Configuring The Arn For Netboot And Directed Netboot; Using The Ifconfig Command - Bay Networks BayStack ARN Routers none Installation And Operating Manual

The following commands configure the ARN for netboot and directed netboot:
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Contact your network administrator for additional assistance in determining the
appropriate
at your site. (Your network administrator has information on these commands in
Configuring Remote Access.)
Using the ifconfig Command
A router interface cannot communicate in an IP network without an IP address.
Because an ARN netboots over one of its serial, DSU/CSU, Ethernet, or Token
Ring links, the netboot interface must have a valid IP address.
You use the
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Configuring the ARN for Netboot and
Use the i
command to configure the router initial IP interface to the
fconfig
network. You need this information to complete the procedure in "Continuing
with Netboot" in Chapter 2.
Use the command to specify the location and name of the ARN
bconfig
software image and configuration file. You need this information to complete
the procedure in "Continuing with Directed Netboot" in Chapter 2.
command and
ifconfig
command to do the following:
ifconfig
Configure the router's initial IP interface to the network. (The initial IP
interface should be a serial interface if you are using EZ-Install.) You also use
the same procedure to configure other serial interfaces for the netbooting
procedure.
Configure Ethernet or token ring interfaces for the netbooting procedure.
Directed Netboot
commands that you need for the ARN
bconfig
Appendix A
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