Chapter 2 Configuring User Profiles and CSS Parameters
Boot Configuration Mode Commands
Specifying the Secondary Boot-Type
Use the secondary boot-typecommand to boot the system using the local disk, FTP, or a network-mounted file system. The FTP record contains the IP address, username, and password for the FTP server. Enter the ftp_record as an unquoted text string with no spaces.
The syntax and options for this boot mode command are:
•secondary boot-type boot-via-disk - Boot the system from local disk.
•secondary boot-type boot-via-ftp ftp_record - Download an ADI file containing CSS software that you want to install on the IDM. The CSS accesses the ADI or GZIP file containing the CSS software from an FTP server, copies it to the IDM, and unpacks it.
•secondary boot-type boot-via-network ftp_record - Use FTP to boot the CSS from software located on a network-mounted file system on a remote system (such as a PC or UNIX workstation). The CSS boots independently from the IDM and loads the configuration into memory. Instead of the CSS disk, the network file system contains the CSS software.
For example, to specify the secondary boot type as boot-via-disk, enter:
(config-boot)#secondary boot-type boot-via-disk
To remove the secondary boot type, enter:
(config-boot)#no secondary boot-type
Specifying the Secondary Config-Path
Use the secondary config-pathcommand to specify the alternate path to a network configuration for the network boot method. An alternate configuration path allows multiple CSSs to use the same boot image while keeping their configuration information in separate directories. The CSS must be able to access the configuration path through an FTP server (such as a PC or UNIX workstation) as defined through the FTP record for the network boot method.
When using an alternate configuration path, make sure that the path leads to a directory containing the script, log, and info subdirectories and the startup-config file. These subdirectories must contain the files in the corresponding subdirectories of the unzipped boot image. First, create these subdirectories, then copy the files from the boot image to the subdirectories.
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