Siemens SIMATIC NET SCALANCE S615 Configuration Manual page 112

Configuring with Web Based Management
4.4 "System" menu
Description
The page contains the following boxes:
● "DHCP Client Config File Request (Opt.66, 67)" check box
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" drop-down list
Select the DHCP mode from the drop-down list. The following modes are possible:
– via MAC Address
– via DHCP Client ID
– via System Name
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
Follow the steps below to configure the IP address using the DHCP client ID:
1. Enable the "DHCP Client" option.
2. Select the DHCP mode "via DHCP Client ID" from the "DHCP Mode" drop-down list.
3. Enter a character string to identify the device in the enabled "DHCP Client ID" input box.
This is then evaluated by the DHCP server.
4. Select the "Client Config File 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.
5. Click the "Set Values" button.
Note
If a configuration file is downloaded, this triggers a system restart. Make sure that the
option "Client Config File Request (Opt.66, 67)" is no longer set in this configuration file.
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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.
SCALANCE S615 Web Based Management
Configuration Manual, 05/2015, C79000-G8976-C388-02