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- Ethernet NIC Registered in BlueCat
- Minimum 512 MB of RAM
- Computer object created in Active Directory
In the BIOS
- Harddrive Hard drive SATA Operation set to AHCI or Auto-Detect
- Network Card turned on w/ PXE operation.
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- Computer to be built must be on the same Subnet as a PXE Server. Alternativlysubnet as a PXE rep. You can find instructions to deploy a PXE rep here: Deploying and removing a PXE representative. Alternatively, if there is no PXE server available on the subnet you can use USB bootable stick with Landesk WinPE on it
Begin Building
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If you are rebuilding a system. Delete all records for the system in LANDesk first. |
- Turn on the computer and at the system screen, press "F12" repeatedly to select an an alternate boot device on Dells. With other models, the key you need to press may be different.
- Select Network card
- Watch and Wait
- After the PXE Server has been located, you will be prompted with an option to load the Pre-boot provisioning menu (F8)
- Hit F8, you will have 4 seconds.
- Select Windows PE Provisioning
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- Open a new command prompt by left clicking on the green icon in the bottom left corner and select new console
- type ipconfig and verify the computer has a 130.64 IP address. If it has a 172.16, it needs to be registered on the network. If it has a 130.64 and you are still not being prompted for credentials, there might be an issue with the PXE server
Still having issues?
If you are still having issues with WinPE provisioning, please submit a ticket to support-systems@tufts.edu. Please include the following information:
- A detailed explanation of the issue you are seeing
- Mac Address of the computer your are attempting to image
- Building location
- Name of the template you are using