Finisar Surveyor manual Excessive Bootp, Rate of change of Bootp/Dhcp Requests=25

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User’s Guide

Excessive BOOTP

Counter

The Excessive BOOTP counter increments when a change in the number of BOOTP/DHCP requests per second exceeds a threshold. A count of all Excessive BOOTP events displays in the Overview counters of Expert View. A threshold for this counter can be set in Expert Alarms.

Expert Symptom

Excessive BOOTP events are automatically logged as expert symptoms. The Symptom Summary field provides information about the rate of change for BOOTP/ DHCP requests. For example:

Rate of change of Bootp/Dhcp Requests=25

The threshold value for this symptom can be changed. The default threshold is a delta of 10 BOOTP/DHCP requests per second.

Diagnostic Details

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Problem Description:

The expert threshold for the number of BOOTP/DHCP requests has been exceeded for this segment.

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Probable Cause(s):

1.The network has many devices that are being reset.

2.The DHCP server has many requests from floating clients.

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Recommended Action(s):

1.Load balance your network. Add more DHCP servers.

2.Your network may have just come up after a power down. If so, ignore this problem.

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