Configuring Netboot Client Services
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Setting the Boot Configuration
This section describes how to use the bconfig command to configure a netboot
option at the Technician Interface or AN Monitor command-line prompt.
•For Netboot, you use bconfig to specify the network location of a
configuration file or boot image (software image or kernel file) for the
AN/ANH or ARN router to use at startup.
•For Directed Netboot, you use bconfig to specify the IP address of the TFTP
server and the full path name of the boot image and configuration files.

Using the bconfig Command Format

To configure an interface for Netboot, use the following bconfig command
format:
bconfig -d [image | config]
To configure an interface for Directed Netboot, use the following bconfig
command format:
bconfig [image | config] [local | network [
<TFTP_host> <TFTP_pathname>
]]
You must issue the bconfig command twice: once to specify the location of the
boot image, and again to specify the location of the configuration file.
See Tabl e 4-1 for a description of the bconfig command options.
Table4-1. bconfig Command Options
Option Description
image Specifies the router’s boot image. The boot image can be the
complete software image file (
an.exe
or
arn.exe
) or the kernel file
(
krnl_an.exe
or
krnl_arn.exe
)
config Specifies the router’s configuration file
local Indicates that the specified file (
<image>
or
<config>
) resides in the
router’s local file system
network Indicates that the specified file (
<image>
or
<config>
) resides on a
remote file system
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