Appendix B Setting Up and Performing Network Booting

Table of Contents

About the OpenVMS InfoServer Utility

Setting Up Your System as an InfoServer Client

Determining the Local Network I/O Card to Be Used
Adding the Network Boot Option to the EFI Boot Manager
Verifying the Network I/O Device Is Bootable by EFI

Setting Up the BOOTP Boot Server and TFTP Server

Booting OpenVMS I64 from the InfoServer

Troubleshooting InfoServer Boot Problems

This appendix explains the steps required to enable your system to boot over the LAN using the OpenVMS InfoServer utility, a software application available on OpenVMS Alpha (Version 8.3 or later) and OpenVMS I64 (Version 8.2-1 or later) systems. It also describes how to boot the virtual DVD/CD drive from the network.

Appendix B Setting Up and Performing Network Booting

Technical documentation

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