User`s guide

D-View 5.1 User’s Guide
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BOOTP Server
Use the BOOTP server window to set up BOOTP service for BOOTP enabled devices.
This utility is similar to the TFTP server except it does not require that the host system
or D-View be running at the time of the transfer. D-View can assign other servers on
the network to act as BOOTP servers or it may use the host system as the server.
The D-View network management system comes with a BOOTP server function that
allows you to configure the management console as a BOOTP server on the network.
When operating as a BOOTP server, all network devices that need IP addresses send
BOOTP requests to the management console for retrieval of their respective addresses.
The IP address plays a vital role in network communication under the TCP/IP
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