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Server 2008 and WDS, how to setup with a HP ProCurve 2724 switch?

I'm really a newbie in the network field and I have recently installed W2K8 R2 Enterprise on a laptop for testing purposes. I want to use it as a WDS-server with wim-images and to distribute drivers. I've configured DHCP with a scope and added a boot image to the WDS-server. I've hooked the server up to a HP ProCurve 2724 switch which has been reset to default with the front button. Problem is that the client which I want to capture an image from but it doesn't get an IP when trying to boot with F12 (the NIC in the client laptop does of course support PXE). DHCP starts on the client, but somehow it doesn't recieve an IP and goes on booting to Windows (7 Pro).

What am I missing here? Does the server have to be connected to the switch with a crossed TP-cable or can I use the "regular" CAT5 I got and do I have to configure the switch somehow?

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elzacka

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Thanks, both of you. I'm quite sure I've added the option 60 to the scope and configured the server not to listen to port 67 but I will double check tomorrow and get back to you.

penguinjas

Oh, a lot of BIOS setups do not have PXE turned on. I know on the Dell BIOS versions I've seen there is an option for PXE/ON you have to set for it to become available in the F12 menu.

Also, at what point is it failing? When you hit F12 and select to PXE boot the mac comes on the screen and then you should get some messages like connecting to 10.1.1.20 and some fail message at the end, like failed to boot retry. Are you getting these messages?

elzacka

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It's a Fujitsu Siemens S7110-laptop and the network boot is turned on in BIOS. It displays the MAC address and further it tries to connect with the DHCP-server without any luck. It never connects.

Martin81

Check that the WDS service is running.

elzacka

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Thank you guys. Honestly, I don't know exactly what solved it, but re-creating the DHCP-scope and re-configuring the WDS did it. With all the hints you gave me It now finally recieves an IP from the DHCP-server and boots to the WDS-menu. The switch doesn't need to be configured as it is an "unmanaged" switch. Neither do I have to use a specific kind of TP-cable as long as it is CAT5.

The problem now is that I recieve an error when I'm trying to capture an image from the Fujitsu Siemens laptop:

Windows Boot Manager (Server IP: 192.168.001.080) <--- Why this address? The server IP is 192.168.1.80...
Windows Failed to start...
File: \Boot\BCD
Status: 0xc000000f

This is another problem so I guess I have to create a new post for this?