
Configuring Netboot Client Services
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Setting the Netboot Interface Configuration
This section describes how to use the ifconfig command to configure a BayStack
router interface to support netboot options.
A BayStack router netboots over one of its synchronous, Ethernet, or token ring
(ARN only) interfaces. Because a router interface must have an IP address to
communicate in an IP network, the netboot interface must have a valid IP address.
You have two options for assigning an IP address to an interface:
• Configure the upstream router to support automated addressing for EZ-Install.
Cha
pter 3 describes how to configure the upstream router to support
EZ-Install by creating the BootP client interface table. “T
he Boot Process” in
Chapter 1 describes how the router automatically obtains an IP address during
the EZ-Install process.
• Use the
ifconfig command to configure a synchronous, Ethernet, or token ring
interface for Netboot or Directed Netboot.
The following sections describe the
ifconfig command formats.
Configuring a Synchronous Interface for Network Booting
To configure a synchronous interface for network booting, enter the following
command at the Technician Interface or AN Monitor prompt:
ifconfig [
synchronous options
]
<interface>
[
<IP address> <subnet mask>
[
<next hop address>
]]
Insert a space to separate each command option from the next.
The synchronous options variable represents some combination of the following
options:
[
-d | -fr [-annexd | -lmi | -annexa] | -int_clk]
Table 4-2 describes the ifconfig command options for configuring the router’s
synchronous interface.
Note: The synchronous interface must be configured with IP to support
netboot options.
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