Microsemi SyncServer S200, User Manual

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Web Interface
Note: If the SMTP Gateway (which supports Password Recovery and Email Notification of
Alarms) and NTP associations are addressed using domain names, a valid DNS server
address must be supplied to the SyncServer.
Network Port Configuration
To edit the settings for a network port, click the corresponding EDIT button on the
NETWORK - Ethernet page. This opens a dialog box titled with the name of the port fol-
lowed by "Configuration".
To apply configuration changes, click APPLY buttons on both this configuration window and
later on the NETWORK - Ethernet page.
Connection Mode:
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Static : A user must configure the network port manually.
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DHCP : A DHCP server will automatically configure the network port when changes are
applied. Not available for IPv6.
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Disabled : This disables the network port.
Note: If the Connection Mode is DHCP and the lease expires or the SyncServer reboots, a
DHCP server could assign a new IP address to the SyncServer’s network port. If this occurs
with the LAN1 port, use the
STATUS button on the front panel to obtain the new IP address.
Furthermore, if it occurs to a network port servicing NTP requests, NTP clients will no longer
be able to get a response from that port. In that case, the NTP clients would have to use an
alternate NTP source or become unsynchronized. For this reason, Microsemi recommends
using static IP addresses, only using DHCP for convenience during temporary installations.
IP Version:
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IPv4: The port uses IPv4 exclusively. (Static or DHCP)
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IPv6: The port uses IPv6 exclusively. The user must enter a static IPv6 address.
IP Address: The port's IPv4 address (e.g., "192.168.0.100") or IPv6 address(es) with
scope (e.g., fe80::2a0:6dff:fe00:10).
Mask: The port's IPv4 subnet mask (e.g., "255.255.255.0"). With IPv6, the mask is the
length of the prefix.defined in CIDR format (Classless Inter Domain Routing). Typically, the
IPv6 mask is 64.
Note: The SyncServer does not support masks on IPv6 gateway entry. While the user inter-
face will accept/display a user entered mask, such as “/64” for the IPv6 gateway, the under-
lying software checks for the entered mask and removes it, before sending the unmasked
IPv6 gateway address down to the lower level Linux system components to configure the net-
work interface.
Gateway: The port's IPv4 or IPv6 gateway (e.g., "192.168.0.1"). This is an optional con-
figuration parameter.
Redundant : Bonds LAN3 to LAN2 as virtual device with a single network address.
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Active : The Active port handles network traffic. LAN2 is "Active" by default.
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Backup : The Backup port handles network traffic if the connection to the Active port fails.
LAN3 is the "Backup" port by default.
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