Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Options for the Intel Preboot eXecution Environment
RFC 4578, “Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Options for the Intel Preboot eXecution Environment”, is an Informational document published in November 2006 by M. Johnston, S. Venaas. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
We define Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) options being used by Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) and Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) clients to uniquely identify booting client machines and their pre-OS runtime environment so that the DHCP and/or PXE boot server can return the correct OS bootstrap image (or pre-boot application) name and server to the client. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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