It doesn't need to be at the top at all. You only need PXE if imaging a new machine or reimaging an existing machine from scratch. If you already have the client, no PXE needed.
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of SCCM FUN Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 5:47 AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [mssms] Re: Do i need PXE to OSD clients that already have SCCM client? When reading some of the blogs it says you need to set your NIC boot order on NIC's to have PXE boot at the top of the order. If this isn't needed when reimaging a machine that is already an SCCM Client (like i discussed earlier) what's the need to have PXE 1st in boot order? Thanks ________________________________ From: SCCM FUN <sccm...@hotmail.com<mailto:sccm...@hotmail.com>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 8:52 PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mssms@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: Re: [mssms] Re: Do i need PXE to OSD clients that already have SCCM client? Awesome, thanks to everyone who answered, very helpful. ________________________________ From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> <listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com>> on behalf of Jason Sandys <ja...@sandys.us<mailto:ja...@sandys.us>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 8:10 PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mssms@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: Re: [mssms] Re: Do i need PXE to OSD clients that already have SCCM client? No, PXE is not needed for this scenario (see Mike Murray's previous reply). You are correct that the boot image is staged to the local system when a task sequence deployment is kicked off via software center. The system then reboots into this staged boot image. Also, PXE is never required for OSD. J From: <listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com>> on behalf of SCCM FUN <sccm...@hotmail.com<mailto:sccm...@hotmail.com>> Reply-To: "mssms@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mssms@lists.myitforum.com>" <mssms@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mssms@lists.myitforum.com>> Date: Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 6:42 PM To: "mssms@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mssms@lists.myitforum.com>" <mssms@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mssms@lists.myitforum.com>> Subject: [mssms] Re: Do i need PXE to OSD clients that already have SCCM client? So if I have an SCCM client and i want to send OSD TS as available so user can kick off the rebuild, PXE is always needed? I thought when they kicked it off from software center, it copied something down locally so when the machine reboots it "gets" to SCCM and doesn't need PXE? I thought PXE was only needed for bare metal installs and not rebuilding current machine that is already SCCM client? Am i wrong about this? Thanks ________________________________ From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> <listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com>> on behalf of Bradnan, Jerry <jerry.brad...@bluechip-llc.com<mailto:jerry.brad...@bluechip-llc.com>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 4:20 PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mssms@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [mssms] RE: Do i need PXE to OSD clients that already have SCCM client? After the initial PXE Boot and OS file copy, it no longer uses PXE. It's the same process for USB media. It boots using the USB media, but after the OS install starts, the USB device is not needed. You would use PXE to do the initial file copy and network connectivity. If you do not use PXE, then you would need a USB boot device, or some other process to boot the system for bare metal install of the OS. Thanks, Jerry From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of SCCM FUN Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 14:41 To: mssms@lists.myITforum.com<mailto:mssms@lists.myITforum.com> Subject: [mssms] Do i need PXE to OSD clients that already have SCCM client? I know its a weird question, but I'm confused in regards to OSD and PXE. If i have WDS/PXE setup and I deploy OSD TS to a current SCCM client when the machine reboots does it do anything with PXE or are all the files copied to the hard drive in the background while the machine is running? Does it uses those files to boot/image the machine? If it just uses the files copied onto the hard drive, is there any need for PXE? Thanks
