Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Options for the Intel Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)
Author(s) -
Michael Johnston
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
rfc
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.17487/rfc4578
Subject(s) - dynamic host configuration protocol , host (biology) , computer science , operating system , protocol (science) , embedded system , computer network , ip address , biology , medicine , ecology , alternative medicine , pathology
We define Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) options beingused by Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) and Extensible FirmwareInterface (EFI) clients to uniquely identify booting client machinesand their pre-OS runtime environment so that the DHCP and/or PXE bootserver can return the correct OS bootstrap image (or pre-bootapplication) name and server to the client. This memo providesinformation for the Internet community.
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