Change BOOTP Attributes (CHGBPA)

The Change BOOTP Server Attributes (CHGBPA) command is used to change the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) attributes. The changes take effect the next time the BOOTP server is started either by the Start TCP/IP (STRTCP) command or by the Start TCP/IP Server (STRTCPSVR) command.

Restrictions:

You must have *IOSYSCFG special authority to use this command.

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
AUTOSTART	Autostart server	YES, NO, *SAME	Optional, Positional 1

Autostart server (AUTOSTART)

The AUTOSTART attribute determines whether or not the BOOTP server starts automatically when TCP/IP is started using the STRTCP command, or when the STRTCPSVR SERVER(*AUTOSTART) command is issued.

This attribute is only used by the STRTCPSVR command if STRTCPSVR *AUTOSTART is specified. STRTCPSVR *BOOTP or STRTCPSVR *ALL will attempt to start the BOOTP server regardless of the value of the AUTOSTART attribute.

Note: You cannot set the BOOTP AUTOSTART attribute to *YES if the DHCP AUTOSTART value is set to *YES. A BOOTP and DHCP server cannot run simultaneously on the same machine. You will get an error message if you attempt to set both the BOOTP and DHCP AUTOSTART values to *YES.

*SAME

The AUTOSTART value does not change if it was previously set. Otherwise, *NO is used.

*YES

Specify a value of *YES if you want the BOOTP server to start automatically each time TCP/IP is started by the STRTCP command, or each time the TCP/IP servers are started by the STRTCPSVR *AUTOSTART command.

*NO

Specify *NO if you do not want the BOOTP server to start automatically each time TCP/IP is started by the STRTCP command, or each time the TCP/IP servers are started by the STRTCPSVR *AUTOSTART command.

When the value is set to *NO, only the STRTCPSVR *BOOTP command or the STRTCPSVR *ALL command will start the BOOTP server.

If you do not intend to use the BOOTP server, set AUTOSTART to *NO.

Examples

CHGBPA   AUTOSTART(*YES)

This command indicates that the next time the STRTCP command is issued to start up TCP/IP and to automatically start the TCP/IP applications, the BOOTP server will be automatically started.