Using the BayStack 410-24T 10BASE-T Switch1-20 309985-C Rev 00You can attach a probe device (such as a Nortel Networks StackProbe, orequivalent) to the designated monitor port.For more information about the port mirroring feature, see “Port Mirroring(Conversation Steering)” on page 1-82.BootP Automatic IP Configuration/MAC AddressThe BayStack 410-24T switch has a unique 48-bit hardware address, or MACaddress, that is printed on a label on the back panel. You use this MAC addresswhen you configure the network BootP server to recognize the BayStack 410-24Tswitch BootP requests. A properly configured BootP server enables the switch toautomatically learn its assigned IP address, subnet mask, IP address of the defaultrouter (default gateway), and software image file name.When the switch is participating in a stack configuration, a Stack MAC address isassigned automatically during the stack initialization. The base unit’s MACaddress, with an offset, is used for the Stack MAC address.For example, if the base unit’s MAC address is:00-00-82-99-44-00and the offset is:1Fthen the Stack MAC address becomes:00-00-82-99-44-1FIf another unit in the stack is assigned as the base unit, the MAC address of thenew base unit (with offset) now applies to the stack configuration. The originalstack IP address still applies to the new base unit.For an example of a BootP configuration file, see Appendix F, “Sample BootPConfiguration File.”
