Storix Software SBAdmin Linux System Recovery Guide - Manual (Page 30)

Storix System Backup Administrator 30 Version 8.2 Linux System Recovery Guide
Assuming your firmware is setup to boot by default from the correct media, just turn on or reset the system.
The remainder of the boot process will complete without further interaction.
Network Boot
To network boot an Intel-based system with BIOS/UEFI :
Most BIOS or UEFI-based systems are not, themselves, network boot capable. However, if you have a
network adapter card with network boot capabilities, you can have the system boot to the firmware on
the network card. Therefore, the network card will be used to provide the network boot capabilities the
system firmware does not.
Initiating a network boot will vary depending on your version of the firmware installed on the system.
On most systems with BIOS or UEFI, there will be an option to boot from the network during POST by
selecting a specific function key (i.e. F12). Others may require you to set the network adapter as the
first boot device in the boot order.
It may also be necessary to select the Network Boot Protocol to use. If this option is provided, select
“
PXE ”, unless you have manually configured a different boot protocol on the boot server.
Depending on the firmware of your network adapter, you may be provided the option of entering the
client and server IP address (and optional gateway address). If your boot server is configured with your
network adapter hardware (MAC) address, you may perform a broadcast boot without entering the IP
addresses. If not, you will need to enter this information. If you are booting across a gateway, you must
enter the client, server and gateway addresses (in which case a broadcast boot is not possible).
If you follow the instructions provided here, and/or on the screen, and the boot process does not work
(or no network boot option is provided), then neither the system nor your network adapter are boot-
capable. You will need to use a network adapter that includes the PXE network boot protocol.
To network boot IBM POWER (System) p and System i (CHRP) systems from the OpenFirmware
prompt:
1. CHRP systems network boot directly from OpenFirmware (OF) without a boot loader. You must
specify the OF device name to boot from as well as all necessary kernel command-line options at
the OF prompt. For network devices, there is often an alias established in OF that points to the OF
device name. This is because the OF device name is rather lengthy and complicated. To illustrate,
in the example we will use below, the OF device name
is:
/pci@800000020000002/pci@2,2/ethernet@1
The alias for this device is “network”. If you perform network installs often, you may want to set up
this alias. To determine the OF device name of the network device:
Select “Select Boot Options” from the SMS “Main Menu”
Select, “Select Install/Boot Device” from the “Multiboot menu”
Select, “List all Devices” from the “Select Device Type” menu
Select the “Device Number” of the network device.
Select “Information” for the task to perform.
This will present an information screen that will provide details about the ethernet device, including
the OpenFirmware device name.
SMS 1.6 (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000,2005 All rights reserved.
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Device Information
IBM,FW-ADAPTER-NAME: IBM 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X Adapter