User guide

8: Configuring a Boot Server
DC 900-1333Q 201
Step 1: Obtain the PCI bus and slot numbers for each ICP board
You can obtain the PCI bus and slot numbers from the version of the Freeway 3xxx
Hardware Installation Guide that matches your model of Freeway server. In each guide
there is a drawing of the rear of the Freeway unit with the PCI bus and slot numbers
marked for each available PCI slot. Look at that drawing to find the PCI slots occupied
by ICP boards on your system, and write down the numbers.
Step 2: Obtain an example boot configuration file
If you have no other copies of a file, you can start with one of the example boot config-
uration files that were installed on your boot server from the Freeway software installa-
tion. The best example to use is a file called
bootcfg.pci located in the freeway/boot/
directory. Copy this file to bootcfg so that you can edit it.
cd /usr/local/freeway/boot
cp -p bootcfg.pci bootcfg
Step 3: Edit the boot file (bootcfg)
The boot configuration file contains a separate entry for each physical ICP on the Free-
way server. There are five parameters in each entry. You must edit each entry to match
the your Freeway configuration
The
download_script parameter in the boot configuration file defines the path name of the
load file. The load file contains the commands that download the protocol or protocol
toolkit software to the ICP.
Edit the boot configuration file (
freeway/boot/bootcfg) as follows:
1. Uncomment the physical parameters associated with each ICP in your Freeway.
Be sure that only one instance of each
device_name is used in this file.