HP 441877-00B User Manual

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Adapter configurations 90

To customize the Boot Agent configuration settings:

1.

Highlight the setting you want to change using the arrow keys. Then press

Enter.

2.

Press the spacebar until the desired value appears.

3.

If you want to change additional settings, repeat steps 1 and 2.

4.

After you have completed your changes, press

F4 to update the adapter with the new values.

Boot Agent configuration settings

The following table describes the Boot Agent configuration settings.

Configuration
settings

Possible values

Description

Network Boot
Protocol

PXE (Preboot
eXecution
Environment)

RPL (Remote
Program Load)

Controls whether the RPL or PXE boot protocol will be used. Select
PXE for use with WfM-compatible network management programs,
such as Intel® LANDesk® Management Suite, Windows 2000 RIS,
and Linux®.

Select RPL for legacy-style remote booting, as well as for Novell®
Netware® remote boot solutions.

Depending on the configuration of the Boot Agent, this parameter
may not be changeable.

Boot Order

Use BIOS Setup
Boot Order

Try network first,
then local drives

Try local drives
first, then
network

Try network only

Try local drives
only

Sets the boot order in which devices are selected during boot up if
the computer does not have its own control method.

If your client computer's BIOS supports the BIOS Boot Specification
(BBS), or allows PnP-compliant selection of the boot order in the
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
setup manual specific to your client computer to set up boot options.

If your client computer does not have a BBS- or PnP-compliant BIOS,
you can select any one of the other possible values listed for this
setting except for

Use BIOS Setup Boot Order.

Show Setup
Prompt

Enabled

Disabled

Controls whether or not the Boot Agent displays the

Ctrl+S prompt

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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