HP Jetdirect Print Server

Classic Control Panel

Classic control panels can typically display two lines of 16 characters each.

As described in Table C-1 , the HP Jetdirect

EIO control panel menu allows you to enable or disable network protocols, and configure selected network parameters. On the control panel display, an asterisk (*) is used to identify the selected value.

Table C-1.

EIO Classic Control Panel Menu (1 of 3)

Menu Item Description

CFG NETWORK= Selects whether or not you want to access the Jetdirect menu.

O

NO (default): Bypass the HP Jetdirect menu.

O

YES: Access the HP Jetdirect menu. You must change this to YES* each time you want to access the menu.

TCP/IP=

IPX/SPX=

DLC/LLC=

ATALK/ETALK=

Identifies whether the protocol stack is enabled or disabled.

O

ON (default). The protocol is enabled.

O

OFF: The protocol is disabled.

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Table C-1.

EIO Classic Control Panel Menu (2 of 3)

Menu Item

CFG TCP/IP=

Description

Selects whether you want to access the TCP/IP menu and set TCP/IP protocol parameters.

NO (default): Bypass the TCP/IP menu items.

YES: Access the TCP/IP menu items.

TCP/IP menus depend on your print server model.

O

BOOTP=YES* enables configuration by a BootP server.

O

DHCP=YES* enables configuration by a DHCP server. If DHCP=YES* and the print server has acquired a DHCP lease, you can choose to configure the following DHCP settings:

Q

Q

RELEASE: Choose YES to release, or NO to save, the current DHCP lease.

RENEW: Choose YES to renew the current DHCP lease, or NO not to renew the DHCP lease.

O

AUTO IP=YES* will configure a link-local address.

In these cases, manual configuration is turned off.

If you specify BOOTP=NO, DHCP=NO, you can choose AUTO IP=YES to have a link-local address

169.254.x.x assigned automatically.

If BOOTP, DHCP and AUTO IP are disabled, you can manually set the following TCP/IP parameters from the control panel:

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Each byte of the IP address (IP)

Subnet Mask (SM)

Syslog Server (LG)

Default Gateway (GW)

Idle Timeout period (default is 270 seconds, 0 disables the timeout)

O

CFG DNS 1=YES* will allow you to specify the IP address of a primary DNS server, one byte at a time.

O

CFG DNS 2=YES* will allow you to specify the IP address of a secondary DNS server, one byte at a time.

Print a Jetdirect configuration page to verify your settings. However, note that the print server may overwrite selected parameters with values that ensure proper operation.

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Table C-1.

EIO Classic Control Panel Menu (3 of 3)

Menu Item

CFG IPX/SPX=

CFG LINK=

WEB=

SECURITY=

Description

Selects whether you want to access the IPX/SPX menu and set IPX/SPX protocol parameters.

O

NO (default): Bypass the IPX/SPX menu items.

O

YES: Access the IPX/SPX menu items.

In the IPX/SPX menu, you can specify the Frame Type parameter used on your network.

Q

Q

AUTO (default) will automatically set and limit the frame type to the first one detected.

For Ethernet cards, frame type selections include

EN_8023, EN_II, EN_8022, EN_SNAP.

Selects whether you want to manually configure the

HP Jetdirect print server’s network link.

O

NO (default): Bypass the link configuration menu items.

O

YES: Access the link configuration menu items.

One of the following link configurations can be set:

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

AUTO (default): The print server will automatically configure itself to match the network’s link speed and communication mode. If it fails, 10T HALF or 100T HALF is set.

10T HALF: 10 Mbps, half-duplex operation.

10T FULL: 10 Mbps, full-duplex operation.

100T HALF: 100 Mbps, half-duplex operation

100T FULL: 100 Mbps, full-duplex operation

For configuration management, specify whether the embedded Web server will accept communications using HTTPS (Secure HTTP) only, or both HTTP and

HTTPS.

O

HTTPS: For secure, encrypted communications, only HTTPS access is accepted. The print server will appear as a secure site.

O

HTTP/HTTPS: Access using either HTTP or

HTTPS is permitted.

Specify whether the current security settings on the print server will be saved or reset to factory defaults.

O

KEEP (default): The current security settings are maintained.

O

RESET: Security settings are reset to factory defaults.

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