Cisco Cisco Packet Data Interworking Function (PDIF)
Global Configuration Mode Commands (A-K)
▀ boot delay
▄ Command Line Interface Reference, StarOS Release 18
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boot delay
Configures the delay period, in seconds, before attempting to boot the system from a software image file residing on an
external network server.
external network server.
Product
All
Privilege
Security Administrator, Administrator
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration
configure
Entering the above command sequence results in the following prompt:
[local]host_name(config)#
Syntax
boot delay time
no boot delay
no
Deletes the setting for the boot delay. The boot process executes immediately.
time
Specifies the amount of time (in seconds) to delay prior to requesting the software image from the external
network server as an integer from 1 through 300.
network server as an integer from 1 through 300.
Usage
Useful when booting from the network when connection delays may cause timeouts. Such as when the
Spanning Tree Protocol is used on network equipment.
Spanning Tree Protocol is used on network equipment.
Important:
The settings for this command are stored immediately in the boot.sys file. No changes are made to
the system configuration file.
Example
The following sets the boot delay to
10
seconds:
boot delay 10