3Com CS/2500 Installation Manual

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Booting from Diskette 3-3on the server again. If the problem persists, refer to “Startup Problems”on page 6-1.The Self Test LED remains on during self-test diagnostics, about 40seconds. The server then enters the boot phase. The Boot State LEDremains on during boot, and the Packet Received LED lights as theimage is received from the RBCS server. This process takes severalminutes. Following boot, the server reads additional information fromthe RBCS files.Booting from aGeneric TFTP/FTPHostTo boot your communications server from a generic TFTP/FTP host,you must configure the communications server firmware and software.For firmware configuration, refer to Chapter 4, “Configuration.” Forsoftware configuration, refer to the Multiprotocol CommunicationsServer Operation Guide or software release notes. Enter the FTP serveraddress under the FAP server IP address parameter in the ChangeIP/TFTP Parameters submenu.Remote Reboot If you plan to reboot your communications server remotely from anRBCS or TFTP server, you must set the Auto-Reboot parameter toReboot. For information on configuring this parameter, refer toChapter 4, “Configuration.”Do not connect or disconnect a console during the boot process.Connecting or disconnecting the console cable puts the communicationsserver into monitor mode and aborts the boot process.Booting fromDisketteBefore you use a Model CS/2600 communications server, make a copyof the software distribution diskette. After you copy the distributiondiskette, store it in a safe place and use only the copy as the workingdiskette.If you are upgrading from earlier software, you may be able to copyconfiguration information from your old working diskette onto the newone. Refer to the software release notes for instructions.You may want to make a backup copy of your working diskette everytime you change the values of the software parameters. If for any reasonCS2500BookFile : Startup Page 3 Thursday, December 11, 1997 10:44 AM