Chapter 2 Specifying the CSS Boot Configuration
Specifying the Secondary Boot Configuration
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Specifying the Primary Configuration Path
An alternate configuration path allows multiple CSSs to use the same boot image
while keeping their configuration information in separate directories. Use the
primary config-path
command to specify the alternate path to a network
configuration for the network boot method. Note that the CSS must be able to
access the configuration path through an FTP server as defined in the FTP record
for the network boot method.
When using an alternate configuration path, make sure the path leads to a
directory containing the script, log, and information subdirectories, and to the
startup-config file. These subdirectories must contain the files in the
corresponding subdirectories of the unzipped boot image. First, create these
subdirectories on the FTP server, then copy the files from the boot image to the
subdirectories.
Enter the configuration pathname as an unquoted text string with no spaces and a
maximum of 64 characters.
To configure the primary configuration path, enter:
(config-boot)#
primary config-path f:/bootdir/
To remove the primary network configuration path, enter:
(config-boot)#
no primary config-path
Specifying the Secondary Boot Configuration
You can configure a secondary location from which the CSS accesses the boot
image
when the primary boot configuration fails
.
Use the
secondary
command to
specify the secondary boot configuration. The CSS uses the secondary boot
configuration when the primary boot configuration fails. The options for this boot
mode command are as follows:
•
secondary boot-file
- Specifies the secondary boot file
•
secondary boot-type
- Specifies the boot method: local disk or FTP
•
secondary config-path
- Specifies the path to a network configuration using
FTP
