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ABLE CONTINUED ONFIGURATION PTIONS
Option
Name Possible
Values Description Default
Message
Timeout 3
6
12
Forever The amount of time (in seconds) that the prompt
message is displayed and waits for user input. This
includes messages such as the Configuration
Message, the Local and Network Boot Messages, and
the Boot Failure Prompt.
The Forever setting only applies to the Local and
Network Boot Messages. If Forever is selected, the
other messages default to 3 seconds. This setting
takes affect the next time the PC is booted. 3
Boot Failure
Prompt Wait for
Timeout
Wait for
Key If a network boot cannot be completed, choose
whether MBA displays a message and then waits for
the user to press a key before continuing or waits for
3 seconds before continuing. MBA continues by
following the behavior specified by the Boot Failure
option. Wait for
Timeout
Boot Failure Next Boot
Device
Reboot If a network boot cannot be completed, choose
whether MBA will reboot the PC or allow the PC to
boot from the next boot device. On a PC with a BBS-
compliant BIOS, the next boot device is the next
device in the boot order list. On a PC that does not
have a BBS-compliant BIOS, the next boot device is
normally the hard disk. Next Boot
Device
TFTP
Secure
Mode Enabled
Disabled Choose whether MBA uses the secure mode feature
of TFTP. In secure mode, only the filename is sent to
the TFTP Service. Disabled
Booting
Messages (User
Defined) Choose the message text and hot key that is used to
instruct the user how to boot locally when the
Default Boot is set to Network, and how to boot from
the network when the Default Boot is set to Local.
Not available with BIOS-integrated MBA. “Press H to
boot from
Hard Disk”
“Press N
to boot
from
Network”
TCP/IP
Image
Filename (User
Defined) Default filename of the boot image file if a filename
is not provided in either the DHCP or BOOTP
response from the server. MBA.IMG