Nortel Networks Passport ARN Routers Summary of Initial Startup Options, Router does not operate

Installing and Operating Passport ARN Routers

When you start the ARN for the first time, it completes an initial startup procedure to boot and connect to the network using either a default configuration file or one already customized and available on the network.

You use one of four boot options to complete the initial software startup. Table 2-1 summarizes the four options; the sections that follow provide steps for completing each option.

Table 2-1.	Summary of Initial Startup Options
		Source for
Boot	Source for	Configuration
Option	Image file	File	Description and Requirements
EZ-Install	Local	Network	The default option. The ARN boots from local flash
		(serial interface	memory, then obtains its configuration file from a remote
		only)	workstation that is configured as a Bootstrap Protocol
			(BootP) server. The ARN saves the configuration to the
			flash memory.
			This option requires a High-Level Data Link Control
			(HDLC) or frame relay serial connection.
Netboot*	Local	Local	The ARN locates and obtains at least one startup file from
	or	or	a remote workstation that is configured as a BootP server.
	Network	Network	This option requires a communications connection over
			an HDLC, frame relay, Ethernet, token ring, or DSU/CSU
			interface, and a local console connection.
Directed	Local	Local	The ARN obtains at least one startup file from a remote
Netboot†	or	or	workstation that is configured as a Trivial File Transfer
	Network	Network	Protocol (TFTP) server. You must specify the IP address
			of the TFTP server and the complete path to the startup
			files before booting.
			This option requires a communications connection over
			an HDLC, frame relay, Ethernet, token ring, or DSU/CSU
			interface, and a local console connection.
Local Boot	Local	Local	The ARN boots from a local software image and generic
			startup configuration file. You create a customized
			configuration file by running the Quick-Start script.
			This option requires a local console connection and an
			installed BayRS flash memory card. If you attempt to local
			boot the ARN/DC without the flash memory card inserted,
			the router does not operate.

* The ARN supports netboot over serial, Ethernet, token ring, and 56/64K DSU/CSU interfaces only.

† The ARN supports directed netboot over serial, Ethernet, token ring, and 56/64K DSU/CSU interfaces only.

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