Selecting the BOOTP or TFTP option

If you select BOOTP or TFTP option, the adapter is set up (and the network parameters are entered) as usual. The Network Parameters menu is displayed.

About this task

After you select the BOOTP or TFTP option on the Select Network Service menu, the Network Parameters menu is displayed. The menus and options change depending on whether IPv4 or IPv6 was selected on the Select Internet Protocol Version menu. A menu similar to the following example is displayed.


Network Parameters

Port 1 - 2 PORT Gigabit Et    Un-P1-T9    
 1. IP Parameters
 2. Adapter Parameters
 3. Ping Test
 4. Advanced Setup: BOOTP/TFTP


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

Selecting the IP (Internet Protocol) parameters option displays a menu similar to the following example.

IP Parameters

Port 1 - 2 PORT Gigabit Et    Un-P1-T9    
 1. Client IP Address    [9.8.38.50]
 2. Server IP Address    [9.8.38.51]
 3. Gateway IP Address   [9.8.38.1]
 4. Subnet Mask          [255.255.255.000]


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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

To change IP parameters, type the number of the parameters for which you want to change the value. Entering IP parameters on this menu automatically updates the parameters on the ping test menu.

Select the Ping Test option from the Network Parameters menu to test the network connection of an adapter to a remote system. After you select the ping test option, the Ping Test menu is displayed. Perform a Ping test by selecting the configuration options.

Notes:
  • After you start the ping test, it might take 60 seconds or longer to return a result.
  • After the ping test passes or fails, the firmware stops and waits for a key to be pressed before continuing.

Select the Advanced Setup option from the Network Parameters menu to configure the BOOTP or TFTP boot parameters. For BOOTP, the values 5, 512, 5, 0 and 0 are the respective default values for the following options.

Advanced Setup: BOOTP/TFTP

Port 1-IBM 2 PORT 1000 Base-SX PCI-X Adapter: U788D.001.23A0034-P1-T7

 1. Bootp Retries		5
 2. Bootp Blocksize		512
 3. TFTP Retries		5
 4. VLAN Priority		0
 5. VLAN ID			0
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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen          X = eXit System Management Services
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Type the number of the menu item and press Enter or Select a Navigation key: _

Select the VLAN Priority option from the Advanced Setup menu to set the VLAN priority, and select the VLAN ID option to set the VLAN ID.

Notes:
  • The default setting of the VLAN Priority option is 0, but a decimal value in the range 0 - 7 can be set for the frame priority.
  • An error message is displayed if a value greater than 7 is entered, in which case the default value is set back to the VLAN Priority option.
  • The default value for the VLAN ID option is 0 and is reserved, because this frame does not belong to any VLAN.
  • Values must be entered as a decimal numbers. Valid values for a VLAN ID must be in the range 1 - 4094. If the VLAN ID option is set to 0, VLAN tagging is disabled.
  • An error message is displayed if a decimal value greater than 4094 is entered, in which case the default value is set back to the VLAN ID option.