Deployment Solution

Working on configuring DS to use PXE to boot.

What configuration needs to occur on the DS server to allow this to work?

What information / options are needed in DHCP to allow the connection to be established?

I have verified that my pxe images are located in :

C:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\Task

Handler\SBS\Images

Hi Digital,

I think 02 articles may help you:

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO63339 - About Pre-boot eXecution Environment (PXE)

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO63325  - Configuring the PXE Server

You don´t need add options to DHCP Server if switches were configured with additional IPHelper to PXE Server ip. The network configuration to allow PXE packets could be verified here:

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO1071 - Configuring PXE to work across VLANs

Please let us know if you need more details, ok?

Regards

Would just like to verify the process:

1. Configure the PXE Server(DS Server) - This is completed by creating the PXE boot image and then setting those for the known and unknown computers.

2. Add Drivers to Driver DB

3.  Point the computer to PXE server - by either using DHCP option 66 or by using IP helper option.

4. Configure inital deployment options -  Settings -> Deployment -> Initial deployment

If you choose the DHCP Options instead IP Helper: Creating and setting option 060 on a DHCP server http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO1392

Step 5. Configure the boot priority on BIOS of your computers to boot with the Network Card. If your computers are old, maybe you need to enable some BIOS config also for allow PxE Boot.

Caution with Initial Deployment because it work very well: Article Configurting Initial Deployment http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO63315

Search for Deployment Tasks for image creation and deploy at Manage -> Jobs and Tasks. They´re very useful!

Regards,

The DHCP options we use to get PXE to work are 43, 66, and 67.  Not sure what the deal is with 43.  Our old PXE build process worked without it, but Altiris won't.

Hi Zac H,

Is your DHCP Server a Windows Server?

Yes

Hi Zac,

In option 66 you would have the ip address of your PXE server.  What information is contained in option 67?  What is the boot file name?

Thanks,

When using DHCP to point back to the PXE Server what should be used in Option 67?

Option 66 has the IP address of the PXE Server.

We are using NS7.1 sp2.

Thanks,

Hi Digital12,

Please could try this configuration?

067 Bootfile Name                  BStrap\X86pc\BStrap.0
 

Let us know if you need more help.

Regards,

This configuration did not work.

Error:

PXE-E32: TFTP open timeout

TFTP.._

Any thoughts or recommendations on this?

Got the connection established.

I believe the problem was with the Services Not Being started or Being Blocked by the Firewall.

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/troubleshooting-symantec-boot-services-sbs-pxe-port-binding-tcpview

This article helped.

New Error Message PXE : M0F  Boot List Failure

PXE Forced Mode

Symantec has a progam / script to generate and then install these options.

DHCP Options:

043 Vendor Specific Information =  HEX values use the application if you need this setting

060 Class Identifier = PXEClient

066 Boot Server Host Name = Enter Your Server IP Address

067 Bootfile Name =  BStrap\X86pc\BStrap.0
 

Error was occuring due to corrupt WinPE Files.