Ignite-UX Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i (B3921-90080, November 2013)

Further, the decision tree for network booting Itanium-based systems assumes there is only one

DHCP server on your subnet configured to answer boot requests, and that it is running HP-UX.

If you want to boot a system without using the network and your Ignite-UX server, see the decision

tree shown in Figure 34 (page 99).

NOTE: A lot of clients can only be booted using their built-in LAN interfaces. Other LAN interfaces

might not be supported for boot. For more information about LAN interface boot support, consult

the hardware documentation for the system or the add-in LAN card.

Use the following decision tree when configuring an Ignite-UX server for PA-RISC clients:

Figure 5 Decision Tree When Configuring a Server for Booting PA-RISC Systems

YES

Network

booting

support ?

YES

Registered

clients ?

PA-RISC

Configure

instl_boottab

for registered clients

Configure

instl_boottab

for anonymous clients

See the decision tree

for booting stand alone

systems

Configure instl_boottab for registered clients - To network boot registered PA-RISC clients, the

server uses the instl_bootd daemon to answer boot requests, and has clients’ IP addresses and

LAN addresses registered in /etc/opt/ignite/instl_boottab. The process of configuring

an Ignite-UX server for registered PA-RISC clients is described in “Configuring the Ignite-UX Server

for PA-RISC Clients” (page 31). See the Ignite-UX Quick Start Guide available at http://

www.hp.com/go/ignite-ux-docs if you are new to HP-UX.

Configure instl_boottab for anonymous clients - Network booting anonymous PA-RISC clients

is similar to booting registered PA-RISC clients; the difference is that some IPs in the /etc/opt/

ignite/instl_boottab file are not associated with any clients’ MAC addresses, and so may

be assigned to clients as requests come in. See “Configuring an Ignite Server to Boot Anonymous

PA-RISC Clients” (page 43) for more information.

See the decision tree for booting stand alone systems - This decision tree can be found in Figure 34.

Use the decision tree below when configuring an Ignite-UX server for Itanium-based clients.

26 Making Configuration Decisions for Ignite Servers