Specifications

Appendix B LAN Boot Feature

90 Reference Manual ReadyBoard 800

Accessing PXE Boot Agent BIOS Setup Utility

The Intel PXE Boot agent is integrated into the ReadyBoard 800 BIOS and only supports one protocol,

the Wired for Management (WfM) 2.0 specification for Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE). There

are no options or fields in the ReadyBoard 800 BIOS Setup Utility to disable or enable the LAN Boot

feature.

The LAN Boot feature can be moved to the top of the boot order, and will be detected if an Ethernet

connection is available. The BIOS autodetects the Ethernet connection and searches for the PXE server

and boot image as soon as you boot the system.

To access PXE Boot Agent BIOS Setup Utility when you want to use the LAN Boot feature, refer to this

procedure:

1. Connect a Ethernet cable to the ReadyBoard 800 and reboot the system.

2. Access the PXE Boot Agent BIOS Setup Utility by pressing the Ctrl + S keys, when the

following message appears on the boot screen.

Initializing Intel (R) Boot Agent GE vx.x.xx

PXE v2.0 Build 0xx (WfM 2.0)

Press Ctrl + S to enter the setup Menu…

3. If you miss this message, reboot the system and press Ctrl + S early in the boot process.

4. Select from the menu options when the PXE Boot Agent screen appears similar to the one shown in

Figure B-1.

5. Follow the instructions at the bottom of the screen to navigate through the selections and modify

any settings.

6. Save your changes (F4) and reboot the system.

When you reboot the system the PXE Boot Agent will make up to two attempts to find and load

the boot image using a DHCP server (PXE Server). Messages similar to the ones listed here may

appear, however briefly, on screen.

Intel (R) Boot Agent GE v1.x.xx

Intel (R) Boot Agent PXE base Code (PXE-2.1 build 084)

Initializing and Establishing Link…… (BIOS detecting Ethernet link)

Client Mac Addr: xx xx xx xx xx xx GUID: xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxx………

DHCP ……/ (looking for PXE server and boot filename)

(If errors occur, you might see some of the following messages)

PXE-E53: No boot filename received (no boot filename found)