
Understanding Tools and Options
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Nortel Networks ships the software image for a BayStack router on a PCMCIA
flash memory card, along with a default configuration file named config. The
ARN software image is named arn.exe. The AN/ANH software image is named
an.exe. Table 1-1
describes the executable startup files contained in the AN/ANH
and ARN software images.
Startup Options
A router obtains the software image and configuration files that you want it to use
during startup.
Startup options allow a BayStack router to retrieve startup files either over the
network or from the file system stored in local flash memory. Obtaining startup
files from the router file system is called local booting. Obtaining one or more
startup files over the network is called network booting, or netbooting.
You use one of four boot options to complete a startup procedure. Table 1-2
summarizes these startup options. “The Boot Process
” on page 1-5 describes how
local and network booting works.
For initial startup, the BayStack router is configured for a default option, but you
can change the default (see “Preparing for the Initial Startup
” on page 1-13). To
select the startup option for routine operation, see “Selecting the Routine Startup
Option” on page 1-16. To review the steps for configuring and completing a
startup option, see “Steps for Completing Startup Options
” page 1-18.
Table 1-1. BayStack Router Startup Files
Startup File Name Description
krnl_arn.exe
ARN operating-system kernel
krnl_an.exe
AN/ANH operating-system kernel
Application files Executable files needed to perform the functions specified in the
configuration file. All application files have
.exe
file-name
extensions. (For example, the router needs an
ipx.exe
executable
file to run IPX.)
String files Compressed ASCII files needed when you use the Nortel Networks
Technician Interface to display the event log or MIB object names.
Groups of string files remain in compressed format until needed.
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