Configuring Administration Tasks

Configuring Administration Tasks

You can specify new configuration and firmware files that will go into effect the next time the Device Server is rebooted and a message of the day (MOTD) file, whose contents will be displayed when User’s log into the Device Server.

Configuring Bootup Files

When you specify a configuration and/or firmware file(s), the files will be downloaded via TFTP to the Device Server the next time it is rebooted.

Configure the following parameters:

Firmware Host

Firmware File

The host name or IP address of the server that contains the configuration or firmware file. If you use a host name, it must exist in the Device Server’s host table or be resolved by DNS.

The path and file name (do not use a drive letter), relative to the default path of your TFTP server software, of the update software for the Device Server that will be loaded when the Device Server is rebooted.

Configuration Host

Configuration File

The host name or IP address of the server that contains the configuration or firmware file. If you use a host name, it must exist in the Device Server’s host table or be resolved by DNS.

The path and file name (do not use a drive letter), relative to the default path of your TFTP server software, of the configuration software for the Device Server that will be loaded when the Device Server is rebooted.

Configuring the MOTD File

You can specify a file whose content will be displayed to users after they connect to the Device Server, but before they log in. The Device Server will retrieve the file content every time a user connects to the Device Server, so you can change the content of the file without reconfiguring it within the Device Server.

Configure the following parameters:

Host

Filename

The host that the Device Server will be getting the Message of the Day file from.

The path and file name (do not use a drive letter), relative to the default path of your TFTP server software, of the file that contains a string that is displayed when a user connects to the Device Server.

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Perle Systems DS1 manual Configuring Administration Tasks, Configuring Bootup Files, Configuring the Motd File

DS1 specifications

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