01-07-2008
Ok, some suggestions of where the error could be:
1) NIM is utilizing the bootp protocol and hence, if the NIM server and the client are on different networks, the router/bridge/switch must be able to forward bootp requests. Is that the case?
2) NIM uses the MAC adress of the client as identification. To make the server not ignore the clients request you have to pre-define the client on the server. Have you checked this definition?
3) has nothing to do with the NIM installation but:
Quote:
Further the CDROM does not even appear in the SMS boot list.
You *are* aware that you can alter this boot list in the SMS menu, aren't you? If you are not: this is hard to explain over the internet, but there is a redbook for the 43P and the process of how to alter the bootlist is described there. If you just want to install the machine and do not care if it is done via NIM or any other means, this should solve your problem.
I hope this helps.
bakunin
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bootpd(8) System Manager's Manual bootpd(8)
NAME
bootpd - Internet Boot Protocol (BOOTP) server
SYNOPSIS
/usr/opt/obsolete/usr/sbin/bootpd [-c chdir-path] [-ttimeout] [-d debug-level] [configfile [dumpfile]]
OPTIONS
Sets the current directory used by a bootpd process while checking the existence and size of client boot files. This is useful when client
boot files are specified as relative pathnames and the bootpd process needs to use the same current directory as the TFTP server (typically
/tftpboot). Sets the debug-level variable that controls the number of debugging messages generated. For example, -d 4 sets the debugging
level to 4. Valid entries are 1 to 4, where 1 specifies lower level of messages and 4 the highest. Specifies the timeout value (in min-
utes) that a bootpd process waits for a BOOTP packet before exiting. If no packets are received for timeout minutes, the program exits. A
timeout value of zero means that a bootpd process will wait forever. When the bootpd daemon is not started using the inetd daemon, this
option is forced to zero.
DESCRIPTION
The bootpd daemon implements an Internet Boot Protocol server as defined in RFC 951, RFC 1532, and RFC 1533. In order to use the bootpd
daemon, you must install the Obsolete Commands and Utilities subset (OSFOBSOLETExxx). It can be started by the /usr/sbin/inetd daemon by
including the following line in the /etc/inetd.conf file: bootps dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/bootpd bootpd
This causes bootpd to be started only when a boot request arrives. If bootpd does not receive another boot request within fifteen minutes
of the last one it received, it exits to conserve system resources. The -t option can be used to specify a different timeout value in min-
utes (for example, -t20). A timeout value of zero means forever.
To run the bootpd daemon, you must also run the tftpd daemon.
Upon startup, bootpd first reads its configuration file, /etc/bootptab, and then begins listening for BOOTREQUEST packets. See bootptab(4)
for a description of the configuration file. The bootpd daemon looks in /etc/services to find the port numbers it should use. Two entries
are extracted: The bootp server listening port The destination port used to reply to clients
If the port numbers cannot be determined this way, they are assumed to be 67 for the server and 68 for the client.
The bootpd daemon rereads its configuration file when it receives a hangup signal, SIGHUP, or when it receives a bootp request packet and
detects that the file has been updated. Hosts can be added, deleted, or modified when the configuration file is reread. If bootpd is com-
piled with the -DDEBUG option, receipt of a SIGUSR1 signal causes it to dump its memory-resident database to the /usr/adm/bootpd.dump file
or dumpfile specified in the command line.
RESTRICTIONS
Individual host entries must not exceed 1024 characters.
You cannot run bootpd and joind on the same system at the same time.
FILES
Internet Boot Protocol server. The bootpd daemon dump file. Defines the sockets and protocols used for Internet services.
SEE ALSO
Commands: bootpgw(8), bprelay(8), inetd(8), joind(8), tftpd(8)
Files: bootptab(4)
DARPA Internet Request For Comments:
Bootstrap Protocol (RFC 951)
Clarifications and Extensions for the Bootpstrap Protocol (RFC 1532)
DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions (RFC 1533)
bootpd(8)