Client Overview
A leading US-based chip manufacturer for enterprise IT infrastructures and corporate data centers.
Business Challenge
The client was looking for a partner offering services to following requirements for their chipsets:
- PXE boot support for Integrated PCIe, MAC and PHY solution
- PCI legacy boot ROM image with Network Boot support
- Base code driver and Universal Network Driver Interface (UNDI)
- Transfer control to Network Bootstrap Program for further OS installation
- Work with both PXE standards: PXE-Linux and Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
- Diagnostic tool for UEFI and FreeDOS for supporting NIC card production
VOLANSYS Contribution
VOLANSYS provided extended support with a team of its engineers to enhance chipset functionalities with the following solution:
- Prepared PXE SDK build setup on Windows NT system
- Built PCI Legacy ROM image and aligned its flash memory for 32/64 bit systems
- Legacy UNDI code in x86 assembly language
- Enabled WDS NBP to use PXE UNDI driver for OS installation
- Validated PXE boot for Ubuntu 14.04 (64-bit), Windows 7 (32/64 – bit), Windows 8.1 (32/64 – bit), Windows 10 (64-bit) on Asus Z170 motherboard
- Developed a diagnostic application on MS-DOS and UEFI diagnostic module for NIC
Benefits Delivered
- NIC performance enhancement
- NIC Diagnostic application for both UEFI and MS-DOS