Nortel Networks AN/DC manual Using Netboot, Directed Netboot, or Local Boot

Installing and Operating AN/DC and ANH-8/DC Systems

Using Netboot, Directed Netboot, or Local Boot

You use a command interface to the router software, the Diagnostic Monitor, for Netbooting or Local Booting. (You can also use the Technician Interface or Site Manager for the Directed Netboot procedure.)

The AN/DC and ANH-8/DC ship with the configuration source set to network and the image source set to local. Using the Diagnostic Monitor, you change the default configuration, bypassing the EZ Install process. The Diagnostic Monitor’s bconfig command enables you to specify the source for the configuration file and boot image.

Logging In to the Diagnostic Monitor

You begin the Netboot, Directed Netboot, or Local Boot process by logging in to the Diagnostic Monitor. Complete these steps:

1.Install the router and attached communications equipment as described in Chapter 1 (AN/DC) or Chapter 2 (ANH-8/DC).

2.Power on the local management console.

3.Insert the Flash memory card as described earlier in this chapter.

4.Press the power switch on the back panel to the On position.

As the router powers on, your console displays the message *****Testing

Memory***** with the amount of memory available.

Next, diagnostic software (AN Diagnostics) begins to test the router. The console displays:

•The diagnostic software version

•Information about the hardware (model, revision, and serial numbers)

•The size of Flash memory and Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM)

•The result of diagnostic tests as each test completes

Figure 3-4 shows sample output from diagnostic tests.

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