FlexBoot Changes and New FeaturesRev 14.14.2036
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6.1 FlexBoot Known Issues
Table 16 - FlexBoot Known Issues
Internal Ref. Issue
- Description: Several BIOS vendors have limited boot-vector space and may not display
FlexBoot in their boot menu.
WA: Disable the embedded NIC boot agent in BIOS
Keywords: BIOS
- Description: In several BIOS, the server might hang during FlexBoot booting due to
wrong configuration of the PMM.
WA: N/A
Keywords: BIOS
- Description: Only EBX,ESI,DS,ES registers can be saved in Boot Entry.
WA: N/A
Keywords: BIOS
- Description: If a client returned control to the BIOS after a successful connection to an
iSCSI target (but did not boot from it), then, unexpected behavior may occur.
WA: Follow the instructions described in the FlexBoot UM for the proper iSCSI boot/
install
Keywords: BIOS
673114 Description: FlexBoot banner might not be shown in some BIOSes.
WA: N/A
Keywords: BIOS
- Description: In some cases, PXE boot will not work if the client was given only the file-
name without next-server (siaddr).
WA: N/A
Keywords: PXE Boot
- Description: In ConnectX-4, the PXE boot time measurement over TFTP Ethernet is
3:40 min for image size of 1GB, TFTP InfiniBand is 1:20 min, and iSCSI boot time mea
-
surement is 8 seconds for image size of 25 MB.
WA: N/A
Keywords: PXE Boot
- Description: PXE boot after iSCSI boot with static configuration is currently not sup-
ported.
WA: N/A
Keywords: PXE Boot
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