Configuring Administration Tasks; Configuring Bootup Files; Configuring The Motd File - Black Box Terminal Server User Manual

Configuring Administration Tasks

You can specify new configuration and firmware files that will go into effect the next time the
Terminal Server is rebooted and a message of the day (MOTD) file, whose contents will be
displayed when User's log into the Terminal Server.

Configuring Bootup Files

When you specify a configuration and/or firmware file(s), the files will be downloaded via TFTP to
the Terminal Server the next time it is rebooted.
Configure the following parameters:
Firmware Host
Firmware File
Configuration
Host
Configuration File The path and file name (do not use a drive letter), relative to the default

Configuring the MOTD File

You can specify a file whose content will be displayed to users after they connect to the Terminal
Server, but before they log in. The Terminal Server will retrieve the file content every time a user
connects to the Terminal Server, so you can change the content of the file without reconfiguring it
within the Terminal Server.
Configure the following parameters:
Host
Filename
The host name or IP address of the server that contains the configuration or
firmware file. If you use a host name, it must exist in the Terminal Server's
host table or be resolved by DNS.
The path and file name (do not use a drive letter), relative to the default
path of your TFTP server software, of the update software for the Terminal
Server that will be loaded when the Terminal Server is rebooted.
The host name or IP address of the server that contains the configuration or
firmware file. If you use a host name, it must exist in the Terminal Server's
host table or be resolved by DNS.
path of your TFTP server software, of the configuration software for the
Terminal Server that will be loaded when the Terminal Server is rebooted.
The host that the Terminal Server will be getting the Message of the Day file
from.
The path and file name (do not use a drive letter), relative to the default
path of your TFTP server software, of the file that contains a string that is
displayed when a user connects to the Terminal Server.
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