Purpose
Default configuration
database for the Internet Boot Protocol server (bootpd).
Description
The bootpd configuration file contains entries for clients that use
the bootpd daemon to get boot information. This file may be
modified using the System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) to configure
a Diskless client or the file may be modified manually.
The
client host information consists of case-sensitive tag symbols used
to represent host parameters. These host parameter declarations are
separated by : (colon). For example:
HostName:Tg=Value:Tg=Value:Tg=Value
where:
- HostName
- Specifies the name of a BOOTP client. This must always be the
first field in the entry.
The bootpd daemon attempts to
send the entire host name as it is specified in this field. However,
if the host name does not fit into the reply packet, the name is shortened
to the host field (up to the first period, if present) and tried again.
An arbitrarily truncated host name is never sent. If nothing reasonable
fits, nothing is sent.
Guidelines and Restrictions
- Blank lines and lines beginning with # are ignored when the file
is read.
- Host entries are separated from one another by new lines; a single
host entry may be extended over multiple lines if the lines end with
a backslash (\). However, individual host entries must not exceed
1024 characters.
- Lines in the configuration file may be longer than 80 characters.
- Tags can be displayed in any order, with the following exceptions:
- The host name must be the first field in an entry, and
- The hardware type must precede the hardware address.