7210 SAS-M, T, R6, R12, Mxp, Sx, S Basic System
Configuration Guide
Boot Options
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• Figure 5 shows an overview of the system initialization process and the multiple
options available to initialize the system.
• Figure 6 shows the system initialization process in manual mode to create a new
BOF or edit an existing BOF.
• Figure 7 shows the system initialization process in auto-init mode using partially
configured BOF parameters.
• Figure 8 shows the system initialization process using auto-init mode to retrieve
the BOF from the network.
• Figure 9 shows the process for booting up the TiMOS (both.tim) image.
Figure 5 System Initialization: Bootstrap Process Overview
See Persistence for more information on persistence of the index files.
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wait period for
user intervention
Read BOF file for IP
address and static route
Configure IP on uplink port
Booting for first time?
Or
Booting after reset to
factory default?
Booting for first time?
Or
Booting after reset to
factory default?
Reset to factory default;
hard reboot
CLI user
connected?
Was config file
download
successful?
Was image
download
successful?
wait is
configurable
in BOF
Check for
primary,
secondary, and
tertiary image
Check for primary,
secondary, and
tertiary image
Download
persistence file,
if persist on
is configured
Power On
Manual mode
TiMOS
boot up
Restart
Restart
Boot up
Auto-init
mode
R
B
M
T
A
R
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No