Polycom MGC Administrator, Administrator'S Manual

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MGC Administrator’s Guide
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IP Parameters
IP Address The card’s IP address. If a DHCP server is used for
dynamic address allocation, this field displays the IP
address allocated to the card by the DHCP.
Subnetwork mask The subnetwork mask the card is part of.
Default router IP
Address The default router for this subnetwork.
DHCP
State The DHCP IP address assignment can be in one of the
following states:
•
Unknown [None] – DHCP is not used.
•
Selecting – The card is in the process of locating the
DHCP.
• Requesting – The card has located the DHCP and has
requested an IP address.
•
Binding – The card is validating whether the assigned
IP address is suitable. If not, it reissues a request.
•
Bound – The normal state, the card has a working IP
address.
•
Renew – The IP address has expired and the card has
issued a renewal request.
• Rebind – The renewal request is not acknowledged
[the DHCP server may be down], the card continues
using the expired IP address. If the card was assigned
a new IP address an error message appears stating
that the IP has changed and that the card needs to be
reset.
Server IP Address The IP address of the server hosting the DHCP service.
NAT Traversal
External IP
Address The external IP address of the card, that will be used to
replace the internal IP address of this card using NAT
mapping.
Table 4-6: IP Card Settings-IP-Network Parameters (Continued)
Field Description