User guide

4: Freeway Interactive Menu
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on the network, the connection to Freeway is broken when the boot process begins and
you must log in again. The following operations occur during system boot (refer to
Chapter 5 for a more detailed description of the boot process):
Step 1: Determine the Boot Parameters
Freeway must know its boot parameters in order to download files from its disk drive or
a boot server. Freeway obtains the boot parameters from its flash or hard drive. Boot
parameters are initially configured during hardware installation, but they can be
changed using the Modify Boot Parameters menu (Section 4.6.1 on page 105).
Step 2: Load and Start the Freeway System File (fwybsd)
After obtaining the boot parameters, Freeway loads the system boot file (
fwybsd) from
the disk drive or boot server. The system boot file contains the server’s base operating
system, networking software, and server management facilities. Freeway receives the
system boot file and starts the operating system and network software. Next the server
management tasks are started, including SNMP, telnet, rlogin, and the interactive server
manager.
Step 3: Load the Boot Configuration File (bootcfg)
The boot configuration file (bootcfg) defines the system configuration for physical and
virtual devices and services which includes the TSI configuration for Freeway (muxcfg)
and the ICP load files.
Step 4: Configure the System
Freeway uses the information in the boot configuration file to configure the physical
and virtual devices and services, and build the corresponding databases. Freeway then
downloads the
.mem object files from the boot server to the ICPs based on the download
script file defined for each ICP. Freeway then uses the
muxcfg file to configure the inter-
face between the server software and the transport subsystem.