Owner`s manual

Chapter 4
Booting
This chapter describes how to boot the system. Sections include:
• How booting works
• Boot devices
• Regular boot procedure
• Boot device selection
• Boot processor selection
• Booting from an HSC disk
VAXcluster boot overview
Sample VAXcluster boot
• Booting from an Ethernet-based compact disk server
CD server boot command
Selecting an Ethernet service
• Ethernet boot overview
• Sample target-initiated Ethernet boot
Step 1, Gather information at target node
Step 2, Enter information into executor’s NCP volatile database
Step 3, Boot from the target node
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