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Network-Enabled M Series Rack PDU User Manual
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The DHCP configuration (Dynamic Addressing provided by Infrastructure)
l The DHCPv4 client allows the user to obtain IPv4 configuration information from a
DHCPv4 server. The functions that the DHCPv4 client performs include:
l Basic server discovery and address assignment.
l Address renewal and rebinding.
l Address deprecation when the preferred lifetime expires.
l Address removal when the valid lifetime expires.
l Address release when the interface is closed.
Static Configuration (Manual Addressing)
l The customer must specify an IP address, Subnet mask, and Gateway.
IPv6 Address Configuration
There are several kinds of IPv6 address configuration that can be chosen.
AutoConfig only (link local addressing)
l IPv6 AutoConfig addressing is always available.
l The customer does not specify an IP Address, IPv6 prefix (shown as Subnet Mask
in the web UI) or Gateway.
l The link local address is always based on the MAC Address converted into an
EUI-64 address.
For example, the MAC Address: 00:07:6E:04:01:28 is always always accessible at the
IPv6 Link local address: FE80::0207:6EFF:FE04:0128.
Note that the first byte of the MAC address has 0x02 added to it where FF:FE is inserted
into the middle of the MAC address bytes. The technical term for this address format is
stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC) using the modified EUI-64 format.
Static configuration (manual addressing)
l The customer must specify an IP Address, IPv6 prefix (shown as Subnet Mask in
the web UI) and Gateway.
l Static IPv6 configuration works concurrently with stateless address auto-
configuration.