# Configuration Setup

The Intel® Boot Agent software provides configuration options that allow you to customize the behavior of the Intel Boot Agent software. You can configure the Intel Boot Agent in any of the following environments:

- A Microsoft* Windows* 2000 or More Recent Environment

- A Microsoft* Windows* 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT environment

- A Microsoft* MS-DOS* environment

- A pre-boot environment (before operating system is loaded)

The Intel Boot Agent supports PXE and RPL in pre-boot, Windows*, and DOS environments. In each of these environments, a single user interface allows you to configure PXE and RPL protocols on Fast Ethernet, Gigabit, and PXE on 10GbE adapters.

## Configuring the Intel Boot Agent in a Windows 2000 or More Recent Environment

If you use Windows 2000 or a more recent version of the Windows operating system on your client computer, you can use Intel® PROSet for Windows* Device Manager to configure and update the Intel Boot Agent software. Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager is available through the device manager. Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager provides a special tab, called the Boot Agent tab, used for configuring and updating the Intel Boot Agent software.

To access the Boot Agent tab:

1. Open Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager by opening the System Control Panel. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager.

2. Select the appropriate adapter and click the Boot Agent tab. The Boot Agent tab appears like the one shown in the screen image below. If the tab does not appear, update your network driver.

3. The Boot Agent tab shows a list of current configuration parameters and their corresponding values. Corresponding configuration values appear for the selected setting in a drop-down box. A brief description of the setting’s function appears in the Description box below it. See Boot Agent Configuration Settings for a list of configuration parameters, their possible values, and detailed descriptions.

4. Select a setting you want to change from the Settings selection box.

5. Select a value for that setting from the Value drop-down list.

6. Repeat the preceding two steps to change any additional settings.

7. Once you have completed your changes, click Apply Changes to update the adapter with the new values.

## Configuring the Intel Boot Agent in a Windows* 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT Environment

If you use Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT on your client computer, you can use the Intel® PROSet program to configure and update the Intel Boot Agent software. The Intel PROSet program is available under the standard Windows Control Panel facility. The Intel PROSet program provides a special tab, called the Boot Agent tab, used for configuring and updating the Intel Boot Agent software.

To access the Intel PROSet Boot Agent tab:

| NOTE: Changing the Intel Boot Agent configuration settings requires Intel PROSet Version 4.0 or higher, and involves changes to the Windows network device driver. Updating configuration settings will temporarily disable the operation of the Windows network device driver. Depending on what software is installed on your system, you may need to reboot the computer following this operation. To use Intel PROSet, you must use Intel Driver Release 4.0 or later.

1. Open Intel PROSet by double-clicking the icon on the lower-right corner of the desktop.

2. Select the appropriate adapter and click the Boot Agent tab. The Boot Agent tab appears. If the tab does not appear, update your network driver or make sure you have Intel PROSet Version 4.0 or higher.

| NOTES: Intel PROSet allows you to change configuration settings for PXE and RPL environments. Therefore, if you select an adapter that operates in PXE or RPL environments from the devices listed under Network Components on the left side of the Intel PROSet screen below, you may view or change configuration settings that appear on the right side of the screen. Not all configuration settings are available for some flash ROMs. You can also use Intel PROSet to update the boot ROM for any selected device that displays the Boot Agent tab in PROSet. To do so, press the Update Boot Agent button on the right side of the screen.

3. The Boot Agent tab shows a list of current configuration parameters and their corresponding values. Corresponding configuration values appear for the selected setting in a drop-down box. A brief description of the setting’s function appears in the Description box below it. See Boot Agent Configuration Settings for a list of configuration parameters, their possible values, and detailed descriptions.

4. Select a setting you want to change from the Setting selection box.

5. Select a value for that setting from the Value drop-down list.

6. Repeat the preceding two steps to change any additional settings.

7. Once you have completed your changes, click Apply Settings to immediately update the adapter with the new values.

   | NOTE: Exiting Intel PROSet by clicking the OK button also updates the adapter with the new values.

   When you click Update Boot Agent, a dialog box appears.

8. Click Yes to continue with the configuration update process. Clicking Yes updates the adapter with the new settings. If the network driver is loaded on the adapter, be sure to reboot the system after the update operation completes.

## Configuring the Intel Boot Agent in an MS-DOS Environment

Intel provides a utility (IBAUtil) for installing and configuring the Intel Boot Agent using the DOS environment. IBAUtil is a utility program that provides an alternative means for modifying the adapter configuration settings. IBAUtil supports the PRO/100, PRO/1000 and PRO/10GbE family of adapters. See Auxiliary DOS Utilities for more information.

## Configuring the Intel Boot Agent in a Pre-Boot PXE or RPL Environment

| NOTE: Intel Boot Agent may be disabled in the Bios.

You can customize the behavior of the Intel Boot Agent software through a pre-boot (operating system independent) configuration setup program contained within the adapter's flash ROM. You can access this pre-boot configuration setup program each time the client computer cycles through the boot process. The boot process is triggered whenever any of the following boot events occur:

- Power on

- Hard reset (Reset button on system, if available)

- Soft reset (Ctrl+Alt+Del)

- Operating system or application-initiated system restart

When the boot process begins, the screen clears and the computer begins its Power On Self Test (POST) sequence. Shortly after completion of the POST, the Intel Boot Agent software stored in flash ROM executes. The Intel Boot Agent then displays an initialization message, similar to the one below, indicating that it is active:

>     Initializing Intel(R) Boot Agent Version X.X.XX
>     PXE 2.0 Build 083 (WfM 2.0)

| NOTE: This display may be hidden by the manufacturer's splash screen. Consult your manufacturer's documentation for details.

> The configuration setup menu shows a list of configuration settings on the left and their corresponding values on the right. Key descriptions near the bottom of the menu indicate how to change values for the configuration settings. For each selected setting, a brief "mini-Help" description of its function appears just above the key descriptions.

1. Highlight the setting you need to change by using the arrow keys.

2. Once you have accessed the setting you want to change, press the spacebar until the desired value appears.

3. Once you have completed your changes, press F4 to update the adapter with the new values. Any changed configuration values are applied as the boot process resumes.

The table below provides a list of configuration settings, their possible values, and their detailed descriptions:

### Intel Boot Agent Configuration Settings

#### Configuration Setting | #### Possible Values | #### Description
--- | --- | ---
Network Boot Protocol | PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) RPL (Remote Program Load) | Controls whether the RPL or PXE boot protocol will be used. Select PXE for use with WfM-compatible network management programs, such as LANDesk* Management Suite, Windows* 2000 RIS, and Linux*. Select RPL for legacy-style remote booting, as well as for Novell* Netware* remote boot solutions. NOTE: Depending on the configuration of the Intel Boot Agent, this parameter may not be changeable.
Boot Order | Use BIOS Setup Boot Order Try network first, then local drives Try local drives first, then network Try network only Try local drives only | Sets the boot order in which devices are selected during boot up if the computer does not have its own control method. If your client computer's BIOS supports the BIOS Boot Specification (BBS), or allows PnP-compliant selection of the boot order in the BIOS setup program, then this setting will always be Use BIOS Setup Boot Order and cannot be changed. In this case, refer to the BIOS setup manual specific to your client computer to set up boot options. If your client computer does not have a BBS- or PnP-compliant BIOS, you can select any one of the other possible values listed for this setting except for Use BIOS Setup Boot Order.
Legacy OS Wakeup Support. (For 82559-based adapters only) | 0 = Disabled (Default Value) 1 = Enabled | If set to 1, the Intel Boot Agent will enable PME in the adapter’s PCI configuration space during initialization. This allows remote wakeup under legacy operating systems that don’t normally support it. Note that enabling this makes the adapter technically non-compliant with the ACPI specification, which is why the default is disabled.

| NOTE: If, during PXE or RPL boot, more than one adapter is installed in a computer and you want to boot from the boot ROM located on a specific adapter, you can do so by removing the adapter from the BIOS Boot Order or disabling the flash by running `IBAUTIL -FlashDisable` on the desired adapter.

Anytime the configuration setup menu is displayed, you may press the D key to display diagnostics information in the lower half of the screen. This information can be helpful during interaction with Intel Customer Support personnel or your IT team members. Once you press the D key, the information displayed remains until you leave the configuration setup screen (either by pressing F4, pressing the Esc key, or by rebooting the computer). For more information about how to interpret the information displayed, refer to Diagnostics Information for Pre-boot PXE or RPL Environments.

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