HP Linux Server Management Software - Manual (Page 13)

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# 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
server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
server_args = -s /tftpboot
disable = yes
per_source = 11
cps = 100 2
}
In this example, "disabled" is the default setting, and /tftpboot is the root directory for all client access.
To enable the TFTP service on your server, edit the disable line to read:
disable = no
Populating the TFTP directory share
Use the /tftpboot directory from the "Setting up a TFTP server (on page 12 )" section as the directory from
which TFTP clients will get their files. To populate the TFTP directory share:
1. Create a /tftpboot directory, if needed.
2. Copy the necessary boot files to the /tftpboot directory:
o pxelinux.0 (the SYSLINUX binary used for PXE boot)
o initrd.img (the Linux file system)
o vmlinuz (the Linux kernel)
3. Create a pxelinux configuration file subdirectory called /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg.
4. Copy the default file (the boot configuration used by pxelinux.0) into the /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/
directory.
The tftpboot directory should now contain the following items:
/tftpboot/pxelinux.0
/tftpboot/initrd.img
/tftpboot/vmlinuz
/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
Setting up a DHCP server
To set up a DHCP server, create and edit a dhcpd.conf file in the /etc directory of your server. The following
is a sample dhcpd.conf file:
allow booting;
allow bootp;
ddns-update-style interim;