Siemens SCALANCE XB-200 Configuration Manual page 108

Configuring with Web Based Management
5.4 The "System" menu
Description
The page contains the following boxes:
● DHCP client configuration file request (opt 66, 67)
Select this option if you want the DHCP client to use options 66 and 67 to download and
then enable a configuration file.
● DHCP Mode
Select the DHCP mode from the drop-down list. The following modes are possible:
– via MAC Address
– via DHCP Client ID
– Via System Name
– via PROFINET Name of Station
The table has the following columns:
● Interface
Interface to which the setting relates.
● DHCP
Enable or disable the DHCP client for the relevant interface.
Procedure
1. Select the required mode from the "DHCP Mode" drop-down list. If you select the DHCP
mode "via DHCP Client ID" an input box appears.
– In the enabled input box "DHCP client ID" enter a string to identify the device. This is
2. Select the "DHCP Client Configuration Request (Opt. 66, 67) option", if you want the
DHCP client to use options 66 and 67 to download and then enable a configuration file.
3. Enable the "DHCP" option in the table.
4. Click the "Set Values" button.
Note
If a configuration file is downloaded, this can trigger a system restart. If the currently
running configuration and the configuration in the downloaded configuration file differ, the
system is restarted.
Make sure that the option "DHCP Client Configuration Request (Opt. 66, 67"is no longer
set.
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Identification is based on the MAC address.
Identification is based on a freely defined DHCP client ID.
Identification is based on the system name. If the system name is 255 characters long,
the last character is not used for identification.
The identification is made using the PROFINET device name.
then evaluated by the DHCP server.
SCALANCE XB-200/XC-200/XP-200 Web Based Management
Configuration Manual, 07/2016, C79000-G8976-C360-04