Choices Available From The Pxe Boot Agent Menu - IBM 8669 - Eserver xSeries 342 Hardware Maintenance Manual

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3. Use the arrow keys or press Enter to select a choice from the menu:
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to change the settings of the selected

Choices available from the PXE boot agent menu

The following choices appear on the PXE Boot Agent Utility menu:
v Network Boot Protocol
v Boot Order
v Show setup prompt
v Setup time wait menu
v Legacy OS wake up support
Note:
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Note: By default, you will have two seconds after the prompt appears on the
screen to press Ctrl+S.
v Press Esc to return to the previous menu.
v Press the F4 key to exit.
items; then, press Enter.
PXE is the default value for this menu item.
Note: Do not change this value. There are no other network boot protocols
supported.
Select this choice to change the order in which boot devices are queried.
– Try local drives first, then network (Default)
– Try network only
– Try local drives only
– Try network first, then local drives
Note: This option is not supported on this product. To change the boot order use
the Configuration/Setup utility. See "Using the Configuration/Setup Utility
program" on page 23 for more information.
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.
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
Select this choice to enable or disable the operating system wake up support.
– Disabled (Default)
– Enabled
1. Use the default setting for the Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface (ACPI) aware operating systems, such as Windows 2000 or
Windows NT.
2. If the server is running a non-ACPI operating system, you must set the
selection to Enable to use the Wake on LAN support.

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