Disabling peer flash recovery on a workstation
The third step of peer flash recovery is to disable peer flash recovery on a workstation. Perform the following procedure from the workstation that you enabled to provide peer flash recovery:
1.From the Remote Management / Software Update menu, click Enable / Disable Peer Software Recovery.
The workstation should still display the Remote Management / Software Update menu from when you performed the procedure, “Enabling peer flash recovery on a workstation” on page 27.
2.Select Disable Peer Software Recovery.
3.Click
Using the Setup Utility to recover the flash image of a workstation
You can use the NS Boot Setup Utility (hereafter referred to as Setup Utility) to recover the CompactFlash image of a workstation. If you have installed the IBM NetVista Thin Client Express Service Utility (hereafter referred to as Service Utility), you can use it as a source for recovery flash images.
Perform the following steps:
1.Power on the workstation whose flash image you want to recover.
2.Ensure that the Service Utility services have started on the Service Utility server. If you have not installed the Service Utility on a network server, you can use another workstation as your source for the recovery flash image. Continue with the next step.
3.Press Esc immediately after the following message disappears:
Hardware testing in progress . . .
4.Press a key to continue.
5.Follow the
6.Select Configure Network Settings.
7.Press Enter to continue.
8.Under Network Priority, specify the following: v Set DHCP to Disabled.
vSet BOOTP to Disabled.
vSet Local (NVRAM) to First.
9.Set Boot file source to Network.
10.Verify that the following values are correct for your IP configuration:
vWorkstation IP Address
vGateway IP Address
vSubnet Mask
11.Press Enter to continue.
12.Under Boot file server IP address, specify the IP address of the Service Utility server as the First option. To use another workstation as your recovery flash source, enter the IP address of the recovery workstation.
Note: You need to perform the procedure, “Enabling peer flash recovery on a workstation” on page 27 before you can perform a peer flash recovery.
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