Booting Using Console Commands

Booting Using Console Commands

Introduction

Console functions require DECserver ROM Version 4.0 or greater.

If you program Flash RAM with a nonstandard boot image name and a load host is not available, pressing the reset-to-factory button may leave the access server unbootable.

Procedure

To allow booting of a nonstandard boot image name, perform the following steps:

Step Action

1During the boot sequence of the access server initialization process, press Ctrl/B two times consecutively on the port defined as the console port.

The boot process stops and the access server returns the following console prompt:

>>>

2At the >>> prompt, you can enter H to invoke help.

Entering H provides help text to describe the interactive boot mode commands available. The Boot Command Options section in this chapter lists the boot mode commands and summarizes the help text that appears when you invoke H.

3Choose one of the boot command options listed in the Boot Command Options section in this chapter.

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