Specifications
Installation and Operation Manual Chapter 4 Configuration
IPmux-24 Ver. 1.5 Configuring IPmux-24 for Management 4-3
After returning on line, IPmux-24 starts broadcasting requests for an IP
address. When the DHCP server is found, IPmux-24 receives from it all
necessary host IP parameters.
2. From the Host IP menu, select DHCP Status to view the current status of the
IPmux-24 DHCP client:
Server ID – IP address of the DHCP server
Lease expiration time – Time when the IP address lease expires
Current status – Current status of the DHCP client (Locating available
server, Waiting for confirmation of lease, etc)
When the IP address lease is going to expire, DHCP client automatically requests
lease extension.
Defining Read, Write and Trap Communities
You have to assign names for the read, write and trap communities.
³ To define read, write and trap communities:
• From the Host IP menu (
Figure
4-1
), configure the following:
Select Read Community to enter the name of a community with read-only
authorization (up to 10 alphanumeric characters, case-sensitive).
Select Write Community to enter the name of a community with write
authorization (up to 10 alphanumeric characters, case-sensitive).
Select Trap Community to enter the name of a community to which
IPmux-24 will send traps (up to 10 alphanumeric characters,
case-sensitive).
Configuring the Host Encapsulation
IPmux-24 management software allows you to create a dedicated management
VLAN in order to separate management traffic from the user data.
³ To configure the host encapsulation:
1. From the Host menu (
Figure
4-1
), select Encapsulation.
The Encapsulation menu is displayed (see
Figure
4-2
).
2. From the Encapsulation menu, do the following:
Select Host tagging, and choose Tagged or Untagged to consider or
ignore the VLAN tagging of the management traffic coming from the
management station.
If the host tagging is enabled, select Host VLAN ID to enter the ID of the
host VLAN (1–4094).
If the host tagging is enabled, select Host VLAN priority to specify priority
of the host VLAN (0–7).
Note