Deployment Guide

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Create the DHCP User Class

You must create the user class for the DHCP server before creating the DHCP Policy.

1. Open the Windows 2008 DHCP Server DHCP manager.

2. In the console tree, navigate to IPv4

. Right click IPv4, and then click Define User Classes from the

drop-down menu.

3. In the

DHCP User Class dialog box, click Add to create a new user class.

4. In the

New Class dialog box, enter the following information and click OK to create a user class.

a. In the Display Name box, enter iPXE.

b. In the Description box, enter iPXE Clients.

c. In the data pane, under ASCII, enter iPXE.

5. Click

Close.

Create the DHCP Policy

Use the new User Class to create a DHCP policy scope option.

1. Open the Windows 2008 DHCP Server DHCP manager.

2. Add a scope option to the DHCP scope that will service ASM PXE environment.

3. In the

Scope Options dialog box, click the Advanced tab, select 067 Bootfile Name check box, and

in the String value box, enter bootstrap.ipxe .

NOTE: For PXE service to function properly, you must enter bootstrap.ipxe for the 067 Bootfile

Name.

4. Select

DHCP Standard Options from the Vendor class drop-down list.

5. Select

iPXEclass from the User Class drop-down list.

6. Click

OK to save the scope option.

The policy is created by utilizing the new User Class with a scope option.

Create the Boot File Scope Option

The Boot File option is created for the DHCP scope that services your ASM PXE.

1. Open the Windows 2008 DHCP Server DHCP Manager.

2. In the console tree, expand the scope that will service your ASM PXE network. Right click Scope

Options

and select Configure Options.

3. In the right pane, enter the following information:

• Click

066 Boot Server Host Name and enter the IP address or DNS name of ASM server in the

Value column.

• For PXE service to function properly, click 067 Bootfile Name and enter undionly.kpxe

in the

Value column.

4. Additionally, in the right pane, based on you network settings, configure the following:

• 003 Router

(default gateway that is on the PXE network)

• 006 Name Server (DNS server IP address)