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CHAPTER 4: SETTING UP THE D.20 RIO
Administrator group
users
Configure network settings
ICMP echo
Machine host name
Configure network interfaces
Static IP address
Dynamic address
VLAN
D.20 RIO - HARDWARE USER'S MANUAL
Allows you to create administrator-level users (if you are using local authentication mode)
and to change details associated with existing administrator user accounts.
Before adding users, configure the time synchronization to the current time. This avoids
warning messages regarding expired passwords.
The Network Settings menu includes optional settings for the D.20 RIO network interface.
The D.20 RIO must be rebooted to activate changed network settings.
You can disable ICMP echo to help with securing the D.20 RIO. By default ICMP echo is
enabled, so that the D.20 RIO can be pinged on any interface, but ICMP echo can be
disabled if required by the administrator.
Used to assign a host name to the D.20 RIO unit. The name must be unique to this D.20 RIO
and only contain alphanumeric characters (– [hyphen] is supported).
The Configure Network Interfaces menu includes settings for the D.20 RIO's network
connections (NET1, NET2, and Enable Lan Redundancy).
The D.20 RIO must be rebooted to activate changed network settings.
Configures the D.20 RIO to use a manually defined IP address, subnet mask, and gateway
address.
Configure the D.20 RIO to use network parameters that are provided by a DHCP server.
At the D20RIO#>> prompt, type the command ifconfig to determine the dynamically
assigned IP address.
If dynamic addressing is to be used in a system that supports D.20 RIO redundancy, you
must ensure that a fixed IP address is allocated for each device.
As long as the VLAN has been configured on your D400 and network hardware (such as
switches), there is no need to configure a VLAN on your D.20 RIO device. Some advanced
users may opt to configure a VLAN on their D.20 RIO if they would like to improve traffic
prioritization on the outgoing link.
It is common to use a VLAN when connecting D400 and D.20 RIO devices over a network.
By assigning your D.20 RIO to a VLAN, you can ensure higher prioritization for data
transmitted from it and you can reduce the amount of extraneous information the D.20
RIO receives from other devices on the network.
In Figure 9 on page 42, a VLAN has been created on the NET1 interface on the D400. NET1
is connected to a third party switch, which is also connected to another third party switch.
These connections are called the trunks, since they carry the VLAN data as well as all other
data transmitted on the interface.
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