207Using the BayStack 420 10/100 SwitchAppendix FSample BootP configuration fileThis appendix provides a sample BootP configuration file. The BootP serversearches for this file, called bootptab (or BOOTPTAB.TXT, depending on youroperating system), which contains the site-specific information (including IPaddresses) needed to perform the software download and configuration. You canmodify this sample BootP configuration file or create one of your own.A sample BootP configuration file follows:# The following is a sample of a BootP configuration file that was extracted# from a Nortel Networks EZ LAN network management application. Note thatother BootP daemons can use a configuration file with a different format.## Before using your switch BootP facility, you must customize your BootP# configuration file with the appropriate data.## Blank lines and lines beginning with ’#’ are ignored.## Legend:## first field -- hostname# ht -- hardware type# ha -- host hardware address# tc -- template host (points to similar host entry)# ip -- host IP address# hd -- bootfile home directory# bf -- bootfile# EZ dt -- device type# EZ fv -- firmware version# EZ av -- agent version## Fields are separated with a pipe (|) symbol. Forward slashes (/) are# required to indicate that an entry is continued to the next line.#
