We run PXE srevices thru our 6509 switches in the Engineering Data Center in Cisco. All that was required was allowing the subnet to do DHCP. Portfast is on all our switches by design, and the DHCP server scope has PXE BOOT setup...
Larry Letterman Network Engineer Cisco Systems > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Symon Thurlow > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 11:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Pxe over cisco 6509 ports [7:66702] > > > Hmm, never done it with a 6509, but have done it plenty of times with > 35xx and below switches, and they work fine. > > I'm not familiar with the Altiris implementation of a PXE server, > however you could check that the basic services required for PXE can > traverse the switch ports. > > From memory, these would include DHCP and TFTP. > > Symon > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jordan Turek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 April 2003 18:11 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Pxe over cisco 6509 ports [7:66702] > > > I am wondering what i may be missing. Probably something really simple, > (i hope). We are using PXe to communicate with pc's from the altiris > server ( remote control, helpdesk, and inventory control system). We are > able to get a pxe client to boot if a hub is plugged into the switch and > the pc to the hub.. If we directly connect the pc to the switch port, > then we cannot get pxe to boot. The 6509 has portfast enabled, and also > the pxe server and client are in same vlan for troubleshooting purposes. > Even though portfast is enabled, is pxe reply possibly too quick for the > pxe client computer to recieve during port startup? > > Any suggestions or ideas on cisco config to add or check?? > > TIA > > Jordan > ============================================= > > This email has been content filtered and > subject to spam filtering. If you consider > this email is unsolicited please forward > the email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > request that the sender's domain be > blocked from sending any further emails. > > ============================================= > > > > ===================================== Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=66909&t=66702 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
