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3. Under Popular links, click Publications lookup. 4. From the Product family menu, select BladeCenter HC10 and click Continue. Using the PXE boot agent utility program Use the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) boot agent utility program to select the boot protocol and other boot options and to select a power-management option. Note: The blade workstation does not support Remote Program Load (RPL) selection for the boot protocol option. To start the PXE boot agent utility program, complete the following steps: 1. Turn on the blade workstation. 2. When the Broadcom NetXtreme Boot Agent vX.X.X prompt is displayed, press Ctrl+S. You have 2 seconds (by default) to press Ctrl+S after the prompt is displayed. If the PXE setup prompt is not displayed, use the Configuration/Setup Utility program to set the Enable Ethernet PXE/DHCP option. 3. To select a choice from the menu, use the arrow keys and press Enter. 4. To change the setting of the selected item, follow the instructions on the screen. Firmware updates IBM periodically makes firmware updates available for the blade workstation. Go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/ and check the firmware versions that are available. Click Monitors → Firmware VPD in the Advanced Management Module user interface to check the firmware levels in the blade workstation. If the date and revision level on the Web site is later than the date and revision level in the blade workstation, download and install the firmware from the Web. To locate the blade workstation firmware updates, complete the following steps: 1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/. 2. Under Product support, click BladeCenter. 3. Under Popular links, click Software and device drivers. 4. Click BladeCenter HC10 to display the matrix of downloadable files for the BladeCenter product. The blade workstation ships with the following firmware levels, or later. Table 1. Firmware shipped on the blade workstation Firmware Build ID BIOS DOE114A Diagnostics DOYT02A Blade sys. mgmt. proc. DOBT12A Broadcom Ethernet NIC T3.4.6 Graphics and I/O Transmission Adapter Build 12 Date 06/15/2007 06/15/2007 06/15/2007 06/15/2007 06/21/2007 Revision 1.14 1.0 0.12 Not applicable Not applicable The firmware in the Advanced Management Module must be the following version or later. See the Advanced Management Module User's Guide for information about how to download and install firmware for the management module. 36 BladeCenter HC10 Type 7996: Installation and User's Guide

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3.
Under
Popular
links
,
click
Publications
lookup
.
4.
From
the
Product
family
menu,
select
BladeCenter
HC10
and
click
Continue
.
Using
the
PXE
boot
agent
utility
program
Use
the
Preboot
Execution
Environment
(PXE)
boot
agent
utility
program
to
select
the
boot
protocol
and
other
boot
options
and
to
select
a
power-management
option.
Note:
The
blade
workstation
does
not
support
Remote
Program
Load
(RPL)
selection
for
the
boot
protocol
option.
To
start
the
PXE
boot
agent
utility
program,
complete
the
following
steps:
1.
Turn
on
the
blade
workstation.
2.
When
the
Broadcom
NetXtreme
Boot
Agent
vX.X.X
prompt
is
displayed,
press
Ctrl+S.
You
have
2
seconds
(by
default)
to
press
Ctrl+S
after
the
prompt
is
displayed.
If
the
PXE
setup
prompt
is
not
displayed,
use
the
Configuration/Setup
Utility
program
to
set
the
Enable
Ethernet
PXE/DHCP
option.
3.
To
select
a
choice
from
the
menu,
use
the
arrow
keys
and
press
Enter.
4.
To
change
the
setting
of
the
selected
item,
follow
the
instructions
on
the
screen.
Firmware
updates
IBM
periodically
makes
firmware
updates
available
for
the
blade
workstation.
Go
to
and
check
the
firmware
versions
that
are
available.
Click
Monitors
→
Firmware
VPD
in
the
Advanced
Management
Module
user
interface
to
check
the
firmware
levels
in
the
blade
workstation.
If
the
date
and
revision
level
on
the
Web
site
is
later
than
the
date
and
revision
level
in
the
blade
workstation,
download
and
install
the
firmware
from
the
Web.
To
locate
the
blade
workstation
firmware
updates,
complete
the
following
steps:
1.
Go
to
2.
Under
Product
support
,
click
BladeCenter
.
3.
Under
Popular
links
,
click
Software
and
device
drivers
.
4.
Click
BladeCenter
HC10
to
display
the
matrix
of
downloadable
files
for
the
BladeCenter
product.
The
blade
workstation
ships
with
the
following
firmware
levels,
or
later.
Table
1.
Firmware
shipped
on
the
blade
workstation
Firmware
Build
ID
Date
Revision
BIOS
DOE114A
06/15/2007
1.14
Diagnostics
DOYT02A
06/15/2007
1.0
Blade
sys.
mgmt.
proc.
DOBT12A
06/15/2007
0.12
Broadcom
Ethernet
NIC
T3.4.6
06/15/2007
Not
applicable
Graphics
and
I/O
Transmission
Adapter
Build
12
06/21/2007
Not
applicable
The
firmware
in
the
Advanced
Management
Module
must
be
the
following
version
or
later.
See
the
Advanced
Management
Module
User's
Guide
for
information
about
how
to
download
and
install
firmware
for
the
management
module.
36
BladeCenter
HC10
Type
7996:
Installation
and
User’s
Guide