HP ProLiant DL380 Server - Manual (Page 12)

Setting up a PXE boot environment requires the following general steps:
1.
Set up a DHCP server with the appropriate options.
2. Set up a TFTP server with the appropriate options.
3. Populate the TFTP directory share with the Linux Toolkit boot components.
These steps assume that a Linux workstation is used as the DHCP/TFTP server. You might need to
download additional components and adapt the following instructions to suit your environment.
Setting up a TFTP server
Most Linux installations include a TFTP server and an automated method of launching the server
upon receiving a TFTP request. The parent process for detecting a TFTP request and launching the
TFTP server is called xinetd. However, you might have to enable the TFTP service. The TFTP file is
located in the /etc/xinetd.d/ directory. The following is a sample TFTP file:
# default: off
# description: The tftp server serves files using the \
# trivial file transfer protocol. The tftp protocol is \
# often used to boot diskless workstations, download \
# configuration files to network-aware printers and to \
# start the installation process for some operating systems.
service tftp
{
socket_type = dgram
protocol = udp
wait = yes
user = root
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