The client that is booting and the server communicate using Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) packets. The settings on the DHCP tab allow you to configure the server’s DHCP settings. To view this tab, right-click the server in the MMC-snap in, and then click Properties. For more information, see Configuring DHCP (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131988).
This tab contains the following settings:
- Do not listen on port 67. Select this
check box if DHCP is running on the same server as Windows
Deployment Services (that is, this server).
- Configure DHCP option 60 to indicate that
this server is also a PXE server. Note the following about this
option:
- When you select this option, clients booting
from the network are always notified that the PXE server is
available, even if the server is not operational or has
stopped.
- There are some scenarios (particularly those
that require running a DHCP server) that do not support adding
custom DHCP option 60 on the same physical computer as the Windows
Deployment Services server. In these circumstances, it is possible
to configure the server to bind to User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
port 67 in nonexclusive mode by passing the SO_REUSEADDR option.
For more information, see Using SO_REUSEADDR and
SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=82387).
- When you select this option, clients booting
from the network are always notified that the PXE server is
available, even if the server is not operational or has
stopped.
If DHCP is installed on a server that is located in a different subnet, you will need to do one of the following: configure your IP Helper tables (recommended) or add DHCP options 66 and 67. For more information about these settings, see Managing Network Boot Programs (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=115304).