Chapter 2
Specifying the CSS Boot Configuration
Accessing Boot Mode
Specifying the Primary Boot Configuration
Specifying the Primary Boot File
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Boot configuration mode contains all the commands necessary to boot the CSS
and maintain the software revision. To access this mode, use the boot command
from global configuration mode.
To access boot mode, enter:
(config)# boot
The CSS enters boot mode.
(config-boot)#
You can configure a primary location from which the CSS accesses the boot
image. Use the primary command to specify the primary boot configuration. The
options for this boot-mode command are as follows:
primary boot-file - Specifies the primary boot file
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primary boot-type - Specifies the primary boot method: local disk, using
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FTP, or a network-mounted file system using FTP
primary config-path - Specifies the path to a network CSS configuration
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This section includes the following topics:
Specifying the Primary Boot File
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Specifying the Primary Boot Type
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Specifying the Primary Configuration Path
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Use the primary boot-file command to specify the primary boot file. Enter the
primary boot file as an unquoted text string with no spaces and a maximum of
64 characters.
To specify the primary boot filename, enter:
(config-boot)# primary boot-file ap0720002
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