Using The Pxe Boot Agent Utility Program; Starting The Pxe Boot Agent Utility Program; Choices Available From The Pxe Boot Agent Utility Menu - IBM xSeries 200 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Using the PXE Boot Agent Utility program

The PXE boot agent is a built-in, menu-driven configuration utility program that
you can use to:
v Select whether to display the setup prompt
v Set menu wait time
v Select operating-system wake-up support
The following sections provide instructions for starting the PXE Boot Agent Utility
program and descriptions of the menu choices that are available.

Starting the PXE Boot Agent Utility program

To start the PXE Boot Agent Utility program:
1. Turn on the server.
2. When the Initializing Intel (R) Boot Agent Version X.X.XX PXE 2.0 Build
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

Choices available from the PXE Boot Agent Utility menu

The following choices appear on the PXE Boot Agent Utility menu:
v Network Boot Protocol
v Boot Order
v Show setup prompt
v Setup time wait menu
Attention: The network startup protocols and startup order options are not
supported on this product.
XXX (WfM 2.0) prompt appears, press Ctrl+S.
Note: By default, you will have 2 seconds after the prompt appears on the
screen to press Ctrl+S.
v Press Esc to return to the previous menu.
v Press the F4 key to exit.
items; then, press Enter.
PXE is the default value for this menu item.
Note: Do not change this value. There are no other network boot protocols
supported.
Attention: This option is not supported on this product. To change the boot
order use the Configuration/Setup utility. See "Using the Configuration/Setup
Utility program" on page 25 for more information.
Select this choice to either display the PXE setup prompt or disable it. Disable is
the default setting.
When this choice is enabled, Press Ctrl+S to enter the setup menu will appear
on the screen under the initializing prompt.
Select this choice to set the amount of time (in seconds) that the system will
pause during initialization for a Ctrl+S input.
– 2 seconds (default)
– 3 seconds
– 5 seconds
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