topic ignite off network in Operating System - HP-UX

ignite off network

Hanry Zhou — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:49:32 GMT

I want to use ignite to setup rx2660 server from rx4640 server, since I dont' have dds tape, so, I wanted to boot from an ignite server where image of rx4640 is saved by running make_net_recovery. My question is:

1. Do I have to use that bootable DVD media first on the rx2660 before I can use that saved image on ignite server, which is called "2 step" booting process? or I can boot off ignite server directly?

2. Is there any problem to use rx4640 on r2660?

Re: ignite off network

Hanry Zhou — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:50:17 GMT

hpux 11v2 (11.23).

Re: ignite off network

Tim Nelson — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:29:19 GMT

look into direct lanboot using dbprofile function of firmware.

You may have to update the FW on the rx2660 first to get the functionality.

dbprofile allows you to boot from an ignite server off subnet.

Re: ignite off network

Tingli — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:31:07 GMT

If both servers are in the same subdirectory, then you can boot it from rx2660. One thing I can remember is that you need to have ignite running and need some modification in /etc/bootptab.