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The TFTP server serves the required boot images for a network-based installation of a Microsoft Windows or Linux operating system. As part of the initial setup, you must create these boot images and place them on the TFTP server, as described in Creating boot image files and placeholders. For successful provisioning, you must install an RSCD agent on the same host computer as the TFTP server. This agent must be licensed for use with both NSH and TrueSight Server Automation.

Note

The BLAdmin role must be granted Read and Write access to the TFTP root directory and its contents, including boot image folders and all image files in the folders.

If you are provisioning Linux operating systems, you must also perform the setup tasks described in To stock the TFTP Server with Linux boot images for each operating system that you plan to provision.

The TFTP server is installed on the same host computer as the PXE server.

The TrueSight Server Automation installation program enters settings in tftp.conf file, including:

• log_file: Specifies the location of the log file for the TFTP server.
• file_path: Specifies the location that the TFTP server reads from and writes to during provisioning. To change the location that the TFTP server uses, you must change this setting in the tftp.conf. The file resides in the following locations:
  • (Windows) installDirectory\PXE\br\tftp.conf
  • (UNIX) installDirectory/NSH/br/tftp.conf