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SmartConnect User’s Guide
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Chapter 9: Switch Policies
BMD00082, February 2009
ServerMobility
The ServerMobility feature uses the DHCP Relay Agent information option (option 82) to sup-
port fixed server address allocation, based on host location. The Relay Agent information
option allows the switch to append location information to packets sent to a DHCP server, as
follows:
port fixed server address allocation, based on host location. The Relay Agent information
option allows the switch to append location information to packets sent to a DHCP server, as
follows:
Agent circuit ID sub-option encodes the chassis ID, in hexadecimal format.
In the advanced management system, the chassis ID is displayed in the UUID field on the
System Vital Product Data window (Monitors > Hardware VPD). The following exam-
ple shows how the chassis ID is configured in the Agent circuit ID sub-option:
In the advanced management system, the chassis ID is displayed in the UUID field on the
System Vital Product Data window (Monitors > Hardware VPD). The following exam-
ple shows how the chassis ID is configured in the Agent circuit ID sub-option:
4F:B2:F3:A8:6E:34:35:54:8B:0B:D8:2D:F2:B7:E9:49
Agent remote ID sub-option encodes the switch slot number and the port ID that corre-
sponds to the blade server, in hexadecimal. The following example shows how Slot ID 1
and Port Number 2 is configured in the Agent remote ID sub-option:
01:0:0:0:02
sponds to the blade server, in hexadecimal. The following example shows how Slot ID 1
and Port Number 2 is configured in the Agent remote ID sub-option:
01:0:0:0:02
VSE SmartConnect software provides the following ServerMobility configuration windows: