Setting Up The Bios; Setting Up Mba In A Server Environment; Red Hat Linux Pxe Server; Ms-Dos Undi/Intel Apitest - Qlogic 8400 Series User Manual

3–Multi-boot Agent (MBA) Driver Software

Setting Up MBA in a Server Environment

Setting Up the BIOS

To boot from the network with the MBA, make the MBA enabled adapter the first
bootable device under the BIOS. This procedure depends on the system BIOS
implementation. Refer to the user manual for the system for instructions.
Setting Up MBA in a Server Environment

Red Hat Linux PXE Server

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution has PXE Server support. It allows users
to remotely perform a complete Linux installation over the network. The
distribution comes with the boot images boot kernel (vmlinuz) and initial ram disk
(initrd), which are located on the Red Hat disk#1:
/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
Refer to the Red Hat documentation for instructions on how to install PXE Server
on Linux.
The Initrd.img file distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, however, does
not have a Linux network driver for the QLogic 8400/3400 Series adapters. This
version requires a driver disk for drivers that are not part of the standard
distribution. You can create a driver disk for the QLogic 8400/3400 Series
adapters from the image distributed with the installation CD. Refer to the Linux
Readme.txt file for more information.

MS-DOS UNDI/Intel APITEST

To boot in MS-DOS mode and connect to a network for the MS-DOS environment,
download the Intel PXE PDK from the Intel website. This PXE PDK comes with a
TFTP/ProxyDHCP/Boot server. The PXE PDK can be downloaded from Intel at
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=N
etwork+Connectivity&ProductLine=Boot+Agent+Software&ProductProduct=Intel
%c2%ae+Boot+Agent.
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