IBM 8668 Hardware Maintenance Manual - Page 38

Choices available from the PXE Boot Agent Menu, Boot Order, Legacy OS Wake up support, Notes, Enabled

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v Press Esc to return to the previous menu. v Press the F4 key to exit. 4. Follow the instructions on the screen to change the settings of the selected items; then, press Enter. Choices available from the PXE Boot Agent Menu The following choices appear on the PXE Boot Agent Utility Menu: v Network Boot Protocol PXE is the default value for this menu item. Note: Do not change this value. There are no other network boot protocols supported. v Boot Order Select this choice to change the order in which boot devices are queried. Note: This option is not supported on this product. To change the boot order, use the Configuration/Setup Utility program. See "Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program" on page 23 for more information. v Show setup prompt Select this choice to either display the PXE setup prompt or disable it. The default setting is Disabled. When this choice is enabled. Press Ctrl+S to enter the setup menu appears on the screen under the initializing prompt. v Setup time wait menu Select this choice to set the amount of time (in seconds) that the system will pause during initialization for a Ctrl+S input. - 2 seconds (default) - 3 seconds - 5 seconds - 8 seconds v Legacy OS Wake up support Select this choice to enable or disable the legacy operating-system wake-up support. - Disabled (default) - Enabled Notes: 1. Use the default setting for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) aware operating systems, such as Microsoft® Windows® 2000 and Windows NT®. 2. If the server is running a non-ACPI operating system, you must set this selection to Enabled to use the Wake on LAN support. 3. When using a non-ACPI operating system, do not send a wake-up packet to the server while it is turned on. If a wake-up packet has been sent while the server is on and you are unable to turn the server off, see "Turning off the server" on page 10 for information. 30 Hardware Maintenance Manual: xSeries 232, Type 8668

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v
Press Esc to return to the previous menu.
v
Press the F4 key to exit.
4.
Follow the instructions on the screen to change the settings of the selected
items; then, press Enter.
Choices available from the PXE Boot Agent Menu
The following choices appear on the PXE Boot Agent Utility Menu:
v
Network Boot Protocol
PXE is the default value for this menu item.
Note:
Do not change this value. There are no other network boot protocols
supported.
v
Boot Order
Select this choice to change the order in which boot devices are queried.
Note:
This option is not supported on this product. To change the boot order,
use the Configuration/Setup Utility program. See “Using the
Configuration/Setup Utility program” on page 23 for more information.
v
Show setup prompt
Select this choice to either display the PXE setup prompt or disable it. The
default setting is Disabled.
When this choice is enabled. Press Ctrl+S to enter the setup menu appears on
the screen under the initializing prompt.
v
Setup time wait menu
Select this choice to set the amount of time (in seconds) that the system will
pause during initialization for a Ctrl+S input.
–
2 seconds (default)
–
3 seconds
–
5 seconds
–
8 seconds
v
Legacy OS Wake up support
Select this choice to enable or disable the legacy operating-system wake-up
support.
–
Disabled (default)
–
Enabled
Notes:
1.
Use the default setting for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
aware operating systems, such as Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000 and Windows
NT
®
.
2.
If the server is running a non-ACPI operating system, you must set this
selection to
Enabled
to use the Wake on LAN support.
3.
When using a non-ACPI operating system, do not send a wake-up packet to
the server while it is turned on. If a wake-up packet has been sent while the
server is on and you are unable to turn the server off, see “Turning off the
server” on page 10 for information.
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