Controlling which NIC and IP PXE binds to

Products

• Ghost Solution Suite

Issue/Introduction

A GSS PXE server has multiple NICs and there is a need to control specifically which NIC is used by PXE to avoid TFTP conflicts with other applications.

Environment

GSS 3.X

Resolution

By default, a PXE Server will bind to whatever IP Address was specified during the installation of the Ghost Solution Suite. If it is necessary to change this, if can be done within the PXE Configuration Utility:

1. Open the PXE Configuration Utility
2. Click on File
3. Click on Choose PXE Server
4. Choose the name of the PXE Server that you want to work with
5. Click on the PXE Server tab
6. Choose the Customize PXE Server: <servername> radial button
7. This will allow you to change the PXE Server IP Address: value
8. Put the IP Address of the specific NIC that you'd like PXE to listen on
9. Click save

This will configure the PXE Server to listen on only the IP address/NIC that was set, which may assist in avoiding conflicts with other applications.