Starting The Intel Boot Agent Utility Program; Intel Boot Agent Utility Menu Choices - IBM INTELLISTATION E PRO 6204 User Manual

Starting the Intel Boot Agent Utility program

To start the Intel Boot Agent Utility program:
1. Turn on the computer.
2. When the
3. Use the arrow keys or press Enter to select a choice from the menu.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to change the settings of the selected items,

Intel Boot Agent Utility menu choices

The following choices appear on the Intel Boot Agent Utility menu:
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Note: By default, you will have 2 seconds after the prompt appears on the
screen to press Ctrl+S.
• Press Esc to return to the previous menu.
• Press the F4 key to exit.
and then press Enter.
Network Boot Protocol
PXE is the default value for this menu item. Use this setting for WfM-compatible
network management programs, such as Windows 2000 RIS, and Linux. Select
RPL for legacy-style remote startup.
Boot Order
Attention: If you change the startup order using the PXE Boot Agent Utility
program, startup sequence settings in the IBM Setup Utility program might not
function properly.
Select this choice to change the order in which startup devices are queried.
— Try local drives first, and then network (default)
— Try network only
— Try local drives only
— Try network first, then local drives
Note: This option is not supported on this product. To change the startup order,
use the IBM Setup Utility program. See "Starting the IBM Setup Utility
program" on page 27 for more information.
Show Setup Prompt
Select this choice to either display the PXE setup prompt or disable it. The
default setting is Disable.
When this choice is enabled,
the screen under the initializing prompt.
Setup Menu Wait Time
Select this choice to set the amount of time (in seconds) that the system will
pause during initialization for a Ctrl+S input.
— 0 seconds
— 2 seconds (default)
— 3 seconds
— 5 seconds
— 8 seconds
prompt appears, press Ctrl+S.
appears on