HP-UX IP Address and Client Management Administrator's Guide HP-UX 11i v2, HP-UX 11i v3
Error Log Level
When you find any of these error messages, you must correct the indicated configuration entry
in the /etc/bootptab file and reboot the BOOTP client. The following errors are logged at the
error log level:
• bad bootp server address for host hostname
A value specified for the bp tag is invalid. Values can be individual IP addresses separated
by a space, and an optional one or more network broadcast addresses.
• bad hardware mask value for host hostname
The formatting for the hardware address mask tag hm is incorrect in the configuration file
entry for hostname. Correct the configuration entry and reboot the BOOTP client. The
subnet mask must be specified in hexadecimal notation.
• bad hardware type for host hostname
The value specified for the ht tag is an unsupported hardware type. For a list of the supported
hardware types, type man 1M bootpd at the HP-UX prompt.
• bad hostname: hostname
The name given in the hostname field is an invalid host name. Correct the host name and
reboot the BOOTP client. A valid host name must begin with a letter followed by any number
of letters, digits, periods, or hyphens.
• bad IP address for host hostname
The formatting for one of the IP addresses listed for the ip tag or any tag requiring a list of
IP addresses is incorrect in the configuration file entry for hostname.
Correct the configuration entry and reboot the BOOTP client. You must specify the IP address
in the standard Internet dot notation.
You can use decimal, octal or hexadecimal numbers. Octal numbers begin with 0, and
hexadecimal numbers begin with 0x or 0X. If you specify more than one IP address, separate
the IP addresses with a white space.
• bad reply broadcast address for host hostname
The formatting for the address in the ba tag is incorrect, or the ba tag value is invalid. Correct
the configuration entry and reboot the BOOTP client. For more information, type man 1M
bootpd at the HP-UX prompt.
• bad subnet mask for host hostname
The formatting for the subnet mask tag sm is incorrect in the configuration file entry for
hostname. Correct the configuration entry and reboot the BOOTP client. You must specify
the subnet mask as a single IP address.
• bad time offset for host hostname
The value for the to tag is an invalid number. Correct the configuration entry and reboot
the BOOTP client. For the to value, you can specify either a signed decimal integer or the
keyword auto, which uses the server’s time zone offset.
• bad vendor magic cookie for host hostname
The formatting for the vendor magic cookie, specified with the vm tag, is incorrect. Correct
the configuration entry and reboot the BOOTP client. You can specify one of the following
values for the vm tag: auto, rfc1048, cmu.
• can't find tc=label
bootpd could not find a table continuation configuration entry with the host field label.
Correct the configuration entry and reboot the BOOTP client. For more information, type
man 1M bootpd at the HP-UX prompt.
116 Configuring the BOOTP and TFTP Servers