User guide

8: Configuring a Boot Server
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During the boot process Freeway is considered a client while it downloads files over the
Ethernet from the Freeway
boot directory located on the boot server. After the boot pro-
cess completes, Freeway starts its normal role as a communications server for its clients.
Section 5.1 on page 141 describes the boot process.
Freeway supports the FTP or RSH configuration in the boot process (Section 8.1.1
through Section 8.1.3). The default Freeway configuration for booting from the net-
work is set to use FTP.
8.1.1 Configure FTP or RSH
The boot server must support the file transfer protocol (FTP) or remote shell (RSH).
RSH is available on UNIX and Windows systems, but possibly not on VMS systems,
depending on how your system is configured.
Freeway uses FTP or RSH to request each of its download files from the boot server. To
respond to the download requests, the boot server must also have the FTP or RSH
daemon process running.
On UNIX systems, the
/etc/inetd.conf command file usually starts the FTP or RSH dae-
mon process. Refer to your UNIX user manuals for details.
On VMS systems, if you don’t already have a TCP/IP package that supports FTP, you
must install one. Refer to the user manuals for the software you are using to find out
how to configure the FTP daemon process.
On Windows systems, refer to your Windows administration manuals for details on
how to start the FTP or RSH server.
8.1.2 Create the FTP or RSH User Account on the Boot Server
Using FTP or RSH for downloading requires Freeway to log in to the boot server. By
default, Freeway logs in with the FTP user name of
freeway and an FTP password of pass-
word
. Create an FTP user account on the boot server to match these values. This