User guide

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Freeway User Guide

8.1 Configuring a System as a Boot Server

Before you can boot Freeway from the network, the boot server and Freeway must be

configured to communicate with each other. Multiple Freeway servers can be config-

ured to boot from the same boot server. The following steps are required:

1. Create a file transfer protocol (FTP) or remote shell (RSH) user account on the

boot server (Section 8.1.2).

2. Define the system names and Internet addresses for Freeway, the boot server, and

the gateway processor (if applicable) on the boot server (Section 8.1.3).

Your system administrator might have already completed these steps during the hard-

ware installation procedures described in the hardware installation guide for your

Freeway. If so, skip this section and proceed with Section 8.2 on page 198.

Table 8–1: Summary of Boot Server Configuration Steps

Steps Reference Section(s)

1. Select a computer on the same network as the Freeway

that supports TCP/IP and the file transfer protocol

(FTP) or, for UNIX or Windows, remote shell (RSH).

You will use this computer as the Freeway boot server.

2. Configure the computer to act as a boot server. Section 8.1 on page 194

3. Load the Freeway software from the distribution

CDROM onto the boot server

Section 8.2 on page 198

4. Load the Protocol software from the distribution

CDROM(s) onto the boot server

Section 8.3 on page 198

5. Create (or copy) the boot configuration file. Section 8.4 on page 199

6. Modify the Freeway System Boot Parameters. Section 8.5 on page 203

7. Boot Freeway. Section 8.6 on page 205

Installing new software overwrites the previous software.