Installing and Administering Internet Services

164 Chapter 5

Conﬁguring TFTP and BOOTP Servers

The Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) allows certain systems to discover

network conﬁguration information (such as an IP address and a subnet

mask) and boot information automatically.

Together, TFTP and BOOTP allow a system to provide boot information

for client systems that support BOOTP, such as HP’s 700/X terminal.

These protocols are implemented on top of the Internet User Datagram

Protocol (UDP), so they can be used across networks that support UDP.

This chapter explains how to conﬁgure BOOTP and TFTP servers for

your network manually from the shell prompt. Examples are provided to

help you conﬁgure the servers. (You can also use SAM, the online

conﬁguration interface, to conﬁgure BOOTP and TFTP servers.) A

troubleshooting section is also provided to help you recover from

problems that may occur while using the BOOTP and TFTP servers.

NOTE BOOTP is not supported over the X.25 link product or networks using

the PPL (SLIP) product.

NOTE As of Release 10.02, Dynamic Host Conﬁguration Protocol (DHCP) is

available for advanced IP address allocation and management of TCP/IP

LAN computing environments. DHCP is a superset of BOOTP and can be

used with the SAM graphical interface. See the DHCP chapter for more

information.