
Configuring Network Booting
114074 Rev. A 4-3
Preparing an Image
If you want the AN/ANH to automatically boot a network image when starting up
(using EZ-Install, Netboot, or Directed Netboot), use the Site Manager Image
Builder to configure the router to obtain its image from the network rather than
locally.
To use Image Builder, perform these steps:
1. On the Site Manager workstation, open the software image file in the
Image Builder.
Keep the following in mind:
• Be sure to select the correct image (an.exe). If you select an image for
another router type, you cannot generate the correct files.
• If you configure the router to obtain its image from the network, it cannot
Netboot the image until the kernel image is available on the BOOTP
server.
• Make sure that you extract the kernel image and all of the application
(.exe) files and string (.str) files in the router directory. The files must be
from the same software image file whose components were created from
the same version of software. If these files are from different software
versions, the router may fail to boot or may not operate properly.
Refer to Modifying Software Images for Routers for more instructions.
2. After you open the image file, the Image Builder automatically generates
the kernel image, application files, and AN/ANH string files.
By default, the Image Builder stores these files in
/$HOME/.builder_dir/rel<rel>/an (where <rel> is the current router
software release for the router). For example, Version 2.12 of the Site
Manager Image Builder tool stores Version 8.12 files for an AN or ANH in
the /$HOME/.builder_dir/rel812/an directory.
For additional instructions on how to use the Image Builder, refer to
Modifying Software Images for Routers.
3. If you use a different workstation as a BOOTP server, transfer all of the
files in the directory that contains the kernel file to the new workstation.
Comentarios a estos manuales