Operation Manual

Boot Prompt Commands
Mobility System Software Command Reference Guide
Version 7.3
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Defaults The autoboot option is enabled by default.
Access Boot prompt.
History Introduced in MSS Version 1.0.
Examples The following command displays the current setting of the autoboot option:
boot> autoboot
The autoboot flag is on.
See Also boot on page 25-526
boot
Loads and executes a system image file.
Syntax boot [BT=type] [DEV=device] [FN=filename] [HA=ip-addr] [FL=num]
[OPT=option] [OPT+=option]
Defaults The boot settings in the currently active boot profile are used by default.
Access Boot prompt.
History Introduced in MSS Version 1.0.
OFF Disables the autoboot option.
off Same effect as OFF.
BT=type Boot type:
❑ c—Compact flash. Boots using nonvolatile storage or a flash card.
❑ n—Network. Boots using a TFTP server.
DEV=device Location of the system image file:
❑ c:—Nonvolatile storage area containing boot partition 0
❑ d:—Nonvolatile storage area containing boot partition 1
❑ e:—Primary partition of the flash card in the flash card slot
❑ f:—Secondary partition of the flash card in the flash card slot
❑ boot0—boot partition 0
❑ boot1—boot partition 1
When the boot type is n (network), the device can be one of the following:
❑ emac1—Port 1 on an MXR-2
❑ emac2—Port 2 on an MXR-2
❑ mgmt or tsec0—The 10/100 port labelled Mgmt on an MX-200 or MX-216
FN=filename System image filename.
HA=ip-addr Host address (IP address) of a TFTP server. This parameter applies only when the
boot type is n (network).
FL=num Number representing the bit settings of boot flags to pass to the booted system image.
Use this parameter only if advised to do so by Trapeze Networks.
OPT=option String up to 128 bytes of boot options to pass to the booted system image instead of
the boot option(s) in the currently active boot profile. The options temporarily replace
the options in the boot profile. Use this parameter only if advised to do so by Trapeze
Networks.
OPT+=option String up to 128 bytes of boot options to pass to the booted system image in addition
to the boot option(s) in the currently active boot profile. The options are appended to
the options already in the boot profile. Use this parameter only if advised to do so by
Trapeze Networks.