Nortel Networks 14.2 Setting Up a BootP Server, Setting Up BootP Sockets, Configuring BootPD

Configuring Remote Access for AN and Passport ARN Routers

Setting Up a BootP Server

To support EZ-Install or Netboot, AN/ANH and ARN routers need a network connection to a BootP server. You configure a UNIX workstation as a BootP server by:

•Setting up BootP sockets

•Configuring the BootP Daemon (BootPD)

Setting Up BootP Sockets

A socket is a UNIX mechanism for creating virtual connections between operating-system and network processes. For each socket, the /etc/services file must include a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) descriptor that provides process-to-process addressing information.

To set up the send and receive sockets for BootP:

1.Log in to the UNIX workstation as root.

2.Use a text editor to insert the following two lines in the /etc/services file:

bootps	67/udp	#	bootp	server
bootpc	68/udp	#	bootp	client

Configuring BootPD

A daemon is an unattended process (that is, one that runs in the background). An application typically calls a daemon to perform a standard routine or service (in this case, BootP).

Complete the following tasks to configure BootPD on a UNIX workstation:

•On Sun workstations, copy the BootPD program to the /etc directory.

•Set up BootPD to run.

•Set up BootPD to respond to AN/ANH and ARN routers.

Copying BootPD on Sun Workstations

Depending on the operating system you use, Nortel Networks may or may not ship BootPD with the Site Manager package.

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