PXE-E53 "No boot filename received"

[Forum User_1]

I am trying to boot my Proliant DL 380 G3 using PXE to connect to the deployment server but when I boot, it waits for a longtime at the PXE spinning wheel and then returns the error "PXE-E53 No Bootfilename Received". I have verified that the PXE server is started on the RDP server. This all worked fine in my lab, but now trying to get it working in production I am having this problem. The lab and production VLANs use the same DHCP server, so I know that part works. The only difference from the lab is that now my PXE server is on different VLAN from the servers I am trying to boot using PXE.

Thanks for any help

[Jeff Allen_5 · Accepted solution]

Error 53 occurs when the client did get a DHCP address, but failed to get a response from a PXE server. A few things could cause this:

1) PXE server is on a different network segment from the PXE client and no DHCP Proxy or helper address is installed (on the router).

2) PXE Serer service has stopped (apperently not in your case).

3) Your PXE server and DHCP server are on the same server and your DHCP scope option does not include the option 60 that it needs for this configuration. Re-add option 60 to the scope with the value of "PXEClient". If option 60 is not available to add, re-install the PXE service by running PXE.EXE from the RDP CD.

4) No Boofiles were created during setup. Open BootDisk creator and check that you have atleast 2 bootfiles (a managed and an Initial). In 1.4 they are called defpxemg and defpxenc, respectively. In 1.3, the images were created, but did not appear in boot disk creator. Re-create them to be sure.

See the "Implementing RDP and PXE" paper here:
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/management/rdp/plan-guide.pdf