Supported NIM network types

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You can use these network types to support NIM.

  • Ethernet
  • Standard Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
  • Token-Ring
  • FDDI
  • ATM
  • Generic
  • HFI

Network boot support is provided for Ethernet, Token-Ring, and FDDI. Unlike other network adapters, ATM adapters cannot be used to boot a machine. Therefore, installing a machine over an ATM network requires special processing. See Using NIM with ATM networks. The Generic network type is used to represent all other network types where network boot support is not available. For clients on Generic networks, NIM operations that require a network boot, such as bos_inst and diag, are not supported. However, non-booting operations, such as cust and maint, are allowed. Diskless and dataless clients cannot be associated with Generic networks, because they inherently rely on network boot capability.