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Server Configuration

The PXE environment requires a DHCP server, Proxy DHCP server, TFTP boot server and Transaction server to function correctly.


DHCP Server

The DHCP server must be configured with an active scope that will allocate IP addresses to the PXE workstations. The scope options should also specify the gateway or router that the PXE workstations should use.

If the PXE services are installed on the same server as the DHCP service, then the DHCP service must be configured with a special option tag. Configure option tag 60 as a string and set it to the value PXEClient.

IMPORTANT:  Installing and running the Proxy DHCP Server on a NetWare 5.x server that is already running a standard DHCP server is not supported.


Proxy DHCP Server

It is seldom necessary to make any changes to the default configuration.

If you want to run the Proxy DHCP server on a different server from the Transaction server or TFTP server, you can change the Proxy DHCP settings to direct PXE workstations to a server other than the Proxy DHCP server.


Transaction Server

It is seldom necessary to make any changes to the default configuration.

You can change the UDP port that the Transaction server uses for communicating with the preboot client. You should only do this if the Transaction server is conflicting with another service running on the server.



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