PXE Forced Mode Utility

Products

• Deployment Solution
• Ghost Solution Suite

Issue/Introduction

What is an easy way to set the DHCP options to make PXE compatible with Forced Mode and Interactive Mode?

Environment

DS 8.x

GSS 3.x

Resolution

When setting up your environment to use the new PXE modes of operation you'll need to manually set your DHCP options to various values. The attached .zip file contains a program and a help file that can help to facilitate the process of creating and setting those DHCP server options.

If the option 60 is still missing from DHCP Scope Options you can set these manually by following the guidance in article KB article Creating and setting option 060 on a DHCP server.

For more information about configuring PXE forced mode in Cisco products, see article KB article Configuring a Cisco DHCP Server so that PXE will work.