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Old 03-09-2009   #2 (permalink)
Ryan Sokolowski [MVP]


 
 

Re: Hyper-V and PXE Requests

Perhaps I misunderstood your terminology, but you need to have a Legacy
Network Adapter installed in your VM.

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Ryan Sokolowski
MVP - Clustering
MCT, MCITP x3, MCTS x8, MCSE x2, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP


"Edwin" <Edwin@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a domain environment setup. Within the environment I have two
> separate servers.
> Server 1: DHCP Server
> Server 2: Hyper-V Server with WDS
>
> They DHCP Server is successfully able to connect to the Hyper-V server via
> the SCVMM Admin Console. Virtual Machines running on the Hyper-V server
> are
> also able to receive an IP Address from the DHCP Server and have access to
> the network.
>
> The problem that I am having is that the virtual machines are not able to
> PXE boot. They are able to receive an IP Address from the DHCP Server but
> that is about it. Eventually an message is returned saying: "Boot
> failure.
> Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot
> device"
>
> The virtual machine IS configured to use an Emulated NIC. This is
> verified
> becuase when the virtual machine tries to start it attempts to get a PXE
> response as would normally be the case if this were not a virtual
> environment.
>
> Also, the DHCP server is configured to respond to both PXE and DHCP
> responses. The DHCP server also has the below options set:
> * Option 60 - PXEClient
> * Option 66 - 192.168.0.5 (I have also used the FQDN)
> * Option 67 - boot\x86\wdsnbt.com
>
> Within WDS on the Hyper-V server I have the option checked to "Authorize
> this Windows Deployment Services server in DHCP" under the DHCP
> Authorization
> section of the Advanced tab.
>
> I also have a simple WinPE image added to the "Boot Images" of the WDS
> server. Why am I not able to PXE boot?
>
> Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
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