Hello There,
In this series of posts, I will be explaining PXE server setup using iPXE and some other tools. By end of this tutorial, you will be having a PXE server which can accomplish the tasks for you.
1. a PXE server capable of installing all OSes like Windows, Linux and VMware.
2. Every OS will be installed with a single touch and no human intervention is required.
3. You can install OS on iSCSI or FCoE LUN and driver update to discover LUN is automated as well
4. The PXE sersver is capable of working on Legacy and UEFI modes.
As this setup needs some amount of configuration which we will do it in Parts, so that it will be easy to us to understand. I am dividing the configuration into below steps.
1. We will be configuring a DHCP server which will work for Legacy and UEFI boots.
2. We will install iPXE in DHCP server and configure iPXE boot loaders for Legacy and UEFI.
3. We setup a Cobbler server and configure the Kickstart files for Automated OS installation
4. We setup a Windows WDS server configure OSes for Automated OS installation
5. We will create scripts in iPXE to install the different OSes from different locations.
I hope it will fulfill you requirement. If I miss anything you can leave a comment so that I can try to explain that.
In this series of posts, I will be explaining PXE server setup using iPXE and some other tools. By end of this tutorial, you will be having a PXE server which can accomplish the tasks for you.
1. a PXE server capable of installing all OSes like Windows, Linux and VMware.
2. Every OS will be installed with a single touch and no human intervention is required.
3. You can install OS on iSCSI or FCoE LUN and driver update to discover LUN is automated as well
4. The PXE sersver is capable of working on Legacy and UEFI modes.
As this setup needs some amount of configuration which we will do it in Parts, so that it will be easy to us to understand. I am dividing the configuration into below steps.
1. We will be configuring a DHCP server which will work for Legacy and UEFI boots.
2. We will install iPXE in DHCP server and configure iPXE boot loaders for Legacy and UEFI.
3. We setup a Cobbler server and configure the Kickstart files for Automated OS installation
4. We setup a Windows WDS server configure OSes for Automated OS installation
5. We will create scripts in iPXE to install the different OSes from different locations.
I hope it will fulfill you requirement. If I miss anything you can leave a comment so that I can try to explain that.
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