Advantages Of Booting From Compact Flash - HP ProCurve 7000dl Series Basic Management And Configuration Manual

Overview
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Figure 1-23 summarizes the boot process.
ProCurve Secure
Router loads the boot software
(J0X_0X-boot.biz) from internal flash
compact flash
SROS.BIZ
Yes
startup-config
Yes
boot-basic mode
Figure 1-23. Booting the ProCurve Secure Router

Advantages of Booting From Compact Flash

Booting from compact flash simplifies router setup. You can use a compact
flash card to preconfigure a router and simply send the card to a remote site.
Any person at the remote site can insert the compact flash card into the router,
connect the cables that will enable the LAN and WAN connections, and power
up the router. The ProCurve Secure Router will boot with the SROS.BIZ file
and startup-config on compact flash, and the router will be immediately
operational.
To check the configuration by remote, you can simply establish a Telnet or
Secure Shell (SSH) session with the router or use the Web browser interface.
Router
Checks compact flash
(cflash) for SROS.BIZ
internal flash
No
SROS.BIZ
Yes
No
startup-config
Yes
boot-basic mode
No
Router boots in
bootstrap mode
No
Router boots using
default settings