NAME

rbootd − remote boot server

SYNOPSIS

/etc/rbootd [ −a ] [ −l loglevel ] −L logfile ] [ landevice ]

DESCRIPTION

Rbootd services initial boot-up requests from an HP Cluster client over a local area network.  Rbootd only responds to requests from machines that are listed in the cluster configuration file. 

Rbootd emulates part of the context of a client machine based on information provided by the client in the request and on information found in the cluster configuration file.  Therefore, bootstrap programs and kernel programs requested by the client machine can be context dependent files. 

The following elements appear in the context emulated by rbootd:

cnode name

architecture

remoteroot

default

where cnode name is based on information found in the cluster configuration file and architecture is either HP-PA, or HP−MC68881 HP−MC68020 HP−MC68010, based on the identity provided to rbootd by the booting client. 

Options

Rbootd supports the following options:

−a Append to the rbootd log file.  By default rbootd truncates the log file when it is started. 

−l loglevel Set the amount of information that will be logged in the log file.  Rbootd supports the following logging levels:

0 Only log startup and termination of rbootd. 

1 Log all errors. This is the default logging level. 

2 Log rejected boot requests from machines not found in /etc/clusterconf. 

3 Log all boot requests. 

−L logfile Specifiy an alternate file that rbootd should use to log status and error messages. 

landevice Specify an alternate device that rbootd should use to listen for boot requests. 

AUTHOR

Rbootd was developed by HP. 

FILES

/dev/ieee default local area network device

/etc/clusterconf cluster configuration file

/usr/adm/rbootd.log default rbootd log file

/usr/boot/* bootstrap programs

/etc/boottab bootstrap configuration file

SEE ALSO

cdf(4), clusterconf(4), context(5). 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 7.0: Sept 1989