PXE Configuration Utility - Status Code Messages

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• Deployment Solution

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Question
What are all of the PXE Status Code messages in the PXE Configuration Utility under the "Status" tab as seen below?

Answer

The "Status" tab in the PXE Configuration Utility is a new feature of Deployment Server 6.8. The following are all of the possible states that can be displayed:

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Off-line Pending:
This indicates that the PXE Server is offline but new images or configuration data is available.

Off-line:
This indicates that the PXE Server is offline (Not Active).

Ready:
This indicates that the PXE Server is online, active and read to service PXE booting clients.

Updating:
This indicates that the PXE Server is online and receiving new images or configuration data, but is unable to service PXE booting clients.

Unmanaged:
This indicates that the PXE Server version is older and the current PXE Manager can not manage this PXE Server.