Setting Up Mba In A Server Environment; Windows Server 2003 - Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters User Manual

procedure depends on the system BIOS implementation. Refer to the user manual for the system for instructions.

Setting Up MBA in a Server Environment

Linux Red Hat PXE Server
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 8.0, however, does not have a Linux network driver for the Broadcom NetXtreme
Gigabit Ethernet adapter.
This version requires drivers that are not part of the standard distribution. You can create a driver disk for the Broadcom
NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet adapter from the image distributed with the driver source media. Refer to the Linux Readme.txt
file for more information.
A remote boot does not require a standard Linux network driver for the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet adapter. After
the PXE client downloads the Linux kernel and initial ram disk, the Linux universal driver that came with the Linux distribution
binds with the UNDI code of the PXE to form a Linux network driver.

Windows Server 2003

The current version of Windows Server 2003 does not include the latest released network driver for the Broadcom NetXtreme
Gigabit Ethernet adapter. You can create a driver disk for the adapter from the image distributed by Dell. To perform remote
installations with PXE, include a network driver for the NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet adapter as a part of the client installation
image on the server. Refer to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article, "How to Add Third-Party OEM Network Adapters to RIS
Installations." See also Troubleshooting
DOS UNDI/Intel APITEST
To boot in DOS mode and connect to a network for the DOS environment, download the Intel PXE PDK from the Intel website.
This PXE PDK comes with a TFTP/ProxyDHCP/Boot server. The PXE PDK can be downloaded from Intel at
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx.
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