Depot that is not on same subnet

[placitasmd]

I would like to build a new 11.31 system using a depot from a different subnet than the server itself. The depot was created on a server running version C.07.10.472 of Ignite. The server I would like to build can LAN boot from its local Ignite server (also running C.07.10.472), but the depot I want to use is on a different subnet. So I want to boot from the local Ignite server, but point my source to the rmeote Ignite server. Is there a way that I can do this?

[Viktor Balogh]

IMHO for this you need to setup the local ignite server as a boot helper.

http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-6584/ch05s04.html#Ignite_boot_helper

[Scot Bean · Accepted solution]

If is really is a depot (swlist -l depot @ remote_server shows it), a different subnet is not a problem.

The Ignite server config points to the remote depot in the config file with something similar to this syntax:

sw_source "core" {
description = "HP-UX Core Software"
source_format = SD
sd_server = "10.1.2.12"
sd_depot_dir = "/release/1003/HPUX11i-DC-OE"
source_type = "NET"
load_order = 0
}

This depot config file syntax can be easily created via the 'make_config' commmand.

[placitasmd]

For anyone interested, I ended up creating a dbprofile file and booting from EFI with lanboot. The process was very slow, took about 9 hours, but it worked well.

[placitasmd]

See my comment about using lanboot with the dbprofile file.