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      Help Required: Debugging PXE Boot Error on Mixed-Environment Network

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      • pxe bios • • Envy
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      @Envy said in Help Required: Debugging PXE Boot Error on Mixed-Environment Network:

      Problem: Some of our UEFI computers fail to obtain an IP address during PXE boot attempts, while others appear to continue but finally clock out with a “No configuration methods succeeded” error.

      First since you have a mix environment I would start with setting up your dhcp server to send both bios and uefi boot files: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/BIOS_and_UEFI_Co-Existence#Using_Windows_Server_2012_.28R1_and_later.29_DHCP_Policy

      Second the no configuration methods succeeded and not getting an IP address sounds a lot like you have the default spanning tree configured. Where you should be running one of the fast spanning tree protocols like port-fast fast-stp, rstp, mstp, or what ever your switch mfg calls it. A quick test is to put one of those cheap 5 port unmanaged network switches between the pxe booting computer and the enterprise switch. If that fixes the problem then talk to your network admins to enable one of the fast stp protocols on all network ports where you have clients that need to pxe boot. Understand this is an infrastructure issue and not specifically a fog issue.

      Also make sure you have the latest version of FOG installed or at least recompile ipxe to the latest version: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/15826/updating-compiling-the-latest-version-of-ipxe

      But I think I would work on the first two issues I mentioned first. Your network troubles really sound like the second issue I mentioned.

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      Chainloading Failed when using EXIT method for drive boot

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      • ipxe boot nvme bios • • Piotr86PL
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      Just figured this has been added already thanks to @Piotr86PL’s pull request in August (which I had obviously forgotten about, nevermind).

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