Add and Configure the Entries in a BOOTP Table

The SCADAPack BOOTP server allows a SCADAPack E outstation to provide an IP address for up to 20 BOOTP/DHCP clients. Typically, the BOOTP server is used to assign IP addresses to devices such as PLCs.

The BOOTP Table allows you to specify Ethernet device hardware addresses and corresponding IP addresses for up to 20 devices.

To configure a SCADAPack E outstation’s BOOTP Table in Geo SCADA Expert:

1. Display the Table.
2. If the table has insufficient rows, Specify the Table Size.
3. For each BOOTP/DHCP client, use a row of the table to specify that device’s:
   1. Hardware Address—Each hardware address comprises 6 octets in one of the following formats:
      • 00:1A:2B:3C:4D:5E
      • 00-1A-2B-3C-4D-5E
      • 001A2B3C4D5E.

      A device’s Hardware Address is also known as its MAC Address (Media Access Controller Address).

   2. IP Address—Specify each IP Address using the IPv4 format A.B.C.D

      Example:

      192.168.1.97

4. Repeat step 3 for each device that you want to include in the table.
5. Save the configuration (see Saving Configuration Changes in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Core Configuration).
6. If you haven’t done so already, associate the BOOTP table with a DNP3 SCADAPack E Outstation (see Specify IP Route and BOOTP Tables).

(To enable a DNP3 SCADAPack E outstation’s BOOTP server, you need to select the BOOTP Server option on the Outstation Form’s SCADAPack TCP/IP tab (see Enable TCP/IP Services).)