HP Linux Server Management Software - Manual (Page 12)

Advanced topics 12
IMPORTANT: A basic understanding of DHCP, PXE, and TFTP is required to perform the
procedure described in this section.
NOTE: Examples in this section might not be specific to your operating system environment.
Refer to the Linux system administrator's guide for more information about your particular
environment.
The following figure illustrates a simplified Toolkit PXE boot.
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