R Step 1 – Connect the Provisioner PXE Server client to the provisioning network

R Step 2 -- Verify the BIOS settings

R Step 3 – If the Provisioner PXE Server client does not have native PXE capability, insert the floppy disk or the USB flash drive

 

Step 3 is not required if your client has native PXE capability; clients without native PXE-boot capability can be provisioned by using a floppy disk or USB flash drive to initiate the PXE boot.

R Step 4 -- Boot the client (and hit F12 if it has an installed distro or OS you wish to overwrite)

R Step 5 – Provision the System

If you are using interactive provisioning, select the Boot Menu will be presented to the client's UI, and the user makes the selection, or waits 60 seconds for the “Default Boot” option to get invoked.

If you are using automated provisioning, the proper profile will be applied based your system's MAC address.

 

 

Operating the Provisioner PXE Server without firewall software during the provisioning process enhances performance.  Significant performance gains can be achieved by using 1 Gbit (or higher) NICs and switches instead of 100 Mbit networking hardware.