Using The Pxe Boot Agent Utility Program; Starting The Pxe Boot Agent Utility Program; Choices Available From The Pxe Boot Agent Utility - IBM eServer 135 xSeries User Reference Manual

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:
• Change network startup (boot) protocols
• Change startup (boot) order
• Select whether to display a setup prompt
• Set menu wait time
• Select operating-system wake up support

Starting the PXE boot agent utility program

The following sections provide the instructions to start the PXE Boot Agent Utility
and descriptions of the available menu choices.
To start the PXE Boot Agent Utility program:
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, 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.
• Press Esc to return to the previous menu.
• Press F4 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
utility
The following choices appear on the PXE boot agent utility menu:
• Network Boot Protocol
PXE is the default value for this menu item.
Note:
• Boot Order
Select this choice to change the order in which startup devices are queried:
— Try local drives first, then network (default)
— Try network only
— Try local drives only
— Try network first, then local drives
• Show setup prompt
Select this choice to either display the PXE setup prompt or disable it. Disable is
the default setting.
watch the SCSISelect messages as each drive spins up. After the drive
that you want to view or format starts up, press Ctrl+A.
Do not change this value. There are no other supported network boot
protocols.
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