ITEM: DY0207L

sysback / LED 613

ENV:
Sysback 4.1.1.9
AIX 4.2.1

43P-240 (Client)
F50 (Server)

*CUSTOMER REP: Liyan Cao

 PROBLEM:

Customer is hanging at LED 613 during a network boot.

*ACTION TAKEN:

The code for this LED is as so:

\# Set gateway, if any
        if [ "$BOOT_GATE_IP" != 0 ]
           then route add $BOOT_SERV_IP $BOOT_GATE_IP
                        [ "$?" -ne 0 ] && loopled 0x613
                        GATEWAY=$BOOT_GATE_IP
           else GATEWAY=undefined
        fi

Customer's IP Addresses are as follows:

server ip: 129.1.10.200
client ip: 129.1.1.75
client's gateway ip: 129.1.1.230
server's gateway ip: 129.1.10.230

1) 
exportfs 
/usr -ro,root=test240

\#This is ok

2) 
more /tftpboot/test240.sbinfo
 SPOTSRV=129.1.10.200
SPOTGATE 129.1.10.230
INSTSRVR = 129.1.10.200
INSTGATE 129.1.10.230

\#This is not correct. The INSTGATE and SPOTGATE entries should be the 
client's gateway address of 129.1.1.230

3)
cd /etc/bootptab
test240:bf=/tftpboot/test240:ip=129.1.1.75:ht=token ring: 
sa129.1.10.200:gw129.1.10.230

\#This is not correct. gw129.1.10.230 should be the client's gateway
address of 129.1.1.230.

Explained that the in the "Add or Change a Network Boot Client"  menu
the field "Client gateway address (optional)" had the server's gateway
address instead of the client's. 

Once we change this field to the CLIENT's gateway address, the
network boot completed as usual.

For Example:
smitty sysback
  Configuration Options
    Network Boot Configuration
      Add or Change a Network Boot Client


                      Add or Change a Network Boot Client

Type or select values in entry fields.
Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes.
  
                                                        [Entry Fields]
* Client network adapter type                        [token ring] 
  Client platform/kernel type                        [rspc]                   +
* Client hostname                                    [test240]
  Server IP address                                  [129.1.1.75]
  Client gateway address (optional)                  [129.1.1.230]
  Client subnet mask (optional)                      [255.255.255.0]
  Client adapter hardware address (optional)         []




Support Line: sysback / LED 613 ITEM: DY0207L

Dated: November 1997 Category: N/A

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