If you setup your DHCP correctly (bit fiddly but can be done) it works fine. WDS has an 'off by one' bug that throws things a bit - which leads people (and Microsoft) down the path of 'always use IP Helpers because DHCP don't work'
Andreas wrote a paper on it - if you follow the steps in there it all works fine and you can control your PXE boots for both BIOS and EFI clients.. only works on WS2012 DHCP though not 2008 http://2pintsoftware.com/download/using-dhcp-to-control-wds-pxe-boots-for-bios-efi-clients/ Phil From: listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Ratliff Sent: 11 March 2016 19:51 To: mdt...@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [MDT-OSD] RE: Dell Optiplex 3040 We use 1E PXELite, it should be alot easier. Daniel Ratliff From: listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of DinYero Johnson Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 2:45 PM To: mdt...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mdt...@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [MDT-OSD] RE: Dell Optiplex 3040 For PXE for UEFI, you'll need to setup secondary IP helpers that point to your PXE server. If using DHCP option 66/67, then UEFI boot for PXE will have intermittent results. From: listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Ratliff Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 2:05 PM To: mdt...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mdt...@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [MDT-OSD] RE: Dell Optiplex 3040 Seeing issues formatting drives on our new Lenovo model P50. They all have NVMe drives. Was told today by Lenovo that the NVMe drives only support UEFI boot. That would have been awesome to know when we sat down with them and decided to go with NVMe drives. Now we are scrambling to test PXE, the HDD format steps, and make sure our 3rd party encryption works. Windows 7 on NVMe drives<http://lenovocentral.lenovo.com/blogs/cdrt/2016/01/25/windows-7-on-nvme-drives/> When working with customers that want to deploy Windows 7 to new Sky Lake systems, please keep in mind the following guidelines regarding NVMe drives: 1. NVMe drives cannot be formatted with MBR. 2. NVMe drives only work when the system is configured for UEFI boot. Therefore, to deploy Windows 7 to a system with NVMe drives: * the system must be configure for UEFI boot * the Windows 7 must be 64-bit * and the following patch from Microsoft is required to be applied to the Windows 7 OS. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2990941 Because of this I would recommend that customers build a Windows 7 64-bit reference image that is fully patched including this update and use that to apply in their deployment task sequence. This patch provides basic functionality for read/write to all NVMe drives. It does not provide support for advanced functionality that would be used for updating the drive firmware or for OPAL management. To obtain these features a vendor-specific driver must be used. There is a driver in the works from Samsung; however, be forewarned that this driver currently will not support OPAL management with Windows 7. Daniel Ratliff From: listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Fast, David D. Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 4:53 PM To: mdt...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mdt...@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [MDT-OSD] RE: Dell Optiplex 3040 Thanks, but this seems not to be my issue; I cannot get the system to even boot in Safe Mode - there is a problem somewhere related to critical boot drivers / boot environment when imaging from MDT. I can install the OS manually directly from DVD (native, unmodified Volume License version downloaded directly from Microsoft) and then install all of the hardware drivers; I actually have done that and then copied the resulting drivers from the DriverStore\FileRepository and put those in the MDT Out-of-Box Drivers (after first deleting the Dell CAB drivers) but that did not help. David From: listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Chandler, Garrett W Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 1:58 PM To: mdt...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mdt...@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [MDT-OSD] RE: Dell Optiplex 3040 http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/SLN297614/en I had a similar issue with the Dell Optiplex 3020. The above link solved it for me. I know you stated you had a 3040, but it might be a similar issue or lead you down a similar path. Hope this helps. Thanks, Garrett Chandler Systems Management Specialist Denton ISD Technology 940-369-0120 From: listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Fast, David D. Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 1:51 PM To: mdt...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mdt...@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [MDT-OSD] Dell Optiplex 3040 I am struggling with getting Windows 7 deployed to the Dell Optiplex 3040 using MDT 2013 Update 2. After the OS is applied and the system reboots, it fails booting to Windows. I am using driver selection profiles to inject model-specific drivers, and I imported all of the drivers from the Dell TechCenter CAB for the 3040 / W7x86. I also manually extracted and imported the Intel Rapid Storage F6 drivers. I have added the 2 hotfixes (KB2990941 and KB3087873) that Microsoft lists as needed for deploying Win7 to Skylake / NVMe storage to the Packages group. Any ideas as to what I am missing? Thanks, David ________________________________ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. 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