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Administration: Network
TCP/IP and communication settings
TCP/IP settings
The TCP/IP option on the left navigation menu, selected by default when you choose Network on the top menu bar, displays the current TCP/IP settings of the cooling unit (the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway) and the MAC address.
On the same page, TCP/IP Configuration provides the following options for how the TCP/IP settings will be configured when the cooling unit turns on, resets, or restarts: Manual, BOOTP, DHCP, and
DHCP & BOOTP.
For information on DHCP and DHCP options, see RFC2131 and RFC2132.
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Manual | The IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway must be configured manually. (The | |
| MAC address is not configurable.) Click Next>> and enter the new values. | |
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BOOTP | A BOOTP server provides the TCP/IP settings. At | |
| requests network assignment from any BOOTP server: | |
| • If it receives a valid response, it starts the network services. | |
| • If it finds a BOOTP server, but the request to that server fails or times out, the cooling | |
| unit stops requesting network settings until it is restarted. | |
| • By default, if previously configured network settings exist, and it receives no valid | |
| response to five requests (the original and four retries), it uses the previously | |
| configured settings so that it remains accessible if a BOOTP server is no longer | |
| available. |
Click Next>> to access the BOOTP Configuration page to change the number of retries or the action to take if all retries fail to find a BOOTP server: 1
•Maximum retries: Enter the number of retries that will occur when no valid response is received, or zero (0) for an unlimited number of retries.
•If retries fail: Select either Use prior settings (the default) or Stop BOOTP request.
1The default values for these three settings on the configuration pages generally do not need to be changed:
•Vendor Class: APC
•Client ID: The MAC address of the cooling unit, which uniquely identifies it on the local area network (LAN)
•User Class: The name of the application firmware module
InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide | 37 |