HP 600 Series, Services And Applications

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Then, the router automatically acquires its configuration over the network,
allowing it to perform routing. Two basic scenarios for this autoconfigura-
tion over the network are the following.
1. The administrator of the router at the central/regional site has used
Quick Remote—a component of SmartBoot included on HP routers—
to create and store a configuration file for each of the remote routers
using its WAN links. The configuration file includes the most basic
information—such as network addresses and which of the services
(bridging, IP routing, and IPX routing) are to be enabled—for no
more than one WAN port and one LAN port on the branch router.
The branch router, when in the factory default state, uses the Bootp
protocol to request its configuration and uses it to boot up to begin
routing. No Bootp file server—just the other HP router—is needed.
(Quick Remote is described in the next section of this note.)
Branch router configurations can be further customized on a remote
console over the network (Telnet) or out of band over the RS-232
console connection (using a modem, for instance).
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You don’t need a specific router from HP for branch routing.
Any HP router except the HP Router PR can be the central router.
Any router except the HP Router 650 can be the remote router.
2. A network administrator has stored a configuration file for the
HP router on any Bootp server on the network. HP provides applica-
tions that specify the most basic routing information and others that
create fully customized configuration files, for each specific router in
the network. Or, a configuration previously used on the network can
be transferred (and individualized) and stored on a Bootp file server
for use by another router. This scenario does not require another
HP router.
The branch router, from its factory default state, then uses the Bootp
protocol to request its configuration. If it receives a reply from a
Bootp server, with the filename of a configuration file reserved for
that router’s IP address, the router will automatically use the TFTP
protocol (the Trivial File Transfer Protocol) to download the file and
use it to boot up and begin routing. Branch router configurations can
be further customized at any time.
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