Configuring Remote Boot - LaCie Ethernet Disk RAIDNetwork RAID Storage System User Manual

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5.6.2. Configuring Remote Boot

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Normally, when you enable remote boot for a cli-
ent computer (as described in section
Remote Boot), no additional action is necessary on the
Ethernet Disk RAID.
However, if you want to remotely boot one comput-
er from another computer's backup, you must change
the MAC address. For example, if Computer1 has been
infected by a virus, and all of its backups are also in-
fected, you might want to boot Computer1 from one
To configure remote boot:
1. In the navigation bar, click Backups.
2. In the Computer name
group box, select the name of the computer whose
backup you want to remotely boot from.
3. If you're remotely booting the computer from its
own backup, do not change the MAC address. How-
ever, if you're booting a different computer from
the selected computer's backup, enter the MAC
address of the NIC of the computer that you want
to remotely boot in the
Remote boot must have been previously enabled on
that computer.
4. From the Backup for booting remotely
the time and date of the backup that you want to
remotely boot from. To always boot from the most
recent backup, select
identifies the backup that will be used for booting
remotely.
5. Click Apply Boot
6. When the confirmation message appears, click OK.
If you changed the backup for booting remotely, an
asterisk now appears next to the selected backup.
(Firmware version 1.4)
7.8.1. Enabling
list in the Remote boot
MAC address text box.
list, select
Latest backup. An asterisk (*)
Info.
Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID
of Computer2's backups and recover that disk to Com-
puter1. To do this, you must change the MAC address
associated with Computer2.
You can also specify which backup to remotely boot
from. By default, you always boot from the latest back-
up. (You can boot from an earlier backup, but no matter
which backup you boot from, you can recover only the
latest backup.)
ImpOrTANT INfO:
one computer from another computer's backup,
both computers must have identical hardware.
Otherwise, the recovered files will not operate
properly.
TeChNICAl NOTes:
You can remotely boot only from backups that
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were created after remote boot was enabled on
the client computer.
If the selected backup is deleted to make room
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for newer backups, the most recent backup will be
used for booting remotely.
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If you try to recover