User guide

4: Operations

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puter 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:

Step 1: Determine the Boot Parameters

Freeway must know its boot parameters in order to download files from the boot server.

Freeway obtains the boot parameters from local non-volatile memory. Boot parameters

are initially configured during hardware installation, but they can be changed using the

Modify Boot Parameters menu (Section 4.5.1 on page 148).

Step 2: Download and Start the System Boot File

After obtaining the boot parameters, Freeway requests the system boot file (

free-

way/boot/fw486

for Freeway 1100/1150/1200/1300, freeway/boot/fw162 for a Freeway

2000/4000/8800 with an MVME 162 CPU, or

fw2604 for a Freeway 2000/4000/8800

with an MVME 2600 CPU) from the 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 soft-

ware. Next the server management tasks are started, including SNMP, telnet, rlogin, and

the interactive server manager.

Step 3: Download the System Configuration Files

Freeway downloads two ASCII configuration files from the boot server:

• The boot configuration file defines the system configuration for physical and vir-

tual devices and services. See Section 3.2 on page 100 for details on the boot con-

figuration file.

• freeway/boot/bootcfg.ip defines the configuration for any Freeway with

ICP_IPs (virtual ICP devices)

• freeway/boot/bootcfg.isa defines the configuration for a Freeway 1100 with