Echelon SmartServer 2.2 User Manual
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Configuring and Managing the SmartServer
Global Address
(auto configured)
Displays the IPv6 global address assigned to the SmartServer. The global
address is accessible to IPv6 devices outside the local network to which
the SmartServer is attached.
Current Default
Gateway
Displays the default gateway used by SmartServer for IPv6 addressing.
Use Additional
Static Address
Enables you to manually assign the SmartServer an additional IPv6
address and gateway in the properties below, in addition to the default link
local address and global address displayed on the Web page. If you select
this option, you must reboot your SmartServer to implement any changes.
IPv6 Address
Enter an additional IPv6 address for the SmartServer to use. The
addresses must conform to IPv6 addressing standards or an error will
occur when you click Submit. The following provides two example IPv6
addresses:
2002:1234:0000:0000:02d0:71ff:fe00:00aa
2002:1234::2d0:71ff:fe00:aafe::fefe:dddd
The IPv6 Address field also supports an optional prefix length specifier,
which must be a “/” followed by a decimal integer between 0 and 128. If
it is omitted, it will default to 64. The following provides an IPv6 address
with the prefix length specifier 64:
2002:1234::2d0:71ff:fe00:aa/64
For more details on IPv6 addressing, see “RFC 3513 - Internet Protocol
Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing Architecture” online at:
Section 2.2 of the RFC describes
the addressing formats shown above in more detail, and section 2.3 of the
RFC provides more details on prefix specifiers.
Default Gateway
Enter an additional IPv6 address for the SmartServer to use as a gateway.
IPv6 DNS Property
Automatically
Obtain IP Address
Enables the SmartServer to obtain its DNS Server IPv6 address from the
local network’s DHCP server. If the DHCP server cannot be contacted,
this property is temporarily set to 0.0.0.0. As soon as the DHCP server is
contacted, the SmartServer will reboot itself to take on the new DNS
Server IP address.
Selecting this option makes the subsequent Default DNS Server and
Backup DNS Server properties unavailable.
Default DNS Server
Enter the IPv6 address of the primary DNS server used to resolve
OpenLNS Server names, DNS server names, hostnames, and so on. An IT
department typically provides this information.
This property is unavailable if you select Automatically Obtain IP
Address.
Backup DNS Server
Enter the IPv6 address of the secondary DNS server used to resolve
names.
This property is unavailable if you select Automatically Obtain IP
Address.