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USER’S GUIDE

Mete

red Rac

k

PDU

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TCP/IP options.

The Rack PDU uses the following options within a valid DHCP

response to define its TCP/IP settings. All of these options except the first are
described in

RFC2132

.

IP Address

(from the

yiaddr

field of the DHCP response, described in

RFC2131)

:

The IP address that the DHCP server is leasing to the Rack PDU.

Subnet Mask

(option 1): The Subnet Mask value that the Rack PDU needs to

operate on the network.

Router,

i.e., Default Gateway (option 3): The default gateway address that the Rack

PDU needs to operate on the network.

IP Address Lease Time

(option 51): The time duration for the lease of the IP

Address to the Rack PDU.

Renewal Time, T1

(option 58): The time that the Rack PDU must wait after an IP

address lease is assigned before it can request a renewal of that lease.

Rebinding Time, T2

(option 59): The time that the Rack PDU must wait after an IP

address lease is assigned before it can seek to rebind that lease.

Other options.

The Rack PDU also uses these options within a valid DHCP response.

All of these options except the last are described in

RFC2132

.

Network Time Protocol Servers

(option 42): Up to two NTP servers (primary and

secondary) that the Rack PDU can use.

Time Offset

(option 2): The offset of the Rack PDU's subnet, in seconds, from

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Domain Name Server

(option 6): Up to two Domain Name System (DNS) servers

(primary and secondary) that the Rack PDU can use.

Host Name

(option 12): The host name that the Rack PDU will use (32-character

maximum length).

Domain Name

(option 15): The domain name that the Rack PDU will

use (64-character maximum length).

Boot File Name

(from the

file

field of the DHCP response, described in

RFC2131

):

The fully qualified directory-path to a user configuration file (.ini file) to download. The

siaddr

field of the DHCP response specifies the IP address of the server from which

the Rack PDU will download the .ini file. After the download, the Rack PDU uses
the .ini file as a boot file to reconfigure its settings.