Using The Pxe Boot Agent Utility Program; Starting The Pxe Boot Agent Utility Program - IBM 8669 - Eserver xSeries 342 Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Using the PXE boot agent utility program

The PXE boot agent is a built-in, menu-driven configuration utility program that you
can use to:
v Change network startup (boot) protocols
v Change network startup (boot) order
v Set menu wait times
v Select OS wake up support
Note: Changing the network startup protocols and startup order, as well as
The following sections provide instructions for starting the PXE Boot Agent Utility
program and descriptions of the menu choices that are available.

Starting the PXE boot agent utility program

The following sections provide the instructions needed to start the PXE Boot Agent
Utility and descriptions of the available menu choices.
To start the PXE Boot Agent Utility program, do the following:
1. Turn on the server.
2. When the <Initializing Intel (R) Boot Agent version X.X.XX PXE 2.0
Select this choice to configure startable device parameters. Before you can
make updates, you must know the ID of the device whose parameters you
want to configure.
– SCSI Device Configuration
Select this choice to configure SCSI device parameters. Before you can make
updates, you must know the ID of the device whose parameters you want to
configure.
Note: The Maximum Sync Transfer Rate represents the transfer rate for Ultra
SCSI devices.
- The transfer rate for Ultra 160 SCSI LVD devices is 160.0 Mbps.
- The transfer rate for Ultra2 SCSI LVD devices is 80.0 Mbps.
- The transfer rate for Fast SCSI devices is 20.0 Mbps.
– Advanced Configuration Options
Select this choice to view or change the settings for advanced configuration
options.
Select this choice to view the SCSI IDs that are assigned to each device or to
format a SCSI device.
To use the utility program, select a drive from the list. Read the screens carefully
before making a selection.
Note: If you press Ctrl+A before the selected drives are ready, an Unexpected
SCSI Command Failure screen might appear. Restart the server and
watch the SCSISelect messages as each drive spins up. After the drive
that you want to view or format spins up, press Ctrl+A.
selecting the operating-system wake support, are not supported on this
product.
Build XXX (WfM 2.0) prompt appears, press Ctrl+S.
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