Table 9-4

Management Processor Monitor: Boot Commands

To use network download commands (e.g., bootp, bootvx, rarpboot, tftpboot), the envi- ronment variables listed in Table 9-4must be configured. To set a static IP, these environ- ment variables must be specified through the command line interface.

Table 9-4:Static IP Ethernet Configuration

Environment Variable:

Description:

ipaddr

Local IP address for the board

 

 

serverip

TFTP/NFS server address

 

 

netmask

Net mask

 

 

gatewayip

Gateway IP address

 

 

ethport

eTSEC1 default

 

 

ethaddr1

MAC address

1. Ensure that each MAC address on the network is unique.

bootv

The bootv command checks the checksum on the primary image (in flash) and boots it, if valid. If it is not valid, it checks the checksum on the secondary image (in flash) and boots it, if valid. If neither checksum is valid, the command returns back to the monitor prompt.

Definition: Verify bootup.

bootv

Write image to flash and update NVRAM.

bootv <primarysecondary> write <source> <dest> <size>

Update NVRAM based on image already in flash.

bootv <primarysecondary> update <source> <size>

Check validity of images in flash.

bootv <primarysecondary> check

bootvx

The bootvx command boots VxWorks® from an ELF image, where address is the load address of the VxWorks ELF image. To use this command, the environment variables listed

in must be configured.

Definition: bootvx [ address ]

dhcp

The dhcp command invokes a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client to obtain IP and boot parameters by sending out a DHCP request and waiting for a response from a server.

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ATCA-9305 specifications

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