How the network boot process works

The network boot process works as follows:

1. The BladeCenter^® server boots from its assigned boot sequence. Ensure that network is set as the first boot device in the Management Module software.
2. The BladeCenter server broadcasts its MAC address.
3. BOOTP on the DHCP server uses the MAC address to locate the DHCP configuration for the BladeCenter server. The DHCP server returns the IP address of the BladeCenter server and the name of the zImage to be used for booting the BladeCenter server.
4. The BladeCenter server uses the server-name attribute in the DHCP configuration to find the TFTP server and loads the zImage.
5. The BladeCenter server uses the root-path option received during a driven DHCP request to locate the root file system on the NFS server.