IBM Proventia Network Enterprise User Manual - page 208
Chapter 15: Performing Routine Maintenance
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IBM Internet Security Systems
Preparing to Reinstall an Enterprise Scanner Agent
Introduction
You can reinstall the appliance by booting with the recovery CD over the network from a
PXE boot server. The Recovery CD runs a temporary PXE boot server on most Pentium II
or later computers that have a serial port and a supported network interface card as listed
below.
Note:
This process does not install any software on the PXE boot server computer.
PXE boot server
requirements
The computer or laptop you use as the PXE boot server must meet the following
requirements:
Certified hardware
The following supported hardware for a PXE boot server has been certified by IBM ISS
Quality Assurance:
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Intel PRO/100
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Intel PRO/1000
Additional hardware The following hardware has not been certified for a PXE boot server, but should also
work:
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3Com 3c905C, 3c575, and 3c574
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Netgear FA51, and FA411
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Intel PRO/100 S Mobile Adapter
Important:
IBM ISS supports only the network cards specified in the PXE boot server
hardware requirements.
Prerequisites
To reinstall Enterprise Scanner, you must have the following:
●
a computer to use as a PXE (Pre-boot eXecution Environment) boot server
Note:
In some cases, you may need to connect to the agent through terminal
emulation. To determine if you need this, see “Using terminal emulation” on
page 210.
●
the IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner Recovery CD
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RJ-45 to DB9 modified serial console cable (the blue cable that came with the agent)
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CAT-5 Ethernet crossover cable (the red cable that came with the agent)
Component
Requirement
Processor
Pentium II or compatible CPU (at a minimum)
RAM
64 MB (at a minimum)
Drive
IDE CD-ROM drive
Serial port
COM1
Table 74: PXE boot server requirements