The configuration setup menu shows a list of configuration settings on the left and their corresponding values on the right. Key descriptions near the bottom of the menu indicate how to change values for the configuration settings. For each selected setting, a brief "mini-Help" description of its function appears just above the key descriptions.
2. Select the setting you need to change by using the arrow keys.
3. After you have accessed the setting you want to change, press the Spacebar until the desired value appears.
4. If you want to change additional settings, repeat steps 2 and 3.
5. After you have completed your changes, press the F4 key to update the adapter with the new values. Any changed configuration values are applied as the boot process resumes.
Boot Agent configuration settings

Configuration

Possible values

Description

settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Network Boot

•

PXE (Preboot

Controls whether the RPL or PXE boot protocol will be used. Select

Protocol

 

eXecution

PXE for use with WfM-compatible network management programs,

 

 

Environment)

such as Intel® LANDesk® Management Suite, Windows 2000 RIS,

 

•

RPL (Remote

and Linux®.

 

Select RPL for legacy-style remote booting, as well as for Novell®

 

 

Program Load)

 

 

 

Netware® remote boot solutions.

 

 

 

Depending on the configuration of the Boot Agent, this parameter

 

 

 

may not be changeable.

 

 

 

 

Boot Order

•

Use BIOS Setup

Sets the boot order in which devices are selected during boot up if

 

 

Boot Order

the computer does not have its own control method.

 

•

Try network first,

If your client computer's BIOS supports the BIOS Boot Specification

 

 

then local drives

(BBS), or allows PnP-compliant selection of the boot order in the

 

•

Try local drives

BIOS setup program, then this setting will always be Use BIOS Setup

 

Boot Order and cannot be changed. In this case, refer to the BIOS

 

 

first, then

 

 

setup manual specific to your client computer to set up boot options.

 

 

network

 

 

If your client computer does not have a BBS- or PnP-compliant BIOS,

 

•

Try network only

 

you can select any one of the other possible values listed for this

 

•

Try local drives

setting except for Use BIOS Setup Boot Order.

 

 

only

 

 

 

 

 

Show Setup

•

Enabled

Controls whether or not the Boot Agent displays the Ctrl+S prompt

Prompt

•

Disabled

after POST.

 

If you select Enabled, the Ctrl+S prompt appears after POST so that

 

 

 

 

 

 

you can press Ctrl+S within the number of seconds allowed by the

 

 

 

Setup Menu Wait Time setting to display the configuration setup

 

 

 

menu.

 

 

 

If you select Disabled and/or the Setup Menu Wait Time setting is

 

 

 

zero, the Ctrl+S setup prompt will not appear during the boot

 

 

 

process. However, you can display the configuration setup menu by

 

 

 

repeatedly pressing the Ctrl+S keys immediately after POST until the

 

 

 

menu appears. If the configuration setup menu does not appear

 

 

 

after repeatedly pressing the Ctrl+S keys, you were likely not fast

 

 

 

enough. In this case, reboot and try again.

 

 

 

 

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