Configure DHCP for SCCM WDS

Create Custom Vendor Classes for Use with your DHCP Policy

Think Custom Vendor Classes as Detection Method’s used to determine how devices are requesting a boot image from the DHCP server.

  • Open the DHCP Console and expand the IPv4 Node
  • Right-Click on ‘IPv4 Node’ and select ‘Define Vendor Classes’
  • Click ‘Add’
  • Create the UEFI 64-Bit Vendor class first by entering the following information
  • Enter the following information for the respective fields:
  • DisplayName: PXEClient (UEFI x64)
  • Description: PXEClient:Arch:00007
  • ASCII: PXEClient:Arch:00007
  • Click ‘OK’
  • Click ‘Add’
  • DisplayName: PXEClient (UEFI x86)
  • Description: PXEClient:Arch:00006
  • ASCII: PXEClient:Arch:00006
  • Click ‘OK’
  • Click ‘Add’
  • DisplayName: PXEClient (BIOS x86 & x64)
  • Description: PXEClient:Arch:00000
  • ASCII: PXEClient:Arch:00000
  • Click ‘OK’

Creating Custom DHCP Policies

UEFI 64-Bit DHCP Policy

  • Right-Click ‘Policies’ and click ‘New Policy’
  • Give the policy a friendly name that coincides with the your vendor class naming scheme:
  • PolicyName: PXEClient (UEFI x64)
  • Description: Delivers the correct bootfile for (UEFI x64)
  • Click ‘Next’
  • On the ‘Configure Conditions for the policy’ page click ‘add’
  • Select the ‘Value’ drop-down box and select the PXEClient (UEFI x64) vendor class that you created in previous steps
  • Ensure that you check the box ‘Append wildcard(*)’
  • Select ‘Add’
  • Select ‘Ok’
  • Click ‘Next’
  • If you want the policy to affect only a specific range within your scope configure it, otherwise select no and click ‘next’
  • On the Configure settings for the policy page ensure that ‘DHCP Standard Options’ is selected from the drop down box
  • Configure the following scope options:
  • 060: PXEClient
  • 066IP Address of the SCCM or WDS Service
  • 067: smsboot\x64\wdsmgfw.efi
  • Cick ‘Next’
  • On the Summary page click ‘Finish’

BIOS 32-Bit & 64-Bit DHCP Policy

  • Right-Click ‘Policies’ and click ‘New Policy’
  • Give the policy a friendly name that coincides with the your vendor class naming scheme:
  • PolicyName: PXEClient (BIOS x86 & x64)
  • Description: Delivers the correct bootfile for BIOS machines
  • Click ‘Next’
  • On the ‘Configure Conditions for the policy’ page click ‘add’
  • Select the ‘Value’ drop-down box and select the PXEClient (BIOS x86 & x64) vendor class that you created in previous steps
  • Ensure that you check the box ‘Append wildcard(*)’
  • Select ‘Add’
  • Select ‘Ok’
  • Click ‘Next’
  • If you want the policy to affect only a specific range within your scope configure it, otherwise select no and click ‘next’
  • On the Configure settings for the policy page ensure that ‘DHCP Standard Options’ is selected from the drop down box
  • Configure the following scope options:
  • 060: PXEClient
  • 066IP Address of the SCCM or WDS Service
  • 067: smsboot\x64\wdsnbp.com
  • Cick ‘Next’
  • On the Summary page click ‘Finish’

UEFI 32-Bit DHCP Policy

  • Right-Click ‘Policies’ and click ‘New Policy’
  • Give the policy a friendly name that coincides with the your vendor class naming scheme:
  • PolicyName: PXEClient (UEFI x86)
  • Description: Delivers the correct bootfile for (UEFI x86) machines
  • Click ‘Next’
  • On the ‘Configure Conditions for the policy’ page click ‘add’
  • Select the ‘Value’ drop-down box and select the PXEClient (UEFI x86) vendor class that you created in previous steps
  • Ensure that you check the box ‘Append wildcard(*)’
  • Select ‘Add’
  • Select ‘Ok’
  • Click ‘Next’
  • If you want the policy to affect only a specific range within your scope configure it, otherwise select no and click ‘next’
  • On the Configure settings for the policy page ensure that ‘DHCP Standard Options’ is selected from the drop down box
  • Configure the following scope options:
  • 060: PXEClient
  • 066IP Address of the SCCM or WDS Service
  • 067: smsboot\x86\wdsmgfw.efi
  • Cick ‘Next’
  • On the Summary page click ‘Finish’

Remove Default PXE Options

  • Ensure that you have removed the 067, 066, 060 options from the default scope options to ensure that the Policies take precedence otherwise you will end up with conflict

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