After completing the above steps from the server's node, download and boot your memory"based system at the client's node:

1.Make sure that VCPMT, the remote LAN VCP monitor program, is scheduled (see INSTALL/BOOT_VCP.CMD) at the server's node.

2.Break into the VCP front panel mode at the client in one of the following ways:

If the client has a direct VCP terminal, simply hit the BREAK key. Then enter the VCP boot command:

VCP> %BDSff00sc

If the client has a LAN card with the VCP enabled, then run RMVCP on the server. RMVCP is the interactive user interface to VCPMT. At the RMVCP prompt, enter the /BREAK or /B command and then enter the VCP boot command.

CI> RMVCP <client>

RMVCP> /BREAK

RMVCP> %BDSff00sc

where:

 

client

is the computer name of the destination system. The client name is specified

 

during the IPL_BUILD process described later in this chapter.

%BDS

executes the boot loader program and begins execution of the system when

 

the entire merged system file has been loaded into the client's memory.

ffan octal number from 00000 to 77777. It is converted to ASCII to form the Pfffff file name. For example, %BDS150024 means to boot from system file P00015 from the interface card in select code 24. Refer to the •LAN Link" subsection under •Special Considerations" in Chapter 10 of the RTEA System Generation and Installation Manual, part number 92077"90034. The system file is also referred to as a •P" file or download file. Download files are to be stored in directory /FILES802 and are specified in the IPL_BUILD configuration file, /FILES802/IPL_TABLE.TXT. If you default the ff parameter in the bootstring to P00000, a default system file is used as specified in /FILES802/IPL_TABLE.TXT. Refer to the •Download file" description earlier in this chapter for more information.

00is used as a placeholder in the bootstring if the ff parameter is not zero.

sc

is the select code of the client's LAN card.

Upon successful download, the client stops communicating with the server. RMVCP waits for a reply from the client that it will never receive. To regain control of RMVCP, you must wait for RMVCP to time out (about 10 seconds) or you can issue a CM> BR RMVCP command. Then you can issue the RMVCP /EXIT command.

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