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I didn't where This question should go, it is a mixture of Portfast, PXE,Imaging software and DHCP:<br />
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First I need to know if the clients that are configured for PXE boot, whether they should have a static IP or Dynamic IP?<br />
For instance if an image software is somewhere in &nbsp;the network and we need to make clients boot in PXE mode, do we need first to prestage those clients in the Imaging software.<br />
Regarding Imaging software and PXE, if a client doesn't have any OS at all, just bare metal, would this be able to boot in PXE and connect to the imaging software?<br />
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Knowing that most of the environment use DHCP to handout IPs at least for workstations.<br />
Does that mean all access ports on the switch need to be configured with Portfast, if so why Cisco didn't enable portfast automatically right after you configure a port as an access port?<br />
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Thanks
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I didn't where This question should go, it is a mixture of Portfast, PXE,Imaging software and DHCP:

First I need to know if the clients that are configured for PXE boot, whether they should have a static IP or Dynamic IP?
For instance if an image software is somewhere in  the network and we need to make clients boot in PXE mode, do we need first to prestage those clients in the Imaging software.
Regarding Imaging software and PXE, if a client doesn't have any OS at all, just bare metal, would this be able to boot in PXE and connect to the imaging software?

Knowing that most of the environment use DHCP to handout IPs at least for workstations.
Does that mean all access ports on the switch need to be configured with Portfast, if so why Cisco didn't enable portfast automatically right after you configure a port as an access port?

Thanks

PortFast impact on DHCP/PXE clients

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.

Switches / Hubs

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an auto configuration protocol used on IP networks and an extension of the Bootstrap Protocol. DHCP allows for computers to be configured automatically to communicate with each other over an IP network without the need for manual setup by a network administrator. The implementation of DHCP relies on a DHCP server to hand out network configuration information to DHCP-capable clients that request an IP address (and other information required or useful in communicating with other devices on an IP network). In addition to an IP address, common configuration information served over DHCP includes a default gateway, subnet mask and DNS sever(s).

DHCP

Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. For large systems, the operating system makes sure that different programs and users running at the same time do not interfere with each other. The operating system is also responsible for security, ensuring that unauthorized users do not access the system. Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run.