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Change IP/TFTP
Parameters
1 Type
are Bridge Transport Protocol (BTP), System Load Protocol (SLP), and Trivial
File Transfer Protocol (TFTP).
BTP is a 3Com proprietary load protocol. This protocol was formerly used
with 3Com Network Control Servers (NCSs). 3Com no longer supports NCS
software, and you should not select this protocol. SLP is 3Com's
implementation of the 802.1 standard System Load Protocol. TFTP is a file
transfer protocol that is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite.
If you are configuring your server to boot from an RBCS server, you can use
either SLP or TFTP. If you boot from a TFTP server, use TFTP.
If you select SLP as your boot protocol, the server uses the file specified by
Network Boot String as the boot source. You do not need to configure
additional parameters. If you select TFTP, you need to configure several
other parameters. These parameters are described in the next section.
If you change the Boot Protocol parameter from TFTP to SLP and back to
TFTP, check the Change IP/TFTP Parameters menu's Address Discovery
Protocol field. Changing from TFTP to SLP and back to TFTP results in
Address Discovery Protocol reverting from your configured setting to its
default setting (BOOTP then RARP).
Because TFTP is a file transfer protocol, it must work in conjunction with a
boot protocol to perform the boot procedure. When you specify TFTP as the
boot protocol, you must configure several additional parameters. These
parameters include Address Discovery Protocol, to specify the boot
protocol, and others to specify IP addressing information.
To specify TFTP parameters:
from the Change Parameters menu.
A
The Change IP/TFTP Parameters menu appears:
Change IP/TFTP parameters:
1.
Adr discover protocol
2.
Client IP address
3.
Server IP address
4.
Gateway IP address
5.
Subnet mask value
6.
FAP server IP address
7.
IP security option
8.
TFTP upload path
esc - Return to previous menu
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Changing the Configuration
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