[tb0ne]

Is it possible to do a NIM restore without bootp? Would like to do NIM restores across subnets, but not sure if it's possible?

Thanks

[steevojb]

Hi,

You can do a NIM restore across subnets. You just need to define additional networks and gateways plus open firewall ports (if required)

Steve

[tb0ne]

Originally Posted by steevojb

Hi,

You can do a NIM restore across subnets. You just need to define additional networks and gateways plus open firewall ports (if required)

Steve

The subnets are connected and reachable back and forth, the problem is bootp is not allowed on our network to cross subnets. I was hoping maybe there was a way to boot off the network via tcp/ip similar to how Redhat kickstart works....

[malmasri]

These URLs might direct you closer to what you are looking for. it looks like bootp is still being used though but it's essentially talking about network boot from firmware. So may be there are more commands at the firmware level that will let you do what you want to accomplish without using bootp. You also should consider disabling firewall between subnets sepcially for port 67 & 69 during NIM installations. hth

:-( unfortunately I can't post the links here since it won't allow me yet until I post at least 5 posts to the forum.

But you can google for IBM Wikis - Linux on Power and hit the "Installation" link. From there click the link "Network boot from firmware".