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NIC PNP

2023-07-16
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The following provides guidance on integrating multiple NIC drivers into CCBootCloud images using the NIC PNP tool, ensuring compatibility across diverse hardware configurations for seamless booting.

  • To add multiple NIC drivers to the image  you should use the NIC PNP tool, so a single image can boot PCs with different motherboards. NIC PNP function can be used for adding or removing the NIC drivers as well.
  • We recommend using this function from the cloud side.
  • There are 3 methods for NIC PNP. They are:

Edit NIC drivers

  1. Edit NIC drivers function is used for adding necessary drivers available as well as removing unwanted drivers in the image.
  2. Refer to Update image by PNP to perform this operation.

Add from inf

  1. Add from inf function is used to add necessary NIC drivers to the image from the inf file. You can get the inf files from the NIC vendor's site.
  2. Refer to Add from inf to perform this operation.

Add from local

  1. Add from local function is used to add the NIC drivers installed in any PC to an image.
  2. Refer to Add from local to perform this operation.

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