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Configuration and diagnostics 60

within the allowed number of seconds, reboot the computer to try again. If you select a Setup Menu

Wait Time setting of zero or a Show Setup Prompt setting of Disabled, you will not be prompted to
press the Ctrl+S keys even though you can still enter the configuration setup menu using this key

combination.
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.

2.

Select the setting you need to change by using the arrow keys.

3.

After you have accessed the setting you want to change, press the Spacebar until the desired value
appears.

4.

If you want to change additional settings, repeat steps 2 and 3.

5.

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

Boot Agent configuration settings

Configuration

settings

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 Intel® LANDesk® Management Suite, Windows 2000 RIS,

and Linux®.
Select RPL for legacy-style remote booting, as well as for Novell®
Netware® remote boot solutions.
Depending on the configuration of the 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.