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PXE Server not booting clients

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Bychris_fry

1. If you are setting up a PXE / WDS Boot Server

When your OS deployment server and DHCP server are on the same machine, clients need Option 60 to distinguish the PXE server’s location. [1, 2]

On a Microsoft Windows Server:
You can manually add the PXEClient definition using Command Prompt: [1, 2, 3]

  1. Open an elevated Command Prompt (cmd) and type netsh.
  2. Type dhcp server.
  3. Type add optiondef 60 PXEClient STRING 0 comment="PXE support".
  4. Type set optionvalue 60 STRING PXEClient.
  5. Type exit to save and quit.
  6. Open the DHCP Management Console, go to Server Options, right-click, and select Configure Options. You should now see and be able to check 060 ClassID