Bootptab, File, Bootptab file – HP 310X User Manual

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Windows 2000 or NT servers:

On Windows NT or 2000 server systems, use the Microsoft DHCP utilities to set up print server configuration
through BOOTP.

When you use the

Windows NT DHCP procedure

(with the finite lease duration and adding a reservation

in step 8), the resulting service will respond to a BOOTP requests as well as to DHCP requests from the
print server.

When you use the

Windows 2000 DHCP procedure

, the resulting service will respond to BOOTP requests

when you select

BOOTP only

or

Both

in step 11d.

These systems may require third-party software for TFTP support.

UNIX servers:

A BOOTP server running UNIX must be set up with the BOOTP daemon

bootpd

, and must be set up with the

/etc/bootptab

configuration file. The configuration data in the

/etc/bootptab

file must be properly

entered. See the

contents of the

bootptab

file

below.

TFTP is used to obtain additional configuration data from a configuration file on a TFTP server. This file is
specified in the

bootptab

file; see the

T144

tag

. See the

contents of the TFTP configuration file

, as well as the

contents of the

bootptab

file

, below.

NetWare BOOTP servers:

For setup of NetWare BOOTP servers, refer to your NetWare documentation.

bootptab

file

Example of a

/etc/bootptab

file entry for an HP Jetdirect print server:

picasso:\
:hn:\
:ht=ether:\
:vm=rfc1048:\
:ha=0001E6123456:\
:ip=192.168.45.39:\
:sm=255.255.255.0:\
:gw=192.168.40.1:\
:lg=192.168.40.3:\
:T144="hpnp/picasso.cfg":

A colon (

:

) indicates the end of a field, and a backslash (

\

) indicates that the entry is continued on the next line. Spaces

are not allowed between the characters on a line. Names, such as host names, must begin with a letter and can contain
only letters, numbers, periods (for domain names only), and hyphens. The underline character (

_

) is not allowed. Refer

to your systems documentation for more information.

bootptab

file parameters (tags)

Note that the configuration data contains “tags” to identify the various HP Jetdirect parameters and their settings. The
tags are identified in the table below.

Tag

RFC

2132

Option

Description

nodename

The name of the peripheral device. Identifies an entry point to a list of parameters for
the specific peripheral device. Must be the first field in an entry. (In the example above,

nodename

is

picasso

.)

hn

12

The host name tag. This tag does not take a value but causes the BOOTP daemon to
download the host name to the print server. The host name will be printed on the
Jetdirect configuration page, or returned on an SNMP

sysName

request by a network

application.

ht

The hardware type tag. For the HP Jetdirect print server, set this to

ether

(for

Ethernet). Must precede the

ha

tag.

vm

The BOOTP report format tag (required). Set this to

rfc1048

.

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