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Rack Power Filter: Administration: Network Features60
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 Power Filter.
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 Power Filter
requests network assignment from any BOOTP server:
• If the Rack Power Filter receives a valid response, it starts the network services.
• If the Rack Power Filter finds a BOOTP server, but a request to that server fails or times out, the
Rack Power Filter stops requesting network settings until it is restarted.
• By default, if previously configured network settings exist, and the Rack Power Filter 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 :
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• 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 Power Filter requests network assignment
from any DHCP server.
• If the Rack Power Filter 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 Power Filter finds a DHCP server, but the request to that server fails or times out, it
stops requesting network settings until it is restarted.
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• 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 Power
Filter.
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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 Power Filter, which uniquely identifies it on the local area
network (LAN)
•User Class: The name of the application firmware module