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BINL Server Configuration
Use the PXE Client Options tab to build a list of PXE
(Preboot eXecution Environment) client options. You can define:
- An option value for the configuration item associated with a notebook that
contains this tab. To define an option value, click on an option in the
option list. Information about the option appears, including a brief
description of the option and its format requirements, which vary depending on
the option's data type.
- A new option format for the configuration. An option format is a
template for the type of value to be entered for an option. For
example, if the option format is IP address, an IP address specified in dotted
decimal notation, such as 9.67.3.77, must be
entered.
You cannot:
- Use an existing option number for a new option
- Edit an option already used in the configuration
- Modify or delete an architected option
Notes:
- The BINL Server Configuration program has one set of option definitions
per BINL server. Therefore, if you reformat an option, the new format
is applied to any configuration file subsequently opened with the BINL Server
Configuration program for the server.
- LSA1 clients do not recognize options. However, options can be
defined for an existing LSA1 client at the global level, so that, if the
client is upgraded to an LSA2 client, the options are already defined.
For the same reason, a client can be defined in one LSA1 group and in one LSA2
group.
Fields and other information include:
- Available Options
- Lists the formatted PXE client options (options with defined formats),
including the architected options and any options for which you have defined
formats. Sort the options by option number, alphabetically, or by
used/unused options. An unused option is an option that has never been
specified for any item in the configuration.
For more information about options, see the online book DHCP Server
Administration.
- Option Value
- For a selected option, displays the option name, the level (scope) at
which the option is defined, and the option value. A value might
already exist at a global level, either for the server or for a group.
The display changes depending on the type of option.
- Option Description
- Displays the purpose of the option.
Push buttons are:
- New
- Opens the Create New Option window so you can define an
option format
- Edit
- Opens the Edit Option window so you can modify a
existing user-defined (non-architected) option
- Delete
- Removes the selected user-defined option from the list of available
options
- Remove from this item
- Removes the option from the list of options used for the current item
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