Recovering From Start-Up Failure; Using Maintenance Mode - Intel Express 510T User Manual

C H A P T E R 7
Network boot process
Purpose
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Console Port Use and Troubleshooting

Recovering from Start-up Failure

The network boot process is as follows:
1. The switch sends a BOOTP request over the network.
Intel Express
510T Switch
The boot request contains the switch's MAC address. The boot
server contains a bootptab file with an entry for the switch which
is defined by the MAC address.
2. If a boot server which holds the software for the switch receives
the boot request, it loads the boot software over the network to
the destination MAC address.
Intel Express
510T Switch

Using Maintenance Mode

Maintenance Mode offers three facilities:
It allows you to force the switch to load a specified software file
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from any specified TFTP server.
It provides an emergency facility to force boot the switch from a
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specified boot server if the switch cannot boot from Flash Mem-
ory. From Maintenance Mode the switch is forced to issue a