Remote Boot

Remote Boot allows you to boot a system using only an Ethernet adapter. You connect to a server that contains an operating system image and use that to boot your local system.

See the following subsections for more information.

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Intel® Boot Agent

Note:

See Configuring the UEFI Network Stack for PXE for information on enabling a PXE network boot.

Enabling Remote Boot

If you have an Intel Desktop Adapter installed in your client computer, the flash ROM device is already available in your adapter, and no further installation steps are necessary.
For Intel Server Adapters, the flash ROM can be enabled using the BootUtil utility. Do the following:
1. From the command line, enter the following to enumerate the ports available in your system:
```
BOOTUTIL -E
```
2. Choose a port.
3. Enter the following to select the port you wish to enable. For example:
```
BOOTUTIL -NIC=1 -FLASHENABLE
```

See Intel® Ethernet Flash Firmware Utility for more information on using BootUtil.

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