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PXE Booting with M.2 Solid State Drives

Summary: Requirments for PXE booting and M.2 Solid State Drives.

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Symptoms


M.2 SSD Drive Option

M.2 Solid State Drives (SSD) are now an option for primary boot devices on newer desktop and All in One (AIO) systems. This has cause some installation issues when PXE booting to a deployment server.


PXE Booting

Iastor version 14 or higher SLN300004_en_US__1iC_External_Link_BD_v1 will be required for Windows to see the M.2 SSD during installation. Users will need to include it in the boot.wim when PXE booting to a deployment server.


Article Properties
Article Number: 000146935
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 10 أبريل 2021
Version:  3
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