3Com 09-1324-000 manual Installing Software, From a Network, Management Station, CD-ROM drive

4-2CHAPTER 4: INSTALLING SOFTWARE AND BOOTING A CEC 20 NETBUILDER II SYSTEM

Booting a Component To boot a component NETBuilder II system, follow these steps:

NETBuilder II System

1Install a flash memory drive in your NETBuilder II system. For instructions, refer to the NETBuilder II Flash Memory Drive Installation Guide.

2Install a flash memory card with preinstalled software in the flash memory drive.

To install the flash memory card, turn off the bridge/router, disconnect the cables, and remove the cover. Insert the flash memory card into the flash memory drive. Reinstall the cover and reconnect the power cord and other cables.

3Turn on the NETBuilder II bridge/router.

The NETBuilder II system boots from the default boot source a:/101/boot.29K (the flash memory drive).

4When the boot operation is complete, press the Return key on the console. The NETBuilder console prompt should appear on the screen.

If the console is not operating properly (if you see incorrect characters, or no characters), refer to the setup instructions in the hardware installation guide.

You are ready to establish basic settings on your system. Refer to Chapter 6 for more information.

If you want to change the primary boot source from the default or adjust system configuration parameters, refer to Chapter 5 and the description in the SysconF appendix in Reference for NETBuilder Family Software.

Installing Software	This section describes how to install the NETBuilder II bridge/router software from
from a Network	CD-ROM on a UNIX-based or PC-based network management station with a
Management Station	CD-ROM drive.
	The procedures in this section apply to the NETBuilder II component system only.

This section contains the following procedures:

■Installing software on the UNIX-based network management station

■Installing sofware on the PC-based network management station

■Booting a NETBuilder II image over the network

■Setting up IP routing on the NETBuilder II bridge/router

■Copying image files to the local NETBuilder II bridge/router flash drive for local booting and rebooting

Setting Up the This procedure provides instructions for setting up the UNIX-based network UNIX-based Network management station (see Figure 4-1).

Management Station

Prerequisites

To install the NETBuilder bridge/router software image from a CD-ROM, the CD-ROM drive must reside either locally on the network management station or on another system on the network.