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Re: Fiber Network Card/ PXE/ UEFI
The Fiber NIC i am attempting to use is:
Axcen AXGE-5851-1511 and APAC Opto LM22-CAS-PC-B
Hardware I am working on is the following: Optiplex 7050,7040,5070
I have UEFI PXE boot working find VIA built in Ethernet but UEFI doesn't see this Fiber network card as a approved boot drive.
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DELL-Josh Cr
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March 11th, 2021 10:00
Thanks,
I am moving this to optiplex support.
speedstep
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March 11th, 2021 10:00
Axcen AXGE-5851-1511
is a tranceiver not a NIC with PXE boot rom.
https://www.axcen.com.tw/upload/product/201703241353390.pdf
APAC Opto LM22-CAS-PC-B isnt a dell product either
speedstep
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March 11th, 2021 11:00
No such standard exists for ANY PCI-E card. PXE roms are hardware specific.
There is no one size fits all for all os for all devices for UEFI PXE booting.
MELLANOX makes fiber nics with PXE Roms.
UEFI is a standard firmware interface designed to replace BIOS. Mellanox UEFI Network driver is compliant with UEFI specification version 2.6 and allows boot over network via PXE (Preboot eXecution Enviroment)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/oem-uefi
Dell supports Dell hardware not any ole PCI-E nic from any ole vendor.
Mystic.Styles
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March 11th, 2021 11:00
Both list devices are PCIe cards replacing standard onboard copper, however its does state they are "transceivers". The process I am asking direction on should be able to be applied to any branded PCIe .with correct firmware support.
How do I enable a PCIe devices to be authorized to be a "Boot" device in UEFI mode?
Mystic.Styles
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March 11th, 2021 11:00
I understand the is no "one size fits all" I didnt ask for that. I asked for a very particular process.
Also Im not asking DELL to support hardware from other venders, I asking for the process to add a UEFI boot entry and how to pull needed information to feed the add boot option. The process I am asking for should work on any PCIe card with updated firmware to support UEFI/PXE.
I am looking for instructions similar to this: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000124391/how-to-enable-boot-from-dvd-option-with-uefi-boot-mode-enabled-windows-10-8-1-8
speedstep
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March 11th, 2021 12:00
There is no process to ADD UEFI Boot entry and ROM for PXE booting that does not exist.
PXE is boot over network so the entire network stack and UEFI software must be in a ROM on the NIC in question.
Furthermore the system you want to do this on is not a server.
Not likely there is an X1 UEFI PXE BOOT ROM enabled Fiber Channel NIC.
Mystic.Styles
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March 11th, 2021 13:00
So you believe we can not add a UEFI boot entry but we have a guild on this same process for DVD drives. By default UEFI doesnt support booting from DVD drives but it can be added. It very hard to believe that a aftermarket (NON DELL) PCIE NVME can not be configured in UEFI to be a bootable drive. it should be the same process but with slightly different Syntex due to being different class of device.