Arguments Supported by Network Boot
This is the syntax for booting over the network:
boot <network-device>:[dhcp|bootp],[server-IP],
[boot-filename],[client-IP],[router-IP],[boot-retries],
[tftp-retries],[subnet-mask][boot-arguments]
All arguments are optional. Commas are required for missing positional parameters
unless they are at the end of the list.
server-IP, client-IP,
router-IP, and subnet-mask
are specified in Internet standard dotted-decimal notation. If
any of server-IP,
boot-filename, client-ip,
router-IP, and subnet-mask
are specified, the ROM client uses these values instead of any values which are (or
might be) obtained by the normal configuration process.
The network boot arguments can also be specified by setting the
network-boot-arguments configuration variable (see Setting Configuration Variables).
For example:
{0} ok setenv network-boot-arguments host-ip=client-IP,router-ip=router-ip,subnet-mask=mask-value,hostname=client-name,http-proxy=proxy-ip:port,file=wanbootCGI-URL
This table lists the valid arguments for the network boot
command.
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boot-filename
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Is the name of the standalone program to be loaded by TFTP
from the server. The default file name is constructed from the
IP address if the boot protocol is RARP, or from the client
class identifier if using DHCP or BOOTP.
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boot-retries
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Is the maximum number of retries attempted before the boot
process is determined to have failed.
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client-IP
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Is the IP address of the client (that is, the virtual machine
being booted).
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dhcp
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Specifies the use of DHCP as the address discovery protocol to
be used. bootp is treated as a synonym of
DHCP (that is, the client still uses DHCP format messages). The
client accepts a BOOTP configuration only if no DHCP
configurations are offered.
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host-ip
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Is the IP address of the network interface on the virtual
machine being booted.
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router-IP
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Is the IP address of router to be used.
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server-IP
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Is the IP address of the TFTP server from which the standalone
boot program is to be downloaded.
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subnet-mask
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Is the subnet mask on the local
network.
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tftp-retries
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Is the maximum number of retries attempted before the TFTP
process is determined to have failed.
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