HP ProLiant Network Adapter Software and Configuration Guide

Configuration and diagnostics 14
• UNB—The address in upper memory where the Boot Agent is installed by the BIOS.
• PCI ID—The set of PCI identification values from the adapter in the form:
VendorID/DeviceID/SubvendorID/SubdeviceID/Revision
• Slot—The slot number reported by the BIOS. The number displayed is the BIOS version of the PCI slot
number. Therefore, actual positions of adapters within slots might not be displayed as expected. Slots
are not always enumerated in an obvious manner, and the diagnostics only reports what is indicated by
the BIOS.
• Flags—A set of miscellaneous data either read from the adapter EEPROM or calculated by the Boot
Agent initialization code. This information varies from one adapter to the next and is only intended for
use by Intel customer support.
BootUtil executable
BootUtil allows you to flash supported firmware to the adapter from the included master FLB file. This option
ROM includes PXE, iSCSI, FCoE and UEFI drivers, and the image is programmed to the flash memory at
once. BootUtil also builds the required combo images for supported adapters and program those images to
the flash, as well. Since both discrete and combo images are supported, the -BOOTENABLE command only
works on combo images.
PXE+EFI and iSCSI+EFI image combinations are supported for all OEM generic adapters, however support
is limited to devices which support both technologies as discrete images. However, flash size is a limiting
factor, as the image size can change without notice.
The Master FLB file (BOOTIMG.FLB) is the new container for all the Boot Option ROMs. This file replaces the
existing FLB files for FCoE, iSCSI, PXE, and EFI.
BootUtil supports older flb files to maintain backwards compatibility with the previous utilities.
BootUtil without command-line options displays a list of all supported Intel network ports in the system.
BootUtil also allows the user to enable or disable the flash memory on specific ports by using
-FLASHENABLE or -FLASHDISABLE options in order to control access to the firmware from the system.
BootUtil allows the user to individually set iSCSI, FCoE, UEFI and PXE boot configurations by -NIC=xx
-[OPTION]=[VALUE] options. The -I option is iSCSI specific and will not work for PXE configurations.
BootUtil displays up to 128 adapter ports.
No configuration settings are supported for the UEFI driver.
Functionality from the previous utility, IBAutil, is preserved in BootUtil.
The BootUtil allows you to install and configure the Boot Agent using the DOS environment. BootUtil is a utility
program that provides an alternative means for modifying the adapter configuration settings. Use BootUtil to
complete the following:
• Change the default settings of your HP Intel adapter.
• Enable or disable the WOL and Intel Boot Agent capabilities.
• Allow in-the-field upgrades to the image stored in the flash component of the adapter.
To obtain this utility:
1. Go to the Intel website (http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/homepage.html).
2. Type "Intel® Ethernet Connections Boot Utility, Preboot images, and EFI Drivers" in the Search box, and
then click the Search button.
3. Click the first search result.