Bootp & Store - Agilent Technologies G1369C User Manual

Getting Started 2
LAN Interface Card Configuration
Bootp & Store
When "Bootp & Store" is selected, the parameters obtained from a Bootp
Server become the active parameters immediately. In addition, they are
stored to the non- volatile memory of the card. Thus, after a power cycle
they are still available. This enables a kind of "bootp once" configuration
of the card.
Example: The user may not want to have a Bootp Server be active in his
network all the time. But on the other side, he may not have any other
configuration method than Bootp. In this case he starts the Bootp Server
temporarily, powers on the card using the initialization mode "Bootp
&Store", waits for the Bootp cycle to be completed, closes the Bootp
Server and powers off the card. Then he selects the initialization mode
"Using Stored" and powers on the card again. From now on, he is able to
establish the TCP/IP connection to the card with the parameters obtained
in that single Bootp cycle.
Bootp
Active
Server
Parameter
Non-Volatile
RAM
Stored
Parameter
Figure 12 Bootp & Store (Principle)
Use the initialization mode "Bootp & Store" carefully, because writing to the non-volatile
N O T E
memory takes time. Therefore, when the card shall obtain its parameters from a Bootp
Server every time it is powered on, the recommended initialization mode is "Bootp"!
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