The source from which to load configuration information at next boot. The following value is read-only: other(1)...not applicable or some other case The following values are read-write: local(2).....get from local storage net(3).......load from the network locAsBk(4)...try using network and if it fails then use local information. When local(2) is specified, the configuration information is loaded from local storage. If the local configuration is not valid (checks for ip = 0.0.0.0), then BOOTP is used for the IP stack. (In IPX only mode, the IP address could be 0.0.0.0 and IPX does not rely on the IP address. The agent checks the IPX address, and if the network number of the IPX address is equal to 0 the agent uses SAP). When net(3) is specified, the configuration information will be downloaded from the network only. The configuration information will never be loaded from local storage, even if downloading fails and the local configuration information exists. When locAsBk(4) is specified, a download of the configuration information will be tried over the network. If the network download fails then the configuration information will be loaded from local storage.