B Pxe Remote Boot - Intel SS4000-E - Entry Storage System NAS Server User Manual

B PXE Remote Boot
If you cannot boot from the operating system on the computer connected to the storage
appliance, you can boot over the network using PXE boot.
PXE is an acronym for Pre-boot eXecution Environment. By following this procedure, the
storage system can remotely boot your computer. Complete the following steps to
remotely boot from the Intel
1. Power off your computer.
2. Wait a few minutes and power the computer back on. The screen displays two options:
Normal Boot and Remote Boot.
3. Use the down arrow key to highlight Remote Boot and press Enter. PXE initializes
and asks for the remote boot password.
4. Type the same password you created when setting up Client Backup and Recovery
and press Enter.
Your computer boots remotely from the Intel Entry Storage System SS4000E. The
upper portion of the screen that displays indicates you are in Network Boot Made.
Once you are in the mode, you can repair the original boot sector on your hard drive.
The Microsoft Windows* screen displays once booted from the system partition on
the storage system. The upper portion of the screen indicates you are in Network Boot
Mode. Once in this mode, you can repair the original boot sector on your c: drive.
Note: Any modifications made to the PXE disk during the boot are discarded. The PXE disk is
only a timeview disk. The iSCSI disk is the actual mirror disk. If data is changed on the
iSCSI disk during the PXE boot, it remains intact.
In the following example, Drive C: is the PXE boot disk. Drive E: is the original local
system disk and disk2 is the iSCSI disk. If the original system disk is not connected, Drive
C: is the boot and system disk.
There are three copies of the operating system disk in a PXE session. The original
physical disk, the remote boot disk from the Baxter Creek appliance, and the base disk
from the Baxter Creek appliance provided by the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator*.
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