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Remote software deployment Setup guide for PXE and RIS evaluation Ver.1.0 1 - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 2
the use or reliability of its software on equipment that is not furnished by Hewlett-Packard. This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another language without the - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 3
PXE SERVERS 26 4.2. RIS PXE SERVER PRE-REQUISITES ...27 5. RIS SERVER SETUP ...28 5.1. RIS IMAGE CREATION: PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED 28 5.2. RIS IMAGE CUSTOMIZATION: OEM DRIVERS 30 5.3. RIS CLIENT START...33 3 - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 4
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capabilities and basic troubleshooting for PXE or developed. At the end of this document, users should be able to start a PXE client that will LAN through the PXE. The following procedures are, however, only intended for evaluation purposes and may not totally reflect a real configuration. Note. To guide - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 6
or external server is required for routing data from one PC to another. All PCs are part of the same Ethernet segment. 2 PXE tests require that one PC is equipped with a PXE server. HP provides PXE servers to help deployment in a user's software environment. Refer to the following URL for more - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 7
it is a good idea to have either a second hard disk drive or use at least 2 different partitions (minimum 4GB per partition). In summary, users will need: · One PXE server, running on a Windows 2000 Server, configured for DHCP server. This server is within a dedicated local network that is isolated - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 8
working DHCP server (go to Start>Programs>Administrative Tools>Configure your server). Users need to define a DHCP scope - a range of IP addresses 168.1.254 The PXE/RIS server has a fixed IP address of 192.168.1.1 The PC's server name is W2KSRV. It also happens to be a DNS server (primary server), - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 9
Download the installation pack from Intel's web site (for reference, this document refers to build 82 of Intel PXE PDK). If the server is already configured for RIS, users to client computers requesting service" box and validate this by clicking on OK. 4 Stop the associated service so that the PXE - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 10
on STOP. The service should stop. 5 Restart the server to avoid any side effects. 6 The Intel PXE PDK software can be installed by double clicking on the software package. A temporary directory will be prompted. Select this default directory or C:\temp, if preferred. Users will then be prompted - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 11
important to note that the menu choices are dependant of the icons selected. For example, the "Services" menu choice is only available (not grayed) if the server is selected (W2KSRV, in this example). Users are recommended to right click on the icons rather than selecting and browsing the menus. If - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 12
example) and select "enable Boot Server" or/and "enable proxyDHCP Server". 3.2.2. PXE Server: ProxyDHCP Server Configuration From the main interface, right click on ProxyDHCP Server (green icon) and then click on "Configure proxyDHCP Server" In the "proxyDHCP" tab, uncheck "use DHCP port for - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 13
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In the "Client Options" tab, check "Broadcast Discovery" only and validate this by clicking "OK". In the "Bootserver Options" tab, uncheck "Provide Multicast ..." (unless you want to use multicast) and do NOT update the IP address. It is important that the IP address is NOT within your network - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 15
3.2.3. PXE Server: Boot Server Configuration From the main interface, right click on Boot Server (green icon) and then click "Configure Boot Server". In the "General Options" tab, uncheck "Use DHCP Port for Listening" (used when the PXE server is not a DHCP server). Uncheck all other boxes. Ensure - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 16
In the "MTFTP Options" tab, uncheck "Enable Multicast Transmit" and validate this by clicking "OK". Note that the "MTFTP Files" tab only contains information. Users should not change anything in it. Write down how many files are displayed in this screen. If a message telling you that the number of - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 17
use with a PXE Server. As the DHCP server should have a fixed IP address, hp recommends users to set this IP address to 192.168.1.1. To do this, go to Start>Settings>Network and Dial-up Connections. Right click on the LAN area connection that belongs to your PXE's test network and select Properties - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 18
to Start>Programs>Administrative Tools>DHCP. Your DHCP server's IP address should be part of the DHCP's sub-network scope. (In this document, the W2KSRV IP have been added by Intel tool. If this is not the case, users should add it themselves (value is PXEClient). Please note that the value is - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 19
example: option 6 and 15. These options are not necessary for the PXE tests, and are only added as W2KSRV also happens to be a domain controller. Users should now be ready to configure the PXE server and install the PXE images for the client. 19 - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 20
service". Both of these should start after a few minutes. If they do not start, check: 1. If the DHCP server is up and running. è Boot another PC with a properly working Operating System platforms) or IPCONFIG /ALL (on Windows 2000 and XP platforms). A list of working network adapters and their - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 21
the network configuration during this boot. If so, restart your PC. 4. Whether there is a warning/error message from PXE service in Start>Programs>Administrative tools>Even viewer then choose Application Log. Stop the Intel PXE service (go to Start>Programs>PXE PDK>PXE PDK Configuration Program - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 22
the boot menus as they appear on the PXE client's side (retaining these references makes the PXE boot options on the client's side more complex. Users can remove these references as none of them are required. è To remove a reference, right click on it and then on Delete. 3. To create the first - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 23
icon). 10. Next, right click on it and then on the "add client support". In the Architecture menu select X86PC and in the Client NIC types menu select restarting the PXE service may appear. It can be disregarded (a fix for this minor issue is provided below). 12. The system now expects two - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 24
e-PC), download the dosundi.0 file from hp's support web site at: http://www.support.vectra.hp.com PDK\system folder. This reads the floppy and creates a TEST.BIN in the [...]\system folder ), then on "Start/Stop Services" and then on "Start" of Intel PXE Services. MTFTP should also start. Once - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 25
3.2.7. PXE Client Start Switch on a PXE client (press F12 or any other key to boot on the LAN). After a while the following text should be displayed: "Press F8 to view Menu". Pressing F8 will display the list under the proxyDHCP server's Boot menu - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 26
, any other PXE servers should be stopped. Users will first need to stop any other PXE services on their RIS server. If the Intel PXE Manual. Validate this by clicking on OK. 4. Next, right click on "Intel PXE MTFTP services", click on Properties, and then in then Startup type list box, select Manual - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 27
. Users will also have to configure their servers as a root domain controller, DHCP and Domain Name Server. (They will not need any forwarding/trusting to other domains for RIS to work. No configuration of the routing services is required either.) Allow the server configuration wizard to guide you - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 28
the wizard. 1. Go to Start>Programs>Administrative Tools>Active Directory Users and Computers and then double-click on Domain Controllers. The on the Remote Install tab. Check the "Respond to client computers requesting service" box. 3. Next, click on Advanced Settings and check the New Clients - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 29
, if the source image happens to be the Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, users are advised to describe the image as "Microsoft Windows 2000 SP2- Professional". The description given is available to PXE clients as a menu option for users to select which RIS image to install. 7. Validate this change - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 30
called Drivers. 5. Under the Drivers folder, create a folder called NIC. 6. Under the NIC folder, copy all the Windows 2000 driver files downloaded from hp's support web site. 7. Copy all .inf and .sys files from $OEM$\$1\Drivers\Nic to the I386 folder (in the [...]\win2000.pro folder). Users can - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 31
RIS image interface. 10. Double click on this copy to edit it (users can use Wordpad, located at the bottom of the application list provided for uncommon this document, the description line is "Description = "Microsoft Windows 2000 Pro - NIC drivers". Remember that this description will appear as a - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 32
14. Restart the BINL service by right clicking on My Computer, then on Manage. Double-click on Services and Applications, then on Services and then right click Boot Information and Negotiation Layer. Right click and then click on Restart. The RIS server is now ready to serve RIS clients 32 - HP Vectra XA 6/xxx | hp business pcs, remote software deployment, setup guide fo - Page 33
(press F12 or any other key to boot on the LAN). After a while, the message "Press F12 for network service boot" will be displayed. 2. Press the F12. A a "Windows did not find a driver for your network hardware" message appears, users should check the OEM driver install procedure. èIf a Blue screen
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