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The BOOTPQRY program is a diagnostic tool used to check the configuration
of bootpd. It uses the supplied parameters to construct
a boot request to send to a BOOTP server. It prints the contents of the boot reply,
including the client's Internet address, the name of a
boot file, and the name and address of the server that sent the
reply. BOOTPQRY formats and prints RFC1048 or CMU-style vendor
information included in the reply. The boot request packet is broadcast on the BOOTP server port. Responding servers return a bootreply
packet on the BOOTP client port. BOOTPQRY can only display bootreply packets when the BOOTP server broadcasts the reply on the client port
or when the hardware address and IP address supplied in the boot
request are those of the host on which BOOTPQRY is run. To use the BOOTPQRY program to troubleshoot bootpd, do the following: Open the bootpd configuration file and look for the entry describing the
network device you want to test. When you find the entry, add the ba tag to it. This will force bootpd to broadcast the reply so that BOOTPQRY can display it. Run the BOOTPQRY program by entering the BOOTPQRY command followed by the hardware address of the network
you are testing, expressed in hexadecimal notation. For example,
at the CI prompt you would enter: :BOOTPQRY.NET.SYS 08000902CA00 Or, from the POSIX shell, you would enter: $/etc/bootpquery 08000902CA00
Diagnostic Options | |
The following options provide the information for the boot
request: - Option
Purpose - haddr
The hardware address of the BOOTP client to use in the boot request. A BOOTP server responds if it has configuration information
for a host with this link level address. - htype
The type of address specified as haddr, which may be ether or ieee802. The default address type is ether. - -i<ipaddr>
The Internet address of the BOOTP client <ipaddr> to use in the boot request. If the BOOTP client doesn't know its IP address, the BOOTP server supplies it in the bootreply. Otherwise,
the server returns the bootreply directly to ipaddr. - -s<server>
The name of the BOOTP server <server> to which the boot request should be sent directly.
When the BOOTP server is known, the boot request is not broadcast. - -v<vendor>
Request vendor information for <vendor>. The vendor can be specified as rfc1048
or CMU. For any other vendor specification, the first four characters
of the parameter are used as the vendor magic cookie. - -f<bootfile>
Specify a boot file needed by the BOOTP client. If a boot file is specified in the boot
request, the BOOTP server responds only if the server host can make
the file available via TFTP.
Sample Diagnostic Results | |
Here is an example of BOOTPQRY output: # bootpquery 0800092175ff
Received BOOTREPLAY from hpmpe992.cup.hp.com (15.19.134.20)
hardware Address: 08:00:09:21:75:ff
Hardware Type ethernet
IP Address: 15.19.123.53
Boot file: (None)
RFC1048 Vendor Information:
Subnet Mask: 255.255.248.0
Log Server 15.19.134.20
Host Name; hpljnet2
Tag #144 [104, 112, 110, 112, 108, 106,
110, 101, 116, 46, 99, 102, 103] |
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