Menu conventions, Dhcp/bootp, Snmp – Perle Systems DS1 User Manual
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DHCP/BOOTP
Menu Conventions
You select an option from the Menu by using the keyboard up and down arrows to navigate the list.
When the menu item you want to access is highlighted, press the
Enter
key to either get to the next
list of options or to get the configuration screen, depending on what you select. When you are done
configuring parameters in a screen, press the
Enter
key and then the
Enter
key again to
Accept and
exit the form
. If you want to discard your changes, press the
Esc
key to exit a screen, at which point
you will be prompted with
Changes will be lost, proceed? (y/n)
, type
y
to discard your changes or
n
to return to the screen so you can press
Enter
to submit your changes.
If there are a number of predefined options available for a field, you can scroll through those items by
pressing the
Space Bar
or you can type
l
(lowercase L) to get a list of options, use the up/down
arrows to highlight the option you want, and then press
Enter
to select it.
DHCP/BOOTP
If you have a DHCP/BOOTP server and the Device Server’s Server Service DHCP/BOOTP is
enabled, the Device Server can obtain its IP address and several configuration parameters from the
DHCP/BOOTP server when it boots up. However, you must use another method for creating the
configuration file, like the DeviceManager, WebManager, or the CLI. See
for more information on the DHCP/BOOTP parameters that can be set for the
Device Server.
When DHCP/BOOTP is enabled and there is a DHCP/BOOTP server within the network, the IP
Address obtained from DHCP/BOOTP will always override the Device Server’s configured IP
Address when the Device Server is rebooted.
SNMP
Before you can configure/manage the Device Server using SNMP, you need to set the Device Server
IP address and configure a read-write user for SNMP version 3 or a community for SNMP version 1
or 2. You can use DeviceManager, CLI, or the Menu to set the IP address and user/community (don’t
forget to reboot the Device Server before connecting with the SNMP manager to make your changes
take effect).
Once the IP address and user/community have been set, load the perle-ds1.MIB file from the Device
Server CD-ROM into your SNMP manager.
Connect to the Device Server through your SNMP manager using its IP address to configure/manage
the Device Server. Expand the
PERLE-IOLAN-DS1-MIB
folder to see the Device Server’s parameter
folders. Below is an example of the configurable parameters under the
ServicesInfo
folder.