Update Intel® Platform Administration Technology Agent

 

Intel® 945GCNL Motherboard doesn’t contain Intel® Platform Administration Technology Agent. You need manually update its BIOS and make it contain Intel® Platform Administration Technology Agent.

 

Scenario 1: If your Intel® 945GCNL Motherboard has been installed Windows OS, you could use the following process:

1.       Run the BIOS update file which postfix is EXE, such as NL0001.EXE (The filename may be different due to BIOS version). This file is on the Intel® Platform Administration Technology V3.1.5 official web site.

2.       Click Next to continue.

3.       Click Finish to complete the BIOS update in OS status.

4.       Client will automatically reboot and upgrade the BIOS and agent to V3.1.5.

5.       Reboot the Client and Press F2 to enter BIOS Configuration UI. Set Power > “Wake on LAN from S5” to “Power On” and enable Boot > “Boot to Network”. Press F10 to save and exit.

6.       Connect client and Intel® PAT V3.1.5 server in the same LAN. Reboot the Client and press F3 to enter Intel® PAT Agent Management Menu. Enable and configure Intel® PAT Agent. Press F10 to save and exit.

 

Scenario 2: If your Intel® 945GCNL Motherboard is not installed any OS, you could use the following process:

1.         Create a DOS startup USB disk, and find the file named autoexec.bat.

2.         Find the two files in Intel® Platform Administration Technology V3.1.5 official web site and copy them in the same folder as the file named autoexec.bat.

l         IFLASH.EXE

l         The BIOS update file which postfix is CVT, such as NL0001.CVT.

3.         Open autoexec.bat and type the following command at the end of the file, then press Save. (The CVT filename may be different due to BIOS version.)

l         iflash /pf nl0001.cvt

4.         Restart the client from DOS Startup USB disk and the update progress shows.

5.         After the update is complete, the BIOS and agent are updated to V3.1.5

6.         Reboot the Client and Press F2 to enter BIOS Configuration UI. Set Power > “Wake on LAN from S5” to “Power On”and enable Boot > “Boot to Network”. Press F10 to save and exit.

7.         Connect client and Intel® PAT V3.1.5 server in the same LAN. Reboot the Client and press F3 to enter Intel® PAT Agent Management Menu. Enable and configure Intel® PAT Agent. Press F10 to save and exit.

 

 

Caution:

l         If you use the file NL0001.EXE to update BIOS, please ensure that you log on as Administrator. Or else, the upgrade may fail.

l         If you use the file NL0001.CVT to update BIOS and you can’t find the file autoexec.bat in your DOS Startup USB disk, please manually input the command in DOS command line (The CVT filename may be different due to BIOS version): iflash /pf nl0001.cvt after the machine boots from USB disk. Then the update progress shows. After the update is complete, the BIOS and agent are updated to V3.1.5.

 

For information on updating Agent/BIOS, please visit the Intel® Platform Administration Technology support website:

http://support.intel.com/support/go/ipat.