HP 441877-00B manual HP NC-Series Intel adapters, Boot Agent

The current version of Windows® 2000 does not include a network driver for the NC32xx, NC37xx, NC380x, NC1020, NC6770, and NC77xx Gigabit Server Adapters. To perform remote installation with PXE, include a network driver for these adapters as part of the client's installation image on the server. Refer to Microsoft® Article ID Q246184, "How to Add Third-Party OEM Network Adapters to RIS Installations."

DOS UNDI/APITEST

To boot in DOS and connect to a network for the DOS environment, download the Intel® PXE PDK from the Intel® web site. This PXE PDK comes with a TFTP/ProxyDHCP/Boot server. The PXE PDK can be downloaded from the Intel website (http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Support_Intel.aspx).

Red Hat Linux

Red Hat Linux 7.2 (or higher) distribution has PXE server support. It allows users to perform a complete Linux installation over the network. Distribution also comes with boot images—boot kernel (vmlinux) and initial ram disk (initrd). These two images can be found in the HP SoftPaq file:

•/misc/src/trees/boot/vmlinux

•/misc/src/trees/initrd-network.img

Refer to Red Hat documentation for instructions on installing PXE server on Linux.

Initrd.img, distributed with Red Hat 7.2, does not have a Linux network driver for the NC320T, NC320i, NC324i, NC325i, NC325m, NC326i, NC326m, NC1020, NC67xx, and NC77xx Gigabit Server Adapters.

•/images/pxeboot/vmlinux

•/images/pxeboot/initrd.img

Intel® has also created patches to the Linux PXE server code to allow clients to perform a remote boot. You can download these patches from the Intel website (http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df- external/Support_Intel.aspx).

A remote boot does not require a standard Linux network driver for the HP NC320T, NC320i, NC324i, NC325i, NC325m, NC326i, NC326m, NC1020, NC67xx, and NC77xx Gigabit Server Adapters. After the PXE client downloads the Linux kernel and initial ram disk, the Linux universal driver, that came with the Linux distribution, will bind with the UNDI code of the PXE to form a Linux network driver.

HP NC-Series Intel adapters

Boot Agent

The Intel® Boot Agent is a software product that allows your networked client computer to boot using a program code image supplied by a remote server.

Implementation support for the Boot Agent includes:

•Multi-protocol boot ROM code designed for remote booting from Gigabit Ethernet Adapters

•Compliance with the Pre-boot eXecution Environment (PXE) Version 2.1 Specification

•Remote Program Load (RPL) runtime and loader software included with some versions of the Boot Agent

Intel® Boot Agent offers:

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