Configuring Netboot Services with Site Manager
2.Record the name of each configuration file and corresponding router for later reference when configuring network boot options.
When you name configuration files, keep the following restrictions in mind:
•Nortel Networks recommends that the operational configuration file for each router be named config. If a router experiences a power failure, it boots from the file named config when power returns. However, the configuration files that you save on a BootP server for Directed Netboot do not have to be named config because you specify the configuration file path name (see the description of the Site Manager parameter Boot Config Pathname on page
•Configuration file names must begin with an alphabetic character. The remaining characters must be alphanumeric and can include an underscore (_). You cannot use spaces.
•Configuration file names can consist of 1 to 15 characters, including a dot (.). Nortel Networks recommends that you limit file names to 8 characters to ensure that all supported operating systems can recognize the names.
•Configuration
•BootP allows a maximum of 49 characters in a path name, including slashes, file name, optional dot, and
3.If the BootP server and Site Manager do not reside on the same workstation, transfer the configuration files to the BootP server.
Preparing an Image
If you want the router to automatically boot a
To create the kernel, application, and string files for storage on the BootP/TFTP server:
1.On the Site Manager workstation, open the software image file using the Image Builder tool.
For instructions on how to use the Image Builder, see Configuring and Managing Routers with Site Manager.
