User`s guide

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Basic Configuration
5.9. Network Configuration
The Network Parameters Menus are used to select parameters and options for the
Network Port and also allow you to implement various security and authentication
features. Note that the Network Menus can be used to define parameters for both IPv4
and IPv6 protocols, and that if both sets of parameters are defined and saved, the
TSM/RSM will automatically employ the correct parameters for the protocol that is used
to contact the unit.
Although the Web Browser Interface and Text Interface allow definition of essentially the
same parameters, parameters are arranged differently in the two interfaces. In the Text
Interface, most network parameters are defined via one menu. But in the Web Browser
Interface, network parameters are divided into separate menus which are accessed
via the Network Configuration flyout menu. In addition, the Text Interface offers two
separate menus for defining IPv4 and IPv6 parameters, while the Web Browser interface
includes fly-out menus that can be used to select parameters for IPv4 or IPv6.
Notes:
• Settingsfornetworkparametersdependontheconfigurationofyournetwork.
Pleasecontactyournetworkadministratorforappropriatesettings.
• TheNetworkParametersMenuselectsparametersforall16logicalNetwork
Ports.
• TheIPAddress,SubnetAddressandGatewayAddresscannotbechanged
viatheWebBrowserInterface.Inordertochangetheseparameters,you
mustaccesstheunitviatheTextInterface.
• WhenanewIPAddressisselected,orthestatusoftheDHCPfeatureis
changed,theunitwilldisconnectandreconfigureitselfwiththenewvalues
whenyouexittheNetworkParametersMenu.Whenconfiguringtheunitvia
WeborTelnet,makecertainyourDHCPserverissetuptoassignaknown,
fixedIPaddressinordertosimplifyreconnectiontotheunitafterthenew
addresshasbeenassigned.
• TheNetworkParametersmenuisonlyavailablewhenyouhaveloggedinto
commandmodeusinganaccountandportthatpermitAdministratorlevel
commands(AdministratorModeenabled.)
The Network Parameters menu allows you to define the parameters discussed in the
following sections. Note that although the descriptions of network parameters are
arranged according to the Web Browser Interface, in the Text Interface, most parameters
are found in two large menus: one for IPv4 and one for IPv6. Note that both the
IPv4 configuration menu and the IPv6 configuration menu offer essentially the same
parameters. To access the network configuration menus, proceed as follows
• TextInterface: To define network parameters for the IPv4 protocol, type /N and
press [Enter]. To define network parameters for the IPv6 protocol, type /N6 and
press [Enter].
• WebBrowserInterface: Place the cursor over the "Network Configuration" link
on the left hand side of the screen. When the fly-out menu appears, click on the
appropriate link to display the desired menu. Note that some submenus offer the
option to define IPv4 or IPv6 parameters and that IPv4 and IPv6 menus include a
button that can be used to jump to the other protocol.