Ole Skovgaard, IT-Architect @ Infrahouse, Lersø Parkallé 107 , 2100 København Ø, Denmark

Friday, July 22, 2011

Configuration Manger 2007 PXE & DHCP on the same server (Quick Guide)

1.       Make sure that the server do not have PXE installed
a.       Remove all bootimage images from the affected PXE server Distribution Point
b.      From the console, remove the PXE service role.
c.       Check the Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\Logs\PXEsetup.log to verify that the role is removed successfully.
d.      Remove the Windows Deployment Service.
e.      Reboot the Configuration Manager site server, if WDS was installed on the site server.
2.       Install WDS but do not configure it.
3.       Assuming DHCP and WDS are installed on the same Configuration Manager server,
a.       Make sure that DHCP Option 60 is set
                                                               i.      NETSH
                                                             ii.      NETHSH>DHCP server \\nameofserver
                                                            iii.      add optiondef 60 PXEClient String 0 comment=”Option added for PXE Support”
                                                           iv.      set optionvalue 60 STRING PXEClient
                                                             v.      show optionvalue all
                                                           vi.      exit
b.      Enabled and choose don’t listen on port 67.
                                                               i.      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WDSServer\Providers\WDSPXE
                                                             ii.      Set the UseDHCPPorts registry value to 0
4.       Install the PXE service role from the console
5.       Check the PXEsetup.log to verify that the role was installed successfully.
6.       Update the PXE distribution points for the boot images now that the new role is installed.
7.       The target client should now be able to PXE boot to the Configuration Manager server.