Understanding Tools and Options
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Directed Netboot
Complete the following steps for the Directed Net boot option:
1. Use the Configuration Manager in local mode to c reate a complete
configuration file for the AN/ANH or ARN router. (See Chapter 3 and
Configuring and Managing Routers with Site Manager.)
2. Set up a network server to support TFTP. (See Chapter2.)
3. Install the router image and/or configuration files in the TFTP server’s file
system. (See Chapter2.)
4. Ensure that there is a network connection from a synchronous, Ethernet, or
token ring (ARN only) interface on the AN/ANH or ARN router to the
upstream router.
5. The person at the AN/ANH or ARN router site establishes a Technician
Interface session, or you establish a session using a modem. (See the hardware
installation guide.)
6. The person at the AN/ANH or ARN router console uses the bconfig and
ifconfig commands to configure a synchronous, Ethernet, or token ring (ARN
only) interface. (See Chapter4 and the hardware installation guide.)
7. The person at the AN/ANH or ARN router site boots the router. (See the
hardware installation guide.)
The AN/ANH or ARN router obtains one or more startup files from the TFTP
server. If the configuration file meets your network requirements, the router
starts bridging and routing traffic.
8. Use the Site Manager Statistics Manager and Events Manager tools to verify
that the AN/ANH or ARN router is routing traffic as specified in the
configuration file. (See Configuring and Managing Routers with Site
Manager.)
Note: If the AN/ANH or ARN router will connect to the upstream router over
a frame relay circuit, ensure that the upstream router is running BayRS Version
8.00 or later.