HP AlphaServer TS15 Owner's Manual page 78

Explanation
Systems running Tru64 UNIX support network adapters, designated eg*0, ew*0, or ei*0.
The asterisk stands for the adapter ID (a, b, c, and so on).
The following procedure explains the preceding command example.
1. Power up the system. The system stops at the SRM console prompt, >>>.
2. Set boot environment variables, if desired. See Section 3.1.
3. Enter the show device command
your device.
4. Enter the following commands. The preceding example assumes you are booting from
ega0. If you are booting from another adapter, enter that device name instead.
>>> set ega0_protocols bootp
>>> set ega0_inet_init bootp
The first set command
Ethernet controller. The second set command
initialize from the network server through the bootp protocol.
5. Enter the boot command
associated environment variables). In the preceding example, the boot command sets
the system to boot automatically from ega0.
For complete instructions on booting Tru64 UNIX over the network, see the Tru64 UNIX
Installation Guide.
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to determine the unit number and adapter ID for
enables the bootp network protocol for booting over the
and command-line parameters (if you have not set the
sets the internal Internet database to