Understanding Address Configuration for Connected Devices
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AlterPath OnBoard Administrator’s Guide
Options for Assigning IP Addresses to Connected
Devices
After the addressing scheme is planned as described in “Understanding
Address Configuration for Connected Devices” on page 336, the OnBoard
administrator must do both of the following:
•
Assign an IP address in the planned range of addresses when configuring
each device on the OnBoard, as described in “Parameters for Configuring
Devices” on page 58.
•
Assign the same IP address on the device itself.
The available options for assigning IP addresses on the connected devices are
summarized in the following bulleted list:
•
A device may have a default IP address already assigned.
In most cases, such a default IP address would not be used. Instead an IP
address of the OnBoard administrator’s choosing would probably be
assigned from the site’s private-side device IP addressing scheme, using
one of the other available methods.
•
The OnBoard administrator may directly configure a device with a static
IP address.
Configuration of a device’s static IP address would be done using
whatever means are available (such as a service processor’s console port,
the server’s firmware setup, or software running on the server).
•
If connected devices are running DHCP client software, then the OnBoard
administrator can assign the desired fixed IP address to the device’s MAC
address in the
dhcp.conf
file, as described in “Configuring the DHCP
Additional Network Address Configuration
Examples
Refer to PDF files about network address configuration in
/usr/share/
docs/OnBoard/Application_Notes/Network:
•
NativeIP.pdf
•
VirtualIP.pdf
•
priv-to-pub.pdf
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