[gPXE] Need help with gPXE set up

[Gene Cumm]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 01:31, Pandey, Hariom Sharan
<hariom-sharan.pandey at hp.com> wrote:
> Hello Team,
>
> We are setting up PXE boot using NX3031 NIC card which is now coming with
> gPXE code.

NexXen FlexLOM.  Nice.

> Our servers are using DHCP assigned IP for PXE boot and works great for PXE,
> using gPXE I am coming across through timeout error, please refer the screen
> shot.
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1.  How exactly to start OS installation using gPXE?

Just like any PXE other boot system.  However, gPXE has additional
enhancements including scripting, HTTP/FTP download, iSCSI attach and
probably others I can't think of.

> 2.  Does it require any specific settings on DHCP server and what changes
> need to be done on client side.

This depends on what you want to do.

> 3.  I am also not able to see the ctrl-B, so not sure how to get into cmd.
> Using cmd what I need to do on client side to boot through PXE.

It may be that it's been disabled in that build.

> 4.  Is there any option to bring gPXE back to normal PXE.

I'd guess that the card you have has gPXE as its onboard PXE ROM.

-- 
-Gene