Installing and Configuring a TFTP Server

Overview

You must install and configure a TFTP server to download system software files. The TFTP configuration file, which indicates the individual .bin files to download, is stored on the TFTP Server. For a full TFTP download, all software .bin files are stored on the TFTP Server.

UNIX systems have an embedded TFTP Server. If you are using a Windows NT system, you must acquire third-party TFTP server software.

UNIX

To enable the TFTP server, you must edit the inetd.conf file.

1. Open the file and locate the line shown below:

#tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/etc/in.tftpd in.tftpd -s /tftpboot

2. Remove the pound symbol (#) to enable the TFTP Server.

tftp dgram udp6 wait root /usr/sbin/in.tftpd in.tftpd -s /tftpboot

3. Restart the in.inetd process by rebooting the host.

4. On a Sun Microsystems Operating System, you can use the KILL command to start the process by entering the following:

kill -process_id of the in.inetd -HUP

5. To locate the process ID, enter the following:

ps -axe | grep in.inetd