Choices Available From The Pxe Boot Agent Utility Menu - IBM eServer 200 xSeries User Reference Manual

Choices available from the PXE Boot Agent Utility menu

The following choices appear on the PXE Boot Agent Utility menu:
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Notes:
1. Use the default setting for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
2. If your server is running a non-ACPI operating system, you must set this selection
3. When using a non-ACPI operating system, do not send a wake-up packet to the
Network Boot Protocol
PXE is the default value for this menu item.
Note: Do not change this value. There are no other network boot protocols
supported.
Boot Order
Attention: This option is not supported on this product. To change the boot order,
use the Configuration/Setup Utility program. See, "Using the Configuration/Setup
Utility program" on page 9 for more information.
Show setup prompt
Select this choice to either display the PXE setup prompt or disable it. Disable is
the default setting.
When this choice is enabled, Press Ctrl+S to enter the setup menu will appear
on the screen under the initializing prompt.
Setup time wait menu
Select this choice to set the amount of time (in seconds) that the system will
pause during initialization for a Ctrl+S input.
— 2 seconds (default)
— 3 seconds
— 5 seconds
— 8 seconds
Legacy OS wake up support
Select this choice to enable or disable the legacy operating-system wake-up
support.
— Disabled (default)
— Enabled
aware operating systems, such as Windows 2000 and Windows NT.
to Enabled to use the Wake on LAN support.
server while it is turned on. If a wake-up packet has been sent while the server is
on and you are unable to turn the server off, see the "Power" section in the
"Troubleshooting charts" on page 79 for more information.
Chapter 3. Configuring your server
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