Cisco 11503 - CSS Content Services Switch User Manual

Appendix B Using the Offline Diagnostic Monitor Menu
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Cisco Content Services Switch Administration Guide
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Specifying a Network-Mounted File System as the Secondary Boot Record
Select Network as the secondary boot record when you want to boot the system
from a network-mounted file system on a remote system using FTP. Instead of the
CSS disk, the network file system contains the CSS software. The CSS boots from
this file system and loads the configuration into memory. Perform a network boot
when:
• You want multiple CSSs to use the same boot image while keeping their own
configuration information. You provide an alternate path for the location of
the configuration information. However, this information must exist on the
same network file system with the boot image.
Note When using an alternate configuration path, make sure the path leads to a
directory containing the script, log, and info subdirectories. These
subdirectories must contain the files in the corresponding subdirectories
in the boot image. First, create these subdirectories on the FTP server,
then copy the files from the boot image to the subdirectories.
• The CSS has a disk failure. A network boot allows the CSS to boot
independently from its disk and to load the configuration into memory.
Before the CSS can boot from the network:
• Locate the remote system on the network where you want to copy the CSS
software.
– Make sure the CSS can access the system using FTP.
– Copy the CSS software .zip file from www.cisco.com onto the designated
network server.
– Create a directory and unzip the file into it. This directory will contain
all of the boot files and directories.
• On the CSS, create an FTP record to the directory containing the CSS
software on the network drive.

Cisco 11503 - CSS Content Services Switch Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	11503 - CSS Content Services Switch
Category	Switch
Language	English