Setting up non Microsoft DHCP server (Cisco, Solaris, and others) (4245066)

Starting in version 4.0, the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (K2000) has the ability to leverage iPXE boot options for both UEFI and Legacy BIOS target devices.

For UEFI PXE booting, you must configure the boot file as ipxe.efi

For Legacy/BIOS PXE booting, you must configure the boot file as undionly.kpxe

For Legacy/BIOS PXE booting with PXELINUX (Versions prior to 6.0), you must configure the boot file as k2000.0

Below are several examples, each leveraging a different boot file. You may only use PXELINUX and the boot file k2000.0 in version 5.1 and prior.

On the KACE SDA appliance, we set the "next server" and "boot filename" values in the "sname" and "file" fields in the DHCP header. Our instructions for Microsoft's DHCP server set these values in the options section of the DHCP message. It's possible to try both to see if it is easier to configure Solaris to do one or the other.

KACE recommends using the IP address for the TFTP server name instead of a host name.

Here is what the end result should look like for Solaris. Key values are in red, and this example is leveraging the Legacy/BIOS boot file:

subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
option routers 192.168.1.1;
next-server 192.168.1.23;
filename "undionly.kpxe";
pool {
failover peer "mypeer";
deny unknown clients;
deny dynamic bootp clients;
range 192.168.1.71 192.168.1.254;
}
}

ip dhcp pool name

network ip subnet

bootfile undionly.kpxe

next-server ip.of.the.KACESDAorRSA

default-router gateway

dns-server dns1 dns2 dn3

lease 0 4

ip dhcp pool name

network ip subnet

next-server ip.of.the.KACESDAorRSA

option 66 ascii ip.of.the.KACESDAorRSA

option 244 ascii ip.of.the.KACESDAorRSA

option 67 ascii ipxe.efi

default-router gateway

dns-server dns1 dns2 dn3

lease 0 4

Note: Make sure to use 'ascii' options not 'IP' options. 

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Document, from the Internet Engineering Task Force:

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2131.txt

NOTE: Search for "Table 1:  Description of fields in a DHCP message"

Linux DHCP Configuration via dhcpd on Linux Centos 5.5:

https://support.quest.com/kace-systems-deployment-appliance/kb/218475/linux-dhcp-configuration-via-dhcpd

pfSense dhcpd configuration for UEFI and BIOS PXE Boot:

https://support.quest.com/kace-systems-deployment-appliance/kb/218032/pfsense-dhcpd-configuration-for-uefi-and-bios-pxe-boot