Sample Bootp Configuration File - Nortel 2000 Using Manual

Appendix G

Sample BootP Configuration File

This appendix provides a sample BootP configuration file. The BootP server
searches for this file, called bootptab (or BOOTPTAB.TXT, depending on your
operating system), which contains the site-specific information (including IP
addresses) needed to perform the software download and configuration. You can
modify this sample BootP configuration file or create one of your own.
A sample BootP configuration file follows:
# The following is a sample of a BootP configuration file that was extracted
# from a Nortel Networks EZ LAN network management application.
other BootP daemons can use a configuration file with a different format.
#
# Before using your switch BootP facility, you must customize your BootP
# configuration file with the appropriate data.
#
# Blank lines and lines beginning with '#' are ignored.
#
# Legend:
#
# first field -- hostname
#
#
#
#
#
#
# EZ
# EZ
# EZ
#
#
# Fields are separated with a pipe (|) symbol. Forward slashes (/) are
# required to indicate that an entry is continued to the next line.
#
ht -- hardware type
ha -- host hardware address
tc -- template host (points to similar host entry)
ip -- host IP address
hd -- bootfile home directory
bf -- bootfile
dt -- device type
fv -- firmware version
av -- agent version
cs – TFTP server address for ASCII config file (optional)
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