Technical data

Starting the ARN/DC
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To use the directed netboot feature:
1.
At the command line prompt, enter the
ifconfig
command provided to you
by your network administrator and press the Return key.
The following is a sample command:
ifconfig com1 9.0.0.2 255.0.0.0 9.0.0.3
For more information about the ifconfig command, see “Using the ifconfig
Command” on page A-2.
2.
Enter the
bconfig
command provided by your network administrator and
press the Return key.
You must enter one
bconfig command to specify the location of the software
image, and another to specify the location of the configuration file.
The following are sample commands:
bconfig image network 192.32.5.8 /usr/arnstartup/arn.exe
bconfig config network 192.32.5.8 /usr/arnstartup/config
For more information about the bconfig command, see “Using the bconfig
Command” on page A-6.
3.
Type the following command and press the Return key to verify the
configuration you specified in Step 3:
getcfg
The get configuration data command getcfg shows the location of the boot
image file and network configuration file, the interface configuration settings
that you specified using the
ifconfig command, as well as the TFTP server
information and file paths that you specified using the
bconfig commands.
Verify the interface configuration, as shown in Figure 2-1
.