Visara Master Console Center Administration Guide - Manual (Page 32)

Visara Master Console Center
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Specifying Primary and Secondary Boot Hosts
The primary boot host is specified on the X terminal with the IH
command. The primary host can also be specified in the xp.cnf file, but
this is not recommended. If specifying an optional secondary boot host is
possible, it must be specified in the xp.cnf file.
boot_method_2 NFS 8192
boot_host_name_2 ‘’
boot_path_2 ‘/usr/tekxp/boot/os.350’
Only a maximum of two boot hosts can be specified, due to Tektronix
software limitations. Consider putting site specific information in
separate files. The “select” & “include” command combination can then be
used to include the information specific to a site when the X terminal is
booting. Also, remember to change the ip_host_table section if the entry is
a host name instead of an IP address.
Having an X Terminal Monitor Which Gateway (Router) to Use
An X terminal can monitor the gateway to use. To do this, first define the
gateways, then run ROUTE_MGR.
To define the gateways, use one of the following methods:
ƒ Put a list of gateways IP’s in the gateway.tbl file. This file can be
created if it does not exist.
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Advantages: “Unlimited” gateway list
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Disadvantages: None stay in the X terminal’s NVRAM
ƒ Add gateway_table entries in the xp.cnf file.
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Advantages: Entries stay in the X terminal’s NVRAM
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Disadvantages: Maximum of four entries in the file
Make a gateway_table entry in the following format:
gateway_table “0.0.0.0”
To run ROUTE_MGR, make the following entries in the local clients
section:
ƒ Uncomment the “start ROUTE_MGR” entry
ƒ Change the ‘NO’ to a ‘YES’ to start it at boot time