IP Address Assignment Strategy

Overview

This section describes the steps to follow to implement the strategy for IP address assignment of the network devices:

Configure the Industrial Ethernet port of the controller:
- Network settings: IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address.
- Choose the IP addressing method to use.
Configure the protocol manager.

Industrial Ethernet Port Configuration

To configure the Industrial Ethernet port, proceed as follows:

Step	Action
1	In the Devices tree, double-click the Industrial Ethernet port node. The configuration tab is displayed, for example: Note: If you are in online mode, you see the two windows. You cannot edit them. If you are in offline mode, you see the Configured Parameters and Ring topology options windows depending on the controller reference. You can edit them.
2	Select fixed IP Address.
3	Set the IP Address. This IP address is used for the network planning.
4	Set the Subnet Mask.
5	Verify that the Gateway Address is set by default to `0.0.0.0`. The gateway address allows a message to be routed to a device that is not on the local network. If there is no gateway, the gateway address is `0.0.0.0`.
6	Select the Security Parameters check boxes: Web Server active: used during configuration and maintenance phases FTP Server active: used by FDR service
7	Select the DHCP Server active check box if using a DHCP server to assign IP addresses. For more details, see IP Addressing Methods.