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3 .Ss2 Get to the Boot Administration prompt
5 All \*M workstations have a Boot Administration command line
6 utility in their Boot ROM which lets you configure various settings. For
7 example, you can set whether the system automatically boots an OS, which
8 device to try booting from first, determine the ethernet MAC address, set
9 up a serial console, and possibly do some low level hardware access.
13 prompt, you must press the
15 key before it tries to boot an OS. Since these machines often take a
16 long time between powering on and the brief window of time where you can
19 key, you must pay attention. Depending on how much RAM your system has, it
20 may take over a minute after pressing the power button before anything
21 will show up on screen.
23 Once you have escaped out of the
24 .Li "Selecting a system to boot"
26 .Li "Searching for Potential Boot Devices"
31 prompt. Now, use the online help with the
35 Write down the ethernet address.
36 You will need this later to configure the netboot server for your
41 Selecting a system to boot.
42 To stop selection process, press and hold the ESCAPE key.
44 Booting from: scsi.6.0 SEAGATE ST3600N
46 Selection process stopped.
48 Searching for Potential Boot Devices.
49 To terminate search, press and hold the ESCAPE key.
51 Device Selection Device Path Device Type
52 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
54 P0 scsi.6.0 SEAGATE ST3600N
59 b) Boot from specified device
60 s) Search for bootable devices
61 a) Enter Boot Administration mode
62 x) Exit and continue boot sequence
65 .No Select from menu: Ic a
66 .No BOOT_ADMIN\*[Gt] Ic lan_addr
67 LAN Station Address: 080009-123456
68 .No BOOT_ADMIN\*[Gt] Ic help
71 .Ss2 Change the configuration parameters to netboot
73 The command syntax is different on the various models. Use the
78 commands to learn about how to configure your system.
79 On a 735/99, you would type:
81 .No BOOT_ADMIN\*[Gt] Ic "path primary lan"
82 .No BOOT_ADMIN\*[Gt] Ic "autoselect on"
83 .No BOOT_ADMIN\*[Gt] Ic "reset"
86 The first command sets the primary boot device to be the network
87 interface, and the second command sets the system to always try booting
88 from the primary boot path when it is reset or powered on. The last
89 command stores the new settings and resets the machine.
91 To return to using the SCSI disk at ID 6 as your primary boot device, you
92 would use something like the following command:
94 .No BOOT_ADMIN\*[Gt] Ic "path primary scsi.6.0"
97 .Ss2 Determine netboot method
99 Most older Series 700 workstations (with PA-7000 (PCXS), PA-7100 (PCXT),
100 or PA-7150 (PCXT)) use the RMP (Remote Maintenance Protocol) to netboot.
101 Specifically, they retrieve their boot program from an
103 server. The following list of RMP-only Series 700 workstations is
104 probably complete, but has not been tested:
110 715/33, 715/50, 715/75
129 Newer Series 700 workstations retrieve their boot program from a server
136 The following list of BOOTP-only Series 700 workstations is
137 probably complete, but has not been tested:
141 715/64, 715/80, 715/100, 715/100XC
145 newer models, such as the B, C, and J class systems