Owner`s manual

Table 4–2: Boot Devices
Device Location
Console load
device
Tape drive in the upper left corner of the system cabinet, a TF857
tape drive in an SFxxx cabinet, or an Ethernet-based CD server.
All are used for booting standalone backup or diagnostics. See Sec-
tion 2.1.
Local disk Disk connected to the system through a KDM70 or KFMSA adapter. Reg-
ular boot procedure specifies such a disk as default boot de-
vice for individual systems that are not VAXclustered or net-
worked.
CI disk Disk located on system’s HSC controller connected to the sys-
tem by the CIXCD adapter on the XMI.
Ethernet disk Disk connected to another system on the Ethernet, through the DEMNA
Ethernet port interface or the FDDI DEMFA adapter.
You have a choice of five boot device locations. They are:
• A local console load device
• A local disk
• A remote console load device
• A remote disk on an HSC controller
• An Ethernet disk on another system
The console load device can be used to boot the standalone backup program
and the VAX Diagnostic Supervisor.
Typically, you designate the local boot device as the default boot device after
the initial boot of the system in installation. You can also store the BOOT
specification parameters by giving these parameters a nickname. See the
BOOT command in Chapter 5 for more information on storing boot device
parameters.
Boot devices can also be on the optional VAXBI. See Appendix D for boot
devices supported by the VAXBI.
Booting 4–5