2 Cold-installing a Client Across the Network
This chapter describes adding a client to an
This document assumes the network boot clients are on the same subnet as the
Glossary terms are italicized when used for the first time in this manual.
Add a Network Entry for the Client to the IP Address File on the Server.
This process is
Procedure for Itanium®-based machines
1.Collect client information. To allow a client to boot from the
•Hardware address (ha) – the client's MAC address.
•IP address (ip) – the client's assigned internet address.
For more information on adding client information to the /etc/bootptab file, see the documentation within the /etc/bootptab file and the
2.Edit the /etc/bootptab file (don't worry that it appears to be
# vi /etc/bootptab
3.Add an entry for your client. A typical bootptab file has a generic, default client specification defined, identified by tc=. In this example,
The following is an example bootptab entry. For information on what each entry means, see bootpd(1M).
iuxclient1:\
4.Save the /etc/bootptab file and exit vi:
:wq!
Procedure for PA-RISC-based machines
1.Edit the /etc/opt/ignite/instl_boottab file (don't worry that it appears to be
# vi /etc/opt/ignite/instl_boottab
2.Add an entry for your client. If a network entry already exists for your client, you may edit it so it looks like the entry below. The client's MAC address should be in hexadecimal, with a leading “0x”.
client_IP_address:client_MAC_address::reserve
3.Save the /etc/opt/ignite/instl_boottab file and exit vi:
:wq!
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