Configuration

Possible values

Description

settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setup Menu Wait

•

0 seconds

Controls the number of seconds the Boot Agent waits for you to

Time

•

2 seconds

press the Ctrl+S keys, so as to suspend the boot process and then

 

configure the way the Boot Agent operates.

 

•

3 seconds

 

If you select a Setup Menu Wait Time setting of zero and/or a Show

 

•

5 seconds

 

Setup Prompt setting of Disabled, the Ctrl+S setup prompt will not

 

 

 

appear during the boot process. However, you can still 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.

 

 

 

 

If during PXE or RPL boot more than one adapter is installed in a computer and you want to boot from the

boot ROM located on a specific adapter, you can do so by removing the adapter from the BIOS Boot Order or disabling the flash by running IBAUTIL -FlashDisable on the desired adapter.

To display diagnostics information:

Anytime the configuration setup menu is displayed, you may press the D key to display diagnostics information in the lower half of the screen. This information can be helpful during interaction with HP Customer Support personnel or your IT team members. After you press the D key, the information displayed remains until you leave the configuration setup screen (either by pressing the F4 key, pressing the Esc key, or by rebooting the computer). For more information about how to interpret the information displayed, refer to the "Diagnostics information for pre-boot PXE or RPL environments" section.

Auxiliary DOS utilities

The IBAUtil allows you to install and configure the Boot Agent using the DOS environment. IBAUtil is a utility program that provides an alternative means for modifying the adapter configuration settings. Use IBAUtil to:

•Change the default settings of your HP NC310F, NC3123, NC6170, or NC7170 adapter.

•Enable/disable the Wake-on-LAN (WOL) and Intel® Boot Agent capabilities.

•Allow in-the-field upgrades to the image stored in the flash component of the adapter.

Wake-On-LAN and Intel® Boot Agent in a DOS environment

Use IBAUtil to enable or disable WOL or Boot Agent features. To obtain this utility:

1.Go to the HP website (http://www.hp.com).

2.Click Software & Driver Downloads from the left menu bar.

3.Type the product name in the For product box and press Enter. For example, type NC370T.

4.Select an operating system.

5.Click HP ProLiant Networking Software.

6.Click download and save the HP SoftPaq (sp#####.exe) file to a directory on your hard drive. The SoftPaq file is a self-extracting executable with a file name based on the SoftPaq number.

7.Click the SoftPaq file to extract the files and then open the cmponent.htm file.

The IBAUtil file is located in the APPS\BOOTAGNT\N100X directory.

•Wake-On-LAN. When enabled, the adapter can react to special "wake up" packets and power up the computer without end user intervention. However, there is a higher power draw when the system

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