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3–Multi-boot Agent (MBA) Driver Software
Setting Up MBA in a Server Environment
3.
Use the up arrow and down arrow keys to move to the Boot Protocol menu
item. Then use the right arrow or left arrow key to select the boot protocol of
choice if other boot protocols besides PXE are available. If available, other
boot protocols include Remote Program Load (RPL), iSCSI, and BOOTP.
4.
Use the UP ARROW, DOWN ARROW, LEFT ARROW, and RIGHT ARROW
keys to move to and change the values for other menu items, as desired.
5.
Press F4 to save your settings.
6.
Press ESC when you are finished.
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.
NOTE
For iSCSI boot-capable LOMs, the boot protocol is set through the
BIOS. See your system documentation for more information.
If you have multiple adapters in your system and you are unsure
which adapter you are configuring, press CTRL+F6, which causes
the port LEDs on the adapter to start blinking.
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