Setting Up Bootpd To Run; Setting Up Bootpd To Respond To An/Anh And Arn Routers - Nortel Remote Access for AN and Passport ARN Routers Configuration Manual

The AIX and HP-UX operating systems include BootPD. SunOS and Solaris do
not include BootPD, so Site Manager automatically installs BootPD on Sun
workstations running these operating systems.
Copy the bootpd file to the /etc directory as follows:
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Setting Up BootPD to Run

To configure your workstation to run BootPD when it receives a BootP request
packet:
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Setting Up BootPD to Respond to AN/ANH and ARN Routers

When the operating system receives a BootP request packet, it starts BootPD.
BootPD matches the source IP address of the packet to an IP address in its BootP
table (bootptab file) to determine the path names of the requested startup files.
Note: The bootptab file can include the same path name for all booting
routers, or a different path name for each IP address.
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Log in to the UNIX workstation as root
Enter the following command:
cp /usr/wf/bin/bootpd /etc
As root, use a text editor to open the /etc/inetd.conf file.
Make sure that no other line in the file begins with
If there is such a line, your workstation is already configured as a BootP
server. Comment out this line by typing a pound sign (#) at the beginning of
the line so that the server will use the BootPD program that you specify in the
next step.
Insert the following line anywhere in the file to configure your
workstation as a BootP server:
bootps dgram udp wait root /etc/bootpd bootpd
Save and exit the file.
Setting Up a UNIX Boot Server
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