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GigWorks MkII-16 Switch Model MKII-BASE16
59003-01 Rev. A Installer's/User's Manual
Managing the Switch Using TFTP
The new management configuration values will not take effect until the Switch is
reset. If the Switch’s IP address is changed and then the Switch is reset, it will no
longer respond to the previous IP address, but will now respond only to the newly
configured IP address.
The Switch Management Configuration File
The parameters of the Switch management configuration file (config ) are:
netAddress The IP network address. By default this is 10.0.0.1.
netMask The IP subnetwork mask. By default this is 255.0.0.0.
broadcast The IP broadcast address. By default this is 10.255.255.255. If
this parameter is omitted from the configuration, the Switch will
compute the correct broadcast address from netAddress and
netMask.
gateway The IP address of the network gateway. If this parameter is set to
0.0.0.0, the Switch will assume that no gateway is available.
arpTimeout The time in seconds to expire entries in the arp cache. By default
this is set to 30000 (about 8 hours).
snmpReadCommunity
The SNMP community name to be recognized for
SNMP Get and GetNext requests. By default this is the string
“public”.
snmpWriteCommunity
The SNMP community name to be recognized for
SNMP Set requests. By default this is the string “private”.
snmpTrapCommunity
The SNMP community name to be used in SNMP
Trap messages. By default this is the string “public”.
snmpName
The value of the SNMP Systems Group SysName variable. This is
usually identical to the host name, for example, “switch001”. The
default value for this parameter is the empty string, “”.
snmpContact
The value of the SNMP Systems Group SysContact variable.
This is usually set to identify the person or organization responsible
for maintaining the host, for example, “Joe Cable, x1234”. The
Note:
If any of these management configuration parameters are changed using
SNMP after the config file has been written by TFTP, but before the Switch
is reset, the SNMP process will save its now-current configuration into the
config file, over-writing and deleting the config file sent using TFTP. To
avoid this problem, reset the Switch immediately after the TFTP transfer.