Administration: Network Features

TCP/IP and Communication Settings

TCP/IP settings

Path: Administration > Network > TCP/IP

The TCP/IP option on the left navigation menu, selected by default when you choose Network on the top menu bar, displays the current IPv4 address, subnet mask, default gateway, MAC address, and boot mode of the Rack PDU. For information on DHCP and DHCP options, see RFC2131 and RFC2132.

Setting

Description

 

 

Enable

Enable or disable IPv4 with this check box.

 

 

Manual

Configure IPv4 manually by entering the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.

 

 

BOOTP

A BOOTP server provides the TCP/IP settings. At 32-second intervals, the Rack PDU requests

 

network assignment from any BOOTP server:

 

• If the Rack PDU receives a valid response, it starts the network services.

 

• If the Rack PDU finds a BOOTP server, but a request to that server fails or times out, the Rack

 

PDU stops requesting network settings until it is restarted.

 

• By default, if previously configured network settings exist, and the Rack PDU receives no valid

 

response to five requests (the original and four retries), it uses the previously configured settings

 

so that it remains accessible.

Click Next>> to access the BOOTP Configuration page to change the number of retries or the action to take if all retries fail :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 Use prior settings (the default) or Stop BOOTP request.

DHCP

The default setting. At 32-second intervals, the Rack PDU requests network assignment from any

 

DHCP server.

If the Rack PDU receives a valid response, it does not (as previously) require the APC cookie from the DHCP server in order to accept the lease and start the network services.

If the Rack PDU finds a DHCP server, but the request to that server fails or times out, it stops requesting network settings until it is restarted.1

Require vendor specific cookie to accept DHCP Address: By selecting this check box, you can require the DHCP server to provide a cookie which supplies information to the Rack PDU.

1.The 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 Rack PDU, which uniquely identifies it on the local area network (LAN)

User Class: The name of the application firmware module

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APC AP88XX manual Administration Network Features, TCP/IP and Communication Settings, TCP/IP settings, Setting Description

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