Using The Pxe Boot Agent Utility Program - IBM eserver xSeries 232 8668 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Select this choice to view or change the settings for advanced configuration
options.
v SCSI Disk Utilities
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.

Using the PXE Boot Agent Utility program

The Preboot eXecution Environment (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 operating system wake-up support
Note: Changing the network startup protocols and startup order, and selecting the
operating-system wake support are not supported on this product.
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 Build XXX
(Wfm 2.0) prompt appears, immediately press Ctrl+S.
Note: By default, you will have two seconds after the prompt appears on the
screen to press Ctrl+S.
3. Use the arrow keys or press Enter to select a choice from the menu:
v Press Esc to return to the previous menu.
v Press the F4 key to exit.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to change the settings of the selected
items; then, press Enter.
Choices available from the PXE Boot Agent Menu
The following choices appear on the PXE Boot Agent Utility Menu:
v 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.
v Boot Order
Select this choice to change the order in which boot devices are queried.
– Try local drives first, then network (default)
Using the SCSISelect utility program
Configuring your server
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