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Quick Configuration for a Metered PDU
10 Basic and Metered Rack Power Distribution Unit
DHCP. You can use a RFC2131/RFC2132-compliant DHCP server to
configure the
TCP/IP settings for the PDU.
1. The
PDU sends a DHCP request that uses the following to identify
itself:
– Vendor Class Identifier (
APC by default)
– Client Identifier (by default, the
PDU’s MAC address value)
– User Class Identifier (by default, the identification of the
PDU’s
application firmware)
2. A properly configured
DHCP server responds with a DHCP offer
that includes all of the settings that the
PDU needs for network
communication. The
DHCP offer also includes the Vendor Specific
Information option (
DHCP option 43). By default, the PDU ignores
DHCP offers that do not encapsulate the APC cookie in the Vendor
Specific Information option using the following hexidecimal
format:
Option 43 = 01 04 31 41 50 43
where
– The first byte (
01) is the code
– The second byte (
04) is the length
– The remaining bytes (
31 41 50 43) are the APC cookie
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You must use the APC Management Card Wizard to create
the bootup file. To create a bootup file, see the
BOOTP
section in the addendum.
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This section briefly summarizes the PDU communication
with a
DHCP server. For more detail about how a DHCP
server is used to configure the network settings for the
PDU,
see “
DHCP Configuration” in the User’s Guide.
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See your DHCP server documentation to add code to the
Vendor Specific Information option.
To disable the APC cookie requirement, see “Local access
to the control console” on page 11. To change the control
console’s
DHCP Cookie Is setting, an Advanced option in
the
TCP/IP menu, see “Remote access to the control
console” on page 11.