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Broadcom Boot Agent Driver Software: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57XX User Guide
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Broadcom Boot Agent Driver Software: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57XX User
Guide
Overview
Setting Up MBA in a Client Environment
Setting Up MBA in a Server Environment
Overview
Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet adapters support Preboot Execution Environment (PXE), Remote Program Load (RPL), iSCSI boot, and Bootstrap
Protocol (BootP). Multi-Boot Agent (MBA) is a software module that allows your networked system to boot with the images provided by remote systems
across the network. The Broadcom MBA driver complies with the PXE 2.1 specification and is released with both monolithic and split binary images. This
provides flexibility to users in different environments where the motherboard may or may not have built-in base code.
The MBA module operates in a client/system environment. A network consists of one or more boot systems that provide boot images to multiple systems
through the network. The Broadcom implementation of the MBA module has been tested successfully in the following environments:
Linux ® Red Hat ® PXE Server. Broadcom PXE clients are able to remotely boot and use network resources (NFS mount, and so forth) and to perform
Linux installations. In the case of a remote boot, the Linux universal driver binds seamlessly with the Broadcom Universal Network Driver Interface
(UNDI) and provides a network interface in the Linux remotely-booted client environment.
Intel ® APITEST. The Broadcom PXE driver passes all API compliance test suites.
MS-DOS UNDI. The MS-DOS Universal Network Driver Interface (UNDI) seamlessly binds with the Broadcom UNDI to provide a network device driver
interface specification (NDIS2) interface to the upper layer protocol stack. This allows systems to connect to network resources in an MS-DOS
environment.
Remote Installation Service (RIS). The Broadcom PXE clients are able to remotely boot to a Windows Server 2008 system running RIS to initialize
and install Windows Server 2008 and prior operating systems.
Windows Deployment Service (WDS). For Windows Server 2003 SP2, RIS was replaced by WDS, which offers a Broadcom PXE client to install
Windows operating systems, including Windows Server 2008.
Setting Up MBA in a Client Environment
Use the following procedure for add-in NICs. For LOMs, refer to your computer's system guide.
Setting up MBA in a client environment involves the following steps:
1. Enabling the MBA driver.
2. Configuring the MBA driver.
3. Setting up the BIOS for the boot order.
Enabling the MBA Driver
To enable or disable the MBA driver:
1. Insert an MS-DOS 6.22 or Dell Real Mode Kernel bootable disk containing the B57udiag.exe file in the removable disk drive and power up your system.
2. Type:
drive :\dos\utility
where
drive is the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive.
NOTE: The B57udiag.exe file is on the installation CD or in the DOS Utilities package available from http://support.dell.com/ .
3. Type:
b57udiag -mba [ 0-disable | 1-enable ] -c devnum
where
devnum is the specific device(s) number (0,1,2, ...) to be programmed.
Configuring the MBA Driver
This section pertains to configuring the MBA driver on add-in NIC models of the Broadcom network adapter. For configuring the MBA driver on LOM models of
the Broadcom network adapter, check your system documentation.
Using CCM
1. Restart your system.
2. Press CTRL+s within 4 seconds after you are prompted to do so. A list of adapters displays.