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IBAUTIL is a utility program that changes the default settings of your Intel® WfM-compatible adapter. It can be used to enable or disable the Wake-on-LAN and Intel® Boot Agent capabilities, as well as enable or disable some settings used by the Boot Agent. IBAUTIL also allows for in-the-field upgrades to the image stored in the flash component of the NIC.
IBAUTIL is not intended as a utility for LAN-On-Motherboard (LOM) implementations. While IBAUTIL may be able to adjust the BootROM settings on LOM implementations, those changes may not affect how the adapter operates.
RUNNING IBAUTIL:
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IBAUTIL accepts up to 16 simultaneous parameters. If conflicting parameters (such as the commands -FLASHENABLE -FLASHDISABLE used together) are supplied, IBAUTIL will exit with an error.
Where applicable, the parameters listed below are listed in logical groups. Note that -HELP, -EXITCODES and -IMAGEVERSION have special overriding characteristics. Unless noted otherwise, any parameter may be
used in conjunction with any other parameter.
If IBAUTIL is run without any command line options, it displays a listing of all of the supported Intel network adapters found in the system.
-HELP or
-? |
Displays command line help and exits. When -HELP is set, all other parameters are ignored. |
| -EXITCODES |
Displays exit code help. When -EXITCODES are set, all other parameters except -HELP are ignored. |
-IMAGEVERSION or
-IV |
Displays the PXE versions stored within the IBAUTIL. When -IMAGEVERSION is set, all other parameters except -EXITCODES and -HELP are ignored. |
| -ALL |
Selects all adapters found in system, works for both EEPROM and Flash activity. |
| -NIC=XX |
Selects a specific adapter (1-16). |
-AUTO
or
-QUIET |
Runs IBAUTIL without asking for user intervention. It will NOT create a backup image. This parameter must be used with -NIC or -ALL if there is more than one NIC in the system. It will run without -ALL or -NIC=xx if there is only one NIC in the system. |
| -BLINK |
Provides a method for identifying an adapter. This feature is currently only supported on the PRO/1000 product line. |
-UPGRADE
or
-UP
or
-INSTALL |
Downloads the Boot Agent stored within IBAUTIL to the adapters in the system. User intervention is required to answer questions about backups and to select the appropriate NIC unless -AUTO is used. IBAUTIL contains Boot Agent images for both the PRO/1000 line of adapters as well as the PRO/100 line of adapters. Note that some 82557 based NICs may not have a big enough Flash to receive the upgrade. Consult your adapter documentation for more details. |
| -SAVE |
Saves the existing Intel Boot Agent flash image to a disk file. The file will be named based on the PCI Vendor and Device ID of hte NIC. If -RESTORE is specified on the same command line as -UPGRADE, an error is generated. |
| -RESTORE |
Restores a previously-saved Intel Boot Agent image. IBAUTIL will look for a file name based on teh PCI Vendor and Device ID of the NIC. If -RESTORE is specified on teh same command line as -UPGRADE, an error is generated. |
-DEFAULTCONFIG
or
-DEFCFG |
Resets Configuration and Control words in the EEPROM back to default settings. |
-FLASHENABLE
or
-FE |
Enables Boot ROM. |
-FLASHDISABLE
or
-FD |
Disables Boot ROM. |
-WOLDISABLE
or
-WOLD |
Disables WOL bit on Fast Ethernet and disables APMPME and APME EEPROM bits on Gigabit. |
-WOLENABLE
or
-WOLE |
Enables WOL bit on Fast Ethernet and enables APMPME and APME EEPROM bits on Gigabit. |
-SETUPENABLE
or
-STE |
Enables Setup Menu. |
-SETUPDISABLE
or
-STD |
Disables Setup Menu. |
-TITLEENABLE
or
-TLE |
Enables Initial Title Message. |
-TITLEDISABLE
or
-TLD |
Disables Initial Title Message. |
-PROTOCOLENABLE
or
-PROE |
Enables Changing the Boot Protocol Option. |
-PROTOCOLDISABLE
or
-PROD |
Disables Changing the Boot Protocol Option. |
-ORDERENABLE
or
-ORDE |
Enables Changing the Boot Order Option. |
-ORDERDISABLE
or
-ORDD |
Disables Changing the Boot Order Option. |
-MESSAGEENABLE or
-MSE |
Enables the Control-S Setup Menu message |
-MESSAGEDISABLE or
-MSD |
Disables the Control-S Setup Menu message |
-LWSENABLE
or
-LWSE |
Enables Changing the Legacy OS Wakeup Support Option. |
-LWSDISABLE
or
-LWSD |
Disables Changing the Legacy OS Wakeup Support Option. |
-SETWAITTIME=X
or
-SWT=X |
Set the setup delay time for the NIC to X seconds. Valid delay times are 0, 2, 3, and 5. Only the first instance of this parameter will be valid. All other instances of the parameter will generate an error. |
| All other parameters will generate an error. |
Error Codes (DOS):
IBAUTIL returns error codes to the DOS command line, a description of the
error codes is found below.
| Success |
0 |
| Bad Parameter |
1 |
| No Supported Adapters |
2 |
| Invalid Adapter Selected |
3 |
| FLASH Operation Failed |
4 |
| EEPROM Read Failed |
5 |
| EEPROM Write Failed |
6 |
| Image Missing or Corrupt |
7 |
| Operator Termination |
8 |
| LOM Not Supported |
9 |
| Port Not Bootable |
10 |
| FLASH Disabled |
11 |
| FLASH Too Small |
12 |
| Protocol Not Supported |
13 |
| Not Currently Used |
14 |
| Not Currently Used |
15 |
| RPL Not Supported |
16 |
| PXE Not Supported |
17 |
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