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Appendix CInstalling and Using TFTP
NOTE | HP recommends that you do not update the HP TopTools |
| Remote Control card firmware if the link between the TFTP |
| server and the HP NetServer is a |
| A disconnection during an update can leave the HP TopTools |
| Remote Control card partially updated and you would need to |
| repeat the update before proceeding. |
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A firmware update takes approximately one minute over a
Using the HP TopTools Remote Control Remote Boot Feature
You can use the HP TopTools Remote Control to remotely boot the HP NetServer in which you have installed the HP TopTools Remote Control card. The card boots the HP NetServer using a boot floppy image located on a TFTP server.
Starting an HP NetServer from a remote boot image requires that you have already created an alternate bootable floppy image file and that this image is available in the base directory used by the TFTP server. After the HP TopTools Remote Control processes a remote reboot, the feature is disabled automatically so that the next boot will be a local boot.
You use the HP Copydisk utility to create a floppy image file. The 1.44MB file created contains a
The ability to create a floppy boot image opens up powerful remote administration possibilities. A system administrator can create boot floppy images to:
∙update the server BIOS
∙change and/or update software drivers
∙boot your various diagnostic utilities
∙boot
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