Setting Up Mba In A Client Environment; Enabling The Mba Driver - Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters User Manual

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Overview

Setting Up MBA in a Client Environment

Setting Up MBA in a Server Environment
Overview
Broadcom NetXtreme II adapters support Preboot Execution Environment (PXE), Remote Program Load (RPL), iSCSI, and
Bootstrap Protocol (BootP). Multi-Boot Agent (MBA) is a software module that allows your network computer to boot with the
images provided by remote servers across the network. The Broadcom MBA driver complies with the PXE 2.1 specification and
is released with both monolithic and split binary images. This provides flexibility to users in different environments where the
motherboard may or may not have built-in base code.
The MBA module operates in a client/server environment. A network consists of one or more boot servers that provide boot
images to multiple computers through the network. The Broadcom implementation of the MBA module has been tested
successfully in the following environments:
Linux Red Hat PXE Server. Broadcom PXE clients are able to remotely boot and use network resources (NFS mount,
and so forth) and to perform Linux installations. In the case of a remote boot, the Linux universal driver binds seamlessly
with the Broadcom Universal Network Driver Interface (UNDI) and provides a network interface in the Linux remotely-
booted client environment.
Intel APITEST. The Broadcom PXE driver passes all API compliance test suites.
MS-DOS UNDI. The MS-DOS Universal Network Driver Interface (UNDI) seamlessly binds with the Broadcom UNDI to
provide a network adapter driver interface specification (NDIS2) interface to the upper layer protocol stack. This allows
computers to connect to network resources in an MS-DOS environment.
Windows Deployment Service (WDS). To extend functionalities beyond basic network connectivity when loading an
operating system through WDS, see
Automated Deployment Service (ADS). To extend functionalities beyond basic network connectivity when loading an
operating system through ADS, see
Setting Up MBA in a Client Environment
Setting up MBA in a client environment involves the following steps:

1. Enabling the MBA driver.

2. Configuring the MBA driver.
3. Setting up the BIOS for the boot order.
Enabling the MBA Driver
To enable or disable the MBA driver:
1. Insert an MS-DOS 6.22 or Dell Real Mode Kernel bootable disk containing the uxdiag.exe file (for 10/100/1000-Mbps
network adapters) or uediag.exe (for 10-Gbps network adapters) in the removable disk drive and power up your system.
NOTE: The uxdiag.exe (or uediag.exe) file is on the installation CD or in the DOS Utilities package available from
http://support.dell.com/.
1. Type:
uxdiag -mba [ 0-disable | 1-enable ] -c devnum
(or uediag -mba [ 0-disable | 1-enable ] -c devnum)
where
devnum is the specific device(s) number (0,1,2, ...) to be programmed.
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Using the NetXtreme II Monolithic
Using the NetXtreme II Monolithic
Driver.
Driver.