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7Enter 2 and set the Primary Config File Source to Boot Device.
You will be prompted for the Default directory for your configuration files.
8Enter Q to return to the Primary Boot Source menu.
9Select the Boot Protocol option, and set the Primary Boot Protocol to TFTP. You are then prompted to set the TFTP Address Discovery Protocol.
10Enter Q to return to the Primary Boot Source menu.
11Select the IP Addresses option, and enter the primary IP addresses assigned to your client, boot server, gateway, remote file server, and subnet mask.
12Enter Q twice to return to the Primary Boot Source menu.
13Select the FTP Login option, and enter the username and password to be used by FTP.
The password is not displayed on the console when you type it.
14Exit the SysconF menu system by typing Q repeatedly.
15Reboot the system by simultaneously pressing both Reset buttons on the front panel, or by typing RS at the monitor prompt.
More Boot Options Table
Table A-1 Additional TFTP Primary Boot Source Parameters
Parameter Configuration
Boot Device: Network
Interface Number
You are prompted with this field only if an Ethernet
MP Module | You need to configure this parameter only if the TFTP server is reachable | |
Parameters | through an HSS port running PPP or a token ring port. | |
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| HSS port running PPP | |
| If your boot source is reachable through an HSS port running PPP, you are | |
| prompted to configure the following fields: | |
| ■ | HSS Baud Rate |
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| This setting must correspond to your serial line setting. |
| ■ | HSS Clock Source |
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| Set this parameter appropriately (the default setting is external). |
| ■ | HSS Connector Type |
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| Set this parameter to the connector that the server is reachable through |
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| (the default is V.35). |
| ■ | HSS Protocol |
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| Select PPP. |
| ■ | HSS WAN Password |
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| Leave this field empty. |
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