topic Re: Network Boot in Operating System - HP-UX

Network Boot

placitasmd — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:50:56 GMT

I have an L3000 with my only active LAN port being a 1000Base SX card installed in slot 12. When I issue the "boot lan install" command to reload the server from my network ignite server it fails with a bunch of zeros. It never sees the ignite server as a potential boot device. Is this because i can only use the core LAN port to boot over the network? I issues a "search' from the main menu and the LAN never shows up as a potential boot path.

Re: Network Boot

DCE — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:56:09 GMT

You are correct - you need to use the core LAN card for the LAN boot

Re: Network Boot

IT_2007 — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:04:48 GMT

Also ignite server should be on same subnet where client is available.

change lan connection to Core Lan on client and you would see Ignite server images.

Re: Network Boot

A. Clay Stephenson — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:07:44 GMT

Yes, this is one of those things that you plan for when doing network Ignites. HP had to choose the lowest common denominator or produce custom firmware to allow a box to boot off the network using a non built-in NIC. They chose the wiser and safer course. It's documented behavior so you shouldn't complain. You should dedicate a VLAN for Ignites because many of the built-in's on the older boxes are 10-Base-T only.

Re: Network Boot

placitasmd — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:34:40 GMT

Issue confirmed... Thanks