HP BA322 90087 User Manual

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5

Adds host MOZART as a client entry in the BOOTP database, where the MAC address of
the client’s LAN device is 00-13-21-5B-85-E4 (as was determined in the example for the client
in

Section C.2.1 (page 229)

) and the boot file for the client is [V831H1]VMS_LOADER.EFI.

6

Displays information about the boot client MOZART as stored in the local host database
(use this command to verify that the client has been configured appropriately).

7

Displays information about the boot client MOZART as stored in the BOOTP database (use
this command to verify that the client has been configured appropriately).

Example C-2 Setting Up the Boot Server and Client (for Version 8.4)

$ TCPIP SET HOST MOZART/ADDRESS=1.1.110.117

1

$ TCPIP SET BOOTP MOZART/HARDWARE=ADDRESS=00-13-21-5B-85-E4 -
$ _TCPIP> /FILE=DQA0:[SYS0.SYSCOMMON.SYSEXE ]VMS_LOADER.EFI

2

$ $ TCPIP SHOW HOST MOZART

3

BIND Database
Server: 1.1.128.41

Host address Host name
16.32.110.117 MOZART...
$TCPIP SHOW BOOTP MOZART/FULL

4

Host: 1.1.110.117 mozart

Hardware Address: 00-13-21-5B-85-E4
Network mask: 255.0.0.0 Type: Ethernet
File: [DQA0: [SYS0.SYSCOMMON.SYSEXE ]VMS_LOADER.EFI

Time offset: 0
Vendor: ACME, Inc.

Gateways: not defined

Servers:
.
.
.

1

Adds the boot client host MOZART to the TCP/IP hosts database, specifying MOZART’s IP
address as 1.1.110.117.

2

Adds host MOZART as a client entry in the BOOTP database, where the MAC address of
the client’s LAN device is 00-13-21-5B-85-E4 (as was determined in the example for the client
in Section B.2.1 (page 191)) and the boot file for the client is
DQA0:[SYS0.SYSCOMMON.SYSEXE ]VMS_LOADER.EFI.

3

Displays information about the boot client MOZART as stored in the local host database
(use this command to verify that the client has been configured appropriately).

4

Displays information about the boot client MOZART as stored in the BOOTP database (use
this command to verify that the client has been configured appropriately).

After you complete these steps, in addition to the required steps in the preceding sections, you
can boot a client over the network using the InfoServer application. Instructions on performing
the InfoServer boot are in

Section C.5 (page 238)

. A troubleshooting section is included in

Section C.6 (page 243)

.

C.5 Booting OpenVMS Integrity servers from the InfoServer

After you set up the InfoServer software and the boot server properly and ensure that the
InfoServer service is available, you can boot the remote DVD served by the InfoServer by following
these steps:

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