Manual

Model 5401A User Guide Issue 2, July 2021
Studio Technologies, Inc. Page 35
connection that is made to either the
Dante primary or Dante secondary Ethernet
interface.
If the network configuration in Dante
Controller has been selected for
Redundant+Mgmt then the IP address that
is displayed will be associated with a con-
nection that is made to the Dante primary
Ethernet interface.
Current Management Subnet Mask
Value: This menu page will show the sub-
net mask value setting that is active for the
management interface and associated web
server. If the IP address and related network
parameters were obtained by way of DHCP
then this field will display an IPv4 subnet
mask value in dot-decimal notation. If the
IP configuration mode is selected for Auto-
matic and the current IP address was ob-
tained by way of link-local, then 255.255.0.0
will show. It’s also possible that the subnet
mask value was manually entered as part of
a fixed or static IP address setting.
Management IP Configuration: This menu
page allows the display and revision of the
method that the Model 5401A will use to ob-
tain a management IP address and related
parameters. The choices are Automatic and
Manual. The selected configuration impacts
how the Model 5401A obtains the IP ad-
dress that is used for accessing the man-
agement web server and associated menu
webpages. This setting has no impact on
how the Model 5401A obtains IP addresses
for the Dante primary and Dante secondary
Ethernet interfaces.
An arrow icon will display in the upper-right
corner of this menu page. This indicates
that the setting can be changed. If the
active method is not the desired one, press
the Enter pushbutton switch located on the
front panel. Use the left and right arrow
buttons to select the desired method. Then
again press the Enter button. The entry will
be stored. To cause the Model 5401A to
use a new setting requires that the unit be
rebooted (restarted). This can be performed
using another front-panel menu page, a
selection in one of the management web-
pages, or by power cycling the unit.
Selecting the Automatic setting causes the
Model 5401A to use DHCP or, if DHCP is
not available, the IPv4 link-local protocol to
establish the IP address for the manage-
ment port. Even if the IP address was es-
tablished using link-local the DHCP protocol
will remain active. In this case, approxi-
mately every 30 seconds the Model 5401A’s
firmware will check for the presence of a
DHCP server. If one becomes available
then an IP address will be requested and,
when obtained, will automatically replace
the IP address that was previously estab-
lished by link-local.
The Manual setting allows the desired
IP address and related parameters to be
manually entered. This can be useful when
a fixed or static addressing scheme has
been established. In this way, a designated
IP address can be entered along with the
other necessary network parameters.
Note that to minimize the chance of los-
ing access to the management web server,
restoring the Model 5401A’s default configu-
ration values will not change the currently
selected IP address configuration choice.
Manual Management IP Address: This
menu page shows the stored IP address
associated with the connection used to
access the management web server. (This
address has nothing to do with the IP ad-
dress utilized by the Dante primary and
Dante secondary Ethernet interfaces.) It
will be utilized only when the manual mode
has been selected for the management IP
address configuration. When the IP address
configuration has been selected for Auto-
matic this field cannot be changed and a