Intel SR870BN4 - Server Platform - 0 MB RAM Product Manual page 97

Automatically Resolve Destination MAC Address
This check box allows the user to specify whether the BMC should automatically attempt to resolve
the MAC address of the destination system. This box is checked by default unless the MAC
address edit box appears to include a valid MAC address.
If this box is not checked, the MAC address in the Destination MAC Address field must be
provided.
When the OK button is clicked, the firmware attempts to resolve the destination MAC address. If
the BMC cannot resolve the address, the screen is redisplayed with the box unchecked and the user
is asked to provide the MAC address in the Destination Gateway MAC Address field. If the screen
is redisplayed due to a MAC address resolution issue, any user data previously entered, other than
the MAC address information, remains in place.
Number of Retries
This edit box allows the number of times to retry sending an alert to a given destination to be
entered. If alert acknowledge is enabled, then retries are sent only if a timeout occurs while waiting
for the acknowledgement. If alert acknowledge is disabled, the number of retries is equal to the
number of times an unacknowledged alert is sent out.
If the number of retries is set to 0, only a single attempt is made to send the alert. When a number
greater than 0 is entered, the alert will be retried only if a timeout occurs while waiting for the
acknowledgement.
The number of retries must be between zero and seven.
Retry Interval
This edit box is used to set the retry interval for sending an alert or to set the acknowledge timeout
when Enable Alert Acknowledge is enabled. The value entered into this field is disregarded if
Enable Alert Acknowledge is disabled.
The retry interval is in seconds, with a recommended value of three seconds. The retry value must
be between 1 and 255.
Enable Alert Acknowledge
This check box should be checked if the destination IP address should send an acknowledgement
when an alert is received. If this box is checked, then an alert is only assumed to have been
successfully sent if an acknowledgement is received.
Use Default Gateway
This check box should be checked if the IP address entered as the default gateway IP address for
the LAN channel on the first LAN configuration screen should be used as the gateway for this
destination IP address. If this box is not checked, the backup gateway IP address is used as the
gateway IP address.
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