User`s manual

Utilities 49
5.3 Intel Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
The cPCI-6841 series supports Intel® Preboot Execution Environ-
ment (PXE), which provides the capability to boot up or execute an
OS installation through an Ethernet connection. There should be a
DHCP server in the network with one or more servers running
PXE and MTFTP services. It could be a Windows NT or Windows
2000 server running DHCP, PXE and MTFTP service or a dedi-
cated DHCP server with one or more additional servers running
PXE and MTFTP service. This section describes the major items
required for building a network environment with PXE support.
1. Setup a DHCP server with PXE tag configuration
2. Install the PXE and MTFTP services
3. Make boot image file on PXE server (that is the boot
server)
4. Enable the PXE boot function on the client
For further details, please refer to pdkrel30.pdf under the directory
X:\Utility\PXE_PDK.