servers.

rs(config)# rarpd add hardware-address 00:C0:4F:65:18:E0 ip-address

10.10.10.10

MAC-address1 IP-address1

MAC-address2 IP-address2

...

MAC-addressn IP-addressn

rs# copy tftp-server to ethers

TFTP server?

,3DGGURI7)73VHUYHU!

Source filename?

ILOHQDPH!

Display the interfaces to which the
RARP server responds.

rarpd show interface

Display the existing MAC-to-IP address
mappings

rarpd show mappings

Display RARP statistics.

statistics show rarp

<InterfaceName>

|all

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