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NetXtreme II User Guide
September 2013
Broadcom Corporation
Page 78 Setting Up MBA in a Server Environment Document INGSRVT78-CDUM100-R
NOTE: For iSCSI boot-capable LOMs, the boot protocol is set via the BIOS. See your system documentation for
more information.
6. Use the UP ARROW, DOWN ARROW, LEFT ARROW, and RIGHT ARROW keys to move to and change the values for
other menu items, as desired.
7. Select Back to go to Main menu
8. Select Finish to save and exit.
SETTING UP THE BIOS
To boot from the network with the MBA, make the MBA enabled adapter the first bootable device under the BIOS. This
procedure depends on the system BIOS implementation. Refer to the user manual for the system for instructions.
SETTING UP MBA IN A SERVER ENVIRONMENT
RED HAT LINUX PXE SERVER
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution has PXE Server support. It allows users to remotely perform a complete Linux
installation over the network. The distribution comes with the boot images
boot kernel
(vmlinuz) and
initial ram disk
(initrd),
which are located on the Red Hat disk#1:
/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
Refer to the Red Hat documentation for instructions on how to install PXE Server on Linux.
The Initrd.img file distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, however, does not have a Linux network driver for the Broadcom
NetXtreme II adapters. This version requires a driver disk for drivers that are not part of the standard distribution. You can
create a driver disk for the Broadcom NetXtreme II adapter from the image distributed with the installation CD. Refer to the
Linux Readme.txt file for more information.
MS-DOS UNDI/INTEL APITEST
To boot in MS-DOS mode and connect to a network for the MS-DOS environment, download the Intel PXE PDK from the
Intel website. This PXE PDK comes with a TFTP/ProxyDHCP/Boot server. The PXE PDK can be downloaded from Intel at
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/
SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Network+Connectivity&ProductLine=Boot+Agent+Software&ProductProdu
ct=Intel%c2%ae+Boot+Agent.