SmartBoot

“SmartBoot” allows another HP router or a Bootp server on the connected WAN or LAN to automatically configure the router module. This eliminates the need for expert personnel at the site where the router module is installed.

A “SmartBoot configuration” is created on the HP router or other Bootp server at the central site and assigned to the router module. The router module looks for a SmartBoot configuration on the WAN or LAN by sending Bootp requests out the WAN port and the internal LAN port for approximately one minute. This occurs whenever:

You clear the router module.

You reset the router module, or you power on or reset the hub— provided that the router module is using either the factory-default configuration or a SmartBoot Helper configuration. (A SmartBoot Helper configuration is created using the SmartBoot Helper option on the router module’s Main Menu screen. It is required whenever the WAN is using the PPP, frame relay, X.25, or V.25 bis protocols. For more information, refer to the Release Notes).

Depending on the response from the networks, the router then does one of the following:

If the router module does not receive a response from either an HP router (on which a SmartBoot configuration has been set up using Quick Remote) or a Bootp server within approximately one minute of being cleared, reset, or powered on, the router module bridges in IP host-only mode with an IP address of 127.x.x.x. Also, the following entry is made in the event log:

BOOTP failed. Use Smartboot Helper to continue

If the router module receives a minimal configuration over the WAN link from a Quick Remote source, it boots itself with this configuration and begins routing and/or bridging as specified in that configuration. If a console is connected, it will show a system name of BOOT_CONFIG. (For more information on Quick Remote setup and operation, refer to the User’s Guide.)

If the router module receives a reply from a Bootp server, it configures itself with the intermediate configuration contained in the reply. The router module then attempts to download a full configuration from the TFTP server indicated in the Bootp reply message. Following download of the full configuration (which occurs almost immediately if over a LAN, but can take up to 15 seconds if over a WAN), the router then reboots itself and begins routing and/or bridging as specified in the full configuration. (For more information on setup and operation with a Bootp server, refer to the User’s Guide.)

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