HP Jetdirect 610N - Page 37

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Ease of HP Jetdirect print server configuration. Complete
network configuration can be automatically downloaded each
time the print server is powered on.
Note BOOTP operation is similar to DHCP, but the
resulting IP parameters will be the same over power
cycles. In DHCP, IP configuration parameters are
leased and may change over time.
When in its factory-default state and powered on, the HP Jetdirect
print server will attempt to automatically configure itself using
several dynamic methods, one of which is BOOTP.
BOOTP/TFTP on UNIX
This section describes how to configure the print server using
BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol) and TFTP (Trivial File Transfer
Protocol) services on UNIX servers. BOOTP and TFTP are used
to download network configuration data from a server to the
HP Jetdirect print server over the network.
Systems That Use Network Information Service (NIS)
If your system uses NIS, you may need to rebuild the NIS map with
the BOOTP service before performing the BOOTP configuration
steps. Refer to your system documentation.
Configuring the BOOTP Server
For the HP Jetdirect print server to obtain its configuration data
over the network, the BOOTP/TFTP servers must be set up with
the appropriate configuration files. BOOTP is used by the print
server to obtain entries in the /etc/bootptab file on a BOOTP
server, while TFTP is used to obtain additional configuration
information from a configuration file on a TFTP server.
When the HP Jetdirect print server is powered on, it broadcasts a
BOOTP request that contains its MAC (hardware) address. A
BOOTP server daemon searches the /etc/bootptab file for a
matching MAC address, and if successful, sends the corresponding
configuration data to the Jetdirect print server as a BOOTP reply.
The configuration data in the /etc/bootptab file must be properly
entered. For a description of entries, see “Bootptab File Entries
”.