Yes, Open Firmware can do HTTP;
ok boot http:\server\path
but my tests of these are usually DHCP mediated rather than BOOTP and three years ago; I don't remember doing it with BOOTP.
NFS is also possible on Open Firmware;
ok boot nfs:\server\path
When using HTTP or NFS in Open Firmware change "/" to "" everywhere in a URL, since "/" has a meaning in the device tree parsing.
And again; no idea about AIX open boot.
If you can get to the prompt, try it manually, with a prepared file offered by HTTP.
cat >> test << EOF \ test ." test" cr EOF
cp ... # to http server document root
...
ok boot http:\server\path\test
On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 12:41:51AM -0700, Alec wrote:
Thank you for sharing this, definitely looks like the blksize isn't variable here. Next would be to see if AIX open boot supports the http interface for receiving the boot image. I will try modifying the /etc/bootptab to define the tftp filename as a URL and see if that works. Let me know if at the surface if the below bootp config should cause Open Firmware to retrieve the file over http, if IBM Open Firmware supports http...
eg. (using data from [1]here) # modify /etc/bootptab to insert "[2]http://50.21.100.48" aix21.domain.com:bf=[3]http://50.21.100.48/tftpboot/aix21.domain.com:ip= 10.200.50.56:ht=ethernet:sa=50.20.100.48:gw=10.200.50.1:sm=[4]255.255.255.0:
Hope that works tomorrow, otherwise time to build out a new NIM service.
Alec
On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 7:37 PM, James Cameron <[5]quozl@laptop.org> wrote:
I don't have the source for AIX open boot, but in Open Firmware the TFTP implementation is without block size support. References: 1. [6]https://code.coreboot.org/p/openfirmware/source/tree/HEAD/ofw/inet/ tftp.fth 2. [7]https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2348 "blksize" On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 06:20:13PM -0700, Alec wrote: > I am attempting to do an IBM NIM install across a 20ms latency. > > Is there an ability to kick off the network boot on AIX open boot with a block > size option for tftp from the ok? Prompt? > > Forgive me if this is not an appropriate place for this. > > Alec -- James Cameron [8]http://quozl.netrek.org/References:
[1] http://aix4admins.blogspot.com/2013/07/bootpd-this-is-initial-communication.... [2] http://50.21.100.48/ [3] http://50.21.100.48/ [4] http://255.255.255.0/ [5] mailto:quozl@laptop.org [6] https://code.coreboot.org/p/openfirmware/source/tree/HEAD/ofw/inet/tftp.fth [7] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2348 [8] http://quozl.netrek.org/