Perle Systems DS1 Switch User Manual


 
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Management
Bootup Files Tab Field Descriptions
You must have a TFTP server running on any host that you are uploading or downloading files
to/from. When you specify the file path, the path must be relative to the default path set in your TFTP
server software.
Configure the following parameters:
Firmware Host The host name or IP address of the server that contains the firmware file. If you
use a host name, it must exist in the IOLAN’s host table or be resolved by
DNS.
Field Format: Resolvable host name, IPv4 address, IPv6 address
Firmware File
Configuration Host The host name or IP address of the server that contains the configuration file. If
you use a host name, it must exist in the IOLAN’s host table or be resolved by
DNS.
Field Format: Resolvable host name, IPv4 address, IPv6 address
Configuration File
Use a Generic
WebManager
Login Screen
When set, and the user connects to the IOLAN using WebManager, the
WebManager login screen that is displayed is generic — the Perle banner,
IOLAN model name, and firmware version are not displayed to the user.
Default: Disabled
Password Retry
Limit
The number of attempts a user is allowed to enter a password for a serial port
connection from the network, before the connection is terminated and the user
has to attempt to login again. For users logging into the serial port, if this limit
is exceeded, the serial port is disabled for 5 minutes. A user with Admin level
rights can restart the serial port, bypassing the timeout, by issuing a kill on the
disabled serial port.
Default: 3
EasyPort Web
Select Java if communication is via port 23(Telnet) or port 22(SSH) and
communication is not restricted by a firewall.
Select Javascript if you need to communicate through a firewall on port 8080
using Easyport.
To end and close a Telent session, type CTRL] then quit.
To end or close a SSH session, type ~. (period).
The path and file name, relative to the default path of your TFTP server
software, of the update software for the IOLAN that will be loaded when the
IOLAN is rebooted.
The path and file name, relative to the default path of your TFTP server
software, of the configuration file for the IOLAN that will be loaded when the
IOLAN is rebooted.