System Intialization
Page 114 7210 SAS D, E, K OS Basic System Configuration Guide
System Boot Options on 7210 SAS-D and 7210 SAS-E devices
The 7210 SAS-D and 7210 SAS-E supports booting the system using any of the following options:
• Internal flash (cf1:\)
• Network (with auto-init)
• Network (without auto-init)
NOTE: The 7210 SAS-D and 7210 SAS-E can use a both.tim (that is, Timos image) present on the
USB storage stick for booting up. It cannot use boot.tim present on the USB storage stick for
booting up, though.
The platform Installation Guide provides examples on how to boot the system using any of the
above options. For more information, see the Installation Guides.
System Boot Options on 7210 SAS-K devices
The 7210 SAS-K supports booting the system using any of the following options:
• Internal flash at the rear of the node(cf1:\)
• External USB flash (uf1:\)
• Network (with and without auto-init)
In 7210 SAS-K devices, there are multiple storage locations that the software can look at to obtain
the boot loader (boot.tim) and there is no support for golden bootloader. During bootup the system
attempts to boot from the first successful option out of the 3 options available in the BOF (primary,
secondary and tertiary location).
The bootrom is capable of searching any of the following locations during first-time bootup for a
boot.tim, in the following order:
• Users must plug in a USB device in one of these locations before powering on the system.
• cf1:\ (internal USB)
• uf1:\ (external USB)
If the bootrom does not find the boot.tim in any of the locations, the boot procedure fails. If the
bootrom finds the boot.tim in any one of the locations, the system finds the BOF.cfg on the same
storage device under the root directory (For example: if it finds the boot.tim on uf1:\, then it looks
for the bof.cfg in uf1:\bof.cfg). If the BOF file is found, it obtains the location of both.tim (Timos
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