EEPROM Interface

Table 5-15. Boot Agent Main Setup Options

Bit

Name

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

Default Boot Selection. These bits select which device is the default

 

 

boot device. These bits are only used if the agent detects that the BIOS

 

 

does not support boot order selection or if the MODE field of word 31h

4:3

DBS

is set to MODE_LEGACY.

00b

= Network boot, then local boot

 

 

01b

= Local boot, then network boot

 

 

10b

= Network boot only

 

 

11b = Local boot only

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS Boot Specification (OBSOLETE). In previous versions of the

 

 

agent, this bit enables or disables use of the BBS to determine boot

2

BBS

order. If set to 1b, the BIOS boot order is used, and the DBS bits are

ignored. The boot agent at runtime no longer uses this bit. The runtime

 

 

 

 

checks for BBS/PnP and the setting in the MODE field of word 31h are

 

 

used instead.

 

 

 

 

 

Protocol Select. These bits select the boot protocol.

1:0

PS

00b

= PXE (default value)

01b

= RPL protocol

 

 

 

 

Other values are undefined.

 

 

 

 

5.6.31Boot Agent Configuration Customization Options (Word 31h)

Word 31h contains settings that can be programmed by an OEM or network administrator to customize the operation of the software. These settings cannot be changed from within the Control- S setup menu or the IBA Intel Boot Agent utility. The lower byte contains settings that would typically be configured by a network administrator using the Intel Boot Agent utility; these settings generally control which setup menu options are changeable. The upper byte are generally settings that would be used by an OEM to control the operation of the agent in a LOM environment, although there is nothing in the agent to prevent their use on a NIC implementation

118

Software Developer’s Manual

Page 132
Image 132
Intel PCI-X, Intel Gigabit Ethernet Controllers manual Boot Agent Configuration Customization Options Word 31h, Dbs, Bbs