Finisar Surveyor User Manual

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Counter

The Excessive BOOTP counter increments when a change in the number of 
BOOTP/DHCP requests per second exceeds a threshold. A count of all Excessive 
BOOTP events displays in the 

 counters of Expert View. A threshold for 

this counter can be set in Expert Alarms.

Expert Symptom

Excessive BOOTP events are automatically logged as expert symptoms. The 

 field provides information about the rate of change for BOOTP/

DHCP requests. For example:

Rate of change of Bootp/Dhcp Requests=25

The threshold value for this symptom can be changed. The default threshold is a 

delta of 10 BOOTP/DHCP requests per second. 

Diagnostic Details

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The expert threshold for the number of BOOTP/DHCP requests has been exceeded 
for this segment.

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1. The network has many devices that are being reset. 
2. The DHCP server has many requests from floating clients.

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1. Load balance your network. Add more DHCP servers.
2. Your network may have just come up after a power down. If so, ignore this 

problem.