Setting Up Mba In A Client Environment; Enabling The Mba Driver - Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters User Manual

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Broadcom Boot Agent Driver Software: Broadcom NetXtreme
57XX User Guide
Overview

Setting Up MBA in a Client Environment

Setting Up MBA in a Server Environment
Overview
Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet adapters support Preboot Execution Environment (PXE), Remote Program Load (RPL),
iSCSI boot, and Bootstrap Protocol (BootP). Multi-Boot Agent (MBA) is a software module that allows your networked system
to boot with the images provided by remote systems across the network. The Broadcom MBA driver complies with the PXE
2.1 specification and is released with both monolithic and split binary images. This provides flexibility to users in different
environments where the motherboard may or may not have built-in base code.
The MBA module operates in a client/system environment. A network consists of one or more boot systems that provide boot
images to multiple systems through the network. The Broadcom implementation of the MBA module has been tested
successfully in the following environments:
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Linux Red Hat
mount, and so forth) and to perform Linux installations. In the case of a remote boot, the Linux universal driver binds
seamlessly with the Broadcom Universal Network Driver Interface (UNDI) and provides a network interface in the Linux
remotely-booted client environment.
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Intel APITEST. The Broadcom PXE driver passes all API compliance test suites.
MS-DOS UNDI. The MS-DOS Universal Network Driver Interface (UNDI) seamlessly binds with the Broadcom UNDI to
provide a network device driver interface specification (NDIS2) interface to the upper layer protocol stack. This allows
systems to connect to network resources in an MS-DOS environment.
Remote Installation Service (RIS). The Broadcom PXE clients are able to remotely boot to a Windows Server 2003
(SP1 and older) system running RIS to initialize and install Windows Server 2003 and prior operating systems.
Windows Deployment Service (WDS). For Windows Server 2003 SP2, RIS was replaced by WDS, which offers a
Broadcom PXE client to install Windows operating systems, including Windows Server 2008.
Automated Deployment Service (ADS). The Broadcom PXE client can connect to a Windows Server 2003 system
and run a deployment agent that allows one to perform some administrative functions, including, but not limited to,
deploying a Windows Server 2003 image.
Setting Up MBA in a Client Environment
Use the following procedure for add-in NICs. For LOMs, refer to your computer's system guide.
Setting up MBA in a client environment involves the following steps:

1. Enabling the MBA driver.

2. Configuring the MBA driver.
3. Setting up the BIOS for the boot order.
Enabling the MBA Driver
To enable or disable the MBA driver:
1. Insert an MS-DOS 6.22 or Dell Real Mode Kernel bootable disk containing the B57udiag.exe file in the removable disk
drive and power up your system.
2. Type:
drive:\dos\utility
PXE Server. Broadcom PXE clients are able to remotely boot and use network resources (NFS