Media5 Mediatrix 4104, Reference Manual

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IP Address and Network
Configuration
The Mediatrix 4104 must be provisioned with various IP addresses and network parameters to be fully
functional. This occurs each time the Mediatrix 4104 is started or when an IP address value is changed in the
MIB. The Mediatrix 4104 can use static network parameters as well as parameters provided by a DHCP server
or even a DNS.
This chapter assumes that you know how to set up and use a DHCP and DNS server. If not, ask your network
administrator to set up DHCP-related variables.
This chapter also refers to the MIB structure of the configuration variables. Refer to “Chapter 7 - MIB Structure
and SNMP” on page 125 for more details.
IP Addresses
The MIB structure contains IP addresses that can be set or viewed. These IP addresses are physically located
in their relevant MIB. For instance, the IP addresses for the Syslog daemon are located in the
syslogMIB .
However, when viewing the MIB structure in a MIB browser such as the Media5 Unit Manager Network, the IP
addresses are grouped in two distinct folders for easy management.
IP Addresses Formats in the DHCP Server
You can use a number of formats when defining IP addresses in the DHCP server.
You can make combinations of the three bases in a single string, because each number in the string is
interpreted separately. For instance, 0300.0xA8.000.9 translates to the decimal IP address 192.168.0.9.
Table 73: IP Addresses Folders
Folder Description
ipAddressStatus Lists all the IP addresses used by the unit, in read-only format.
ipAddressConfig Lists all the IP addresses you can set. Changes made in this folder are reflected in the
ipAddressStatus folder.
Table 74: IP Addresses Formats in DHCP Server
Format Description Allowed Char.
Decimal You can enter IP addresses in the widely-used (base 10) decimal format.
For instance, a decimal IP address would be 192.168.0.9.
IP addresses cannot contain decimal numbers higher than 255.
0..9
Hexadecimal You can enter IP addresses in (base 16) hexadecimal format.
Prepending “0x” to the value instructs the unit to interpret it as
hexadecimal. For instance, the decimal IP address 192.168.0.9
translates to 0xC0.0xA8.0x0.0x9 in hexadecimal format. 0..9, A..F
Octal You can enter IP addresses in (base 8) octal format. Prepending “0” to
the value instructs the unit to interpret it as octal. For instance, the
decimal IP address 192.168.0.9 translates to 0300.0250.00.011 in octal
format. 0..7