Fusion Embedded™ BOOTP
Bootstrap Protocol Software
The Bootstrap Protocol, or BOOTP, is an IP/UDP client-server protocol. A client machine uses BOOTP to retrieve its IP address and network mask from a BOOTP server. The client can also use BOOTP to locate a boot server and the name of a file containing the executable image to be loaded (bootstrapped) into the client machine. In this case, the client typically uses the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), which is not part of the BOOTP protocol and is sold separately, to retrieve the boot image. RFC 951 is the official specification for BOOTP with clarifications given in RFC 1542.
