Syslinux - Jun 2004 - PXE

Need help/suggesion/idea on the below implementation
of pxe n/w

In our n/w we have "one" pxe server , which when fails
affects all the systems that boots up. To avoid this
is there any way ? 

o  How to implement a PXE server failover
o  Can we have more than 1 pxe server in the network
by any means
o  Can we have pxe-request forwarding ( when the pxe
server in the current network is down ) to f/w request
to other network.


- Marc 




		
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> o  How to implement a PXE server failover
> o  Can we have more than 1 pxe server in the network
> by any means
I never tried it but as the dhcp server could be "authoritative" or
not
you can use this feature for making some failover.
Install one dhcp server, make the configuration and set the
"authoritative" option.
Install another dhcp server, make the configuration and set the "not
authoritative" option.
The "not authoritative" dhcp server will always answer after the
"authoritative" one. This is a way to make a fail over pxe server.
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