Installation guide

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Freeway 1200/1300 Hardware Installation Guide

Step 6:

Conﬁgure the boot parameters as described in Table 4–1.

Table 4–1: Freeway System Boot Parameters

Boot Parameter Description

Boot Device To boot over Fast Ethernet from the boot server using the primary

Ethernet (on the CPU board), set the boot device to ff

or ff

To boot over Fast Ethernet from the boot server using the secondary

Ethernet board, set the boot device to ff

To boot from the local disk, set the boot device to ii

Processor Number The only valid number for this parameter is 0.

FTP User Name If booting from the boot server, Freeway uses this name to log in to its

FTP (or RSH) user account. The default is ff

. This is not required

if you are booting from the local disk.

FTP Password If booting from the boot server, Freeway uses this password to log in to

its user account. The default is pp

. This parameter is optional. If

a password is given, FTP is used during system boot; if it is cleared, the

remote shell (RSH) protocol is used.

Flags

This parameter speciﬁes whether you want Freeway to:

• Autoboot two seconds after system reset, seven seconds after

system reset, or not at all

• Display the version numbers of the .mem ﬁles

• Force the primary boot network interface to operate at 10

megabits/second, half duplex

Enter the Flags value shown in Table 4–2 on page 58 that matches your

conﬁguration requirements. The default Flags value is 0. The Flags

word is an inclusive “OR” of the desired bits for the individual func-

tions.

Freeway Server Name Enter the system name assigned by the system administrator for this

Freeway.

Freeway Inet Address Enter the Internet address assigned by the system administrator for

this Freeway in decimal dot notation (for example, 207.67.135.84).

Freeway Subnet Mask If your Freeway is located on a subnet, enter the subnet mask in hexa-

decimal notation (for example, ffffff00).