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TFTP server software is available in both free and commercial packages. UNIX distributions commonly include TFTP server software with their the standard setup. For example, the tftp-hpa package for UNIX can integrate with Swarm. You can also obtain source code from the Linux Kernel Archives website located at kernel.org/pub/software/network/tftp.

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  • To set up the ISC DHCP daemon for redundancy, see "Failover with ISC DHCP" at madboa.com/geek/dhcp-failover.

  • To provide redundancy at the network booting layer, you can use your primary and secondary DHCP servers as TFTP servers.
    When you set up your DHCP servers, set the next-server parameter in each server to specify their own a separate IP address. When the primary or secondary DHCP server answers a DHCP query, it will also handle the PXE boot.

  • To prevent any network interruptions, ensure that the TFTP boot servers are located in the same broadcast domain (or VLAN) as the Swarm nodes or enable a DHCP relay server on the VLAN.

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