Booting Using Console Commands

Boot Command Options

The following table lists the command options you can select for the boot command:

Option

Definition

Associated Options

 

 

 

B

This command, without an

 

argument, starts a new boot

 

 

sequence to load the access server

 

 

with an executable image using the

 

 

default boot parameters.

 

B name

This command and the argument

 

name specifies a nonstandard boot

 

image. The access server looks for

 

the software name; first from Flash

 

RAM, then from the network.

B

In this command, the media part of

media:name

media:name specifies which boot

 

media to use.

B MNENG — This command instructs the access server to look for the MNENG2 software image first in Flash RAM, then from the network.

b /tftp/serversw — This command instructs the access server to look for image /TFTP/SERVERSW; first in Flash RAM, then from the network. If you want lowercase letters, you have to use quotation marks. For example:

b "/tftp/serversw"

B "" — This command and the quotation marks (explicit null name) instruct the access server to search for any image in Flash RAM. If the access server is unable to find an image in Flash RAM, then it loads from the network. The network load host defines this software and is typically based on the Ethernet MAC address of the access server.

FLA: — Use Flash RAM. For example:

B FLA:MNENG2

ETH: — Use the network to find a load host. For example:

B ETH:MNENG2

FLA:ETH: — Use Flash RAM first, and if that does not work, then use the network to find a load host. For example:

B FLA:ETH:MNENG2

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