Enabling Or Disabling The Boot Rom Setting - 3Com 3C996B-T User Manual

B Installing and Using the Managed PC Boot Agent

Enabling or Disabling the Boot ROM Setting

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Non-BBS BIOS-Compatible PCs
To enable a non-BBS BIOS-compatible PC to boot from the network using the MBA
boot ROM:
1 Make sure that the NIC boot ROM setting is Enabled.
See "" on page 106 for instructions.
2 Change the MBA default boot setting from Local to Network.
To change the default boot setting or any other MBA configurations, use the
MBACFG utility located on the MBA utility diskette or press Ctrl+Alt+B when the
following message appears:
Initializing MBA. Press Ctrl+Alt+B to configure...
NOTE: For more information on using, configuring, and troubleshooting the
MBA boot ROM, see the Managed PC Boot Agent User Guide, located with
the MBA software on the Installation CD.
To enable the boot ROM setting on the NIC:
1 Run b57util.exe from the \dos\utility directory in the 3Com Installation CD.
2 Enter:
run b57util pxee <devnum>
where <devnum> represents the NIC device number (entering all affects all
supported NICs on the network).
To view all command options for this utility, enter:
run b57util help.
To disable the boot ROM setting on the NIC:
1 Run b57util.exe from the \dos\utility directory in the 3Com Installation CD.
2 Enter:
run b57util pxed <devnum>
where <devnum> represents the NIC device number (entering all affects all
supported NICs on the network).