If you are booting a single IP-STB, or a very small population of IP-STBs, for instance in a lab or developer situation, you might want to look into the following boot methods:
For developers working with C++ on the IP-STB, you will certainly want to check out NFS mounting.
For large populations of IP-STBs, including bigger labs or live, production environments, you should be looking into a scalable and flexible boot method such as Infocast
You will also need to configure your DHCP Server
Once the IP-STB is booting, you may want to know the meaning of the Boot Dot Indicators.
If something is going wrong, consult the logging tool