Configuring default boot images (Required)

This procedure sets default images for PXE boots. You are required to set two default boot images—one 32-bit image and one 64-bit image. (A server is provisioned with the image that you specify in the System Package; however, the provisioning process starts with these default images.) Out-of-the-box configuration lists many possible images and sets two Microsoft Windows images as defaults. If you are provisioning many Linux systems, you might want to set Linux images as the defaults to save processing resources.

To configure default boot images:

1. On the console menu bar, select Configuration > Provisioning Configurations.
2. Click the Image Files tab.
3. (Optional) Add image entries if the ones that you intend to use as the defaults are not in the list. To add an entry, click the Add button.
4. Double-click the 32-bit image that you want to set as the default image. For example, select WinPE_2_x_Image, or you can select a 32-bit Gentoo image.
5. Select the Set as default image check box and click OK.
6. Double-click a 64-bit image. For example, WinPE_2_x_x64_Image, or you can select a 64-bit Gentoo image.
7. Select the Set as default image check box and click OK.
8. (Optional) Delete unused image names from the list. To delete an entry, click the Delete button.

   BMC recommends that you adjust the list to only those entries that you intend to switch in and out as defaults. For example, if you intend to use only two WinPE images (32- and 64-bit) and two Gentoo images (32- and 64-bit), you can delete all other entries.

9. To save your changes, click OK.

The following example shows two WinPE default images.