Orchestration Workflow Tasks for PXE Boot
The orchestration workflow tasks for PXE boot enable you to create workflows within Cisco UCS Director that use the functionality of Cisco UCS Director Bare Metal Agent.
When you include any of the PXE boot tasks in an orchestration workflow, the task prepares the Bare Metal Agent environment to receive a PXE install request for a physical or virtual machine.
The values for each input required within the task can be supplied in one of the following ways:
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As user inputs by the user who executes the workflow
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Through outputs from a previous task in the workflow
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Through admin inputs that are assigned by the Cisco UCS Director user who creates the workflow
The following orchestration workflow tasks are available:
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Setup PXE Boot task
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Setup PXE Boot with BMA Selection task
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Setup Windows PXE Boot task
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Monitor PXE Boot task
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Remove PXE Boot Setup task
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To set up a PXE boot for a Windows Server operating system, you must use the PXE boot setup task that is defined specifically for Windows. To set up a PXE boot for all other supported operating systems, use the Setup PXE Boot task or the Setup PXE Boot with BMA Selection task. |
You can access these workflow tasks in the Network Services area of the Cisco UCS Director Workflow Designer Task Library.
Most inputs and outputs are the same for the Setup PXE Boot task, the Setup PXE Boot with BMA Selection task, and the Setup Windows PXE Boot task, with the following notable exceptions:
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The Setup PXE Boot with BMA Selection task has an input field for selecting the target Bare Metal Agent.
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The Setup PXE Boot task does not have an option to select the target Bare Metal Agent. This legacy workflow task uses the default Bare Metal Agent as the target Bare Metal Agent.
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The Setup Windows PXE boot task has an input field for selecting the target Bare Metal Agent.
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For the legacy Setup PXE Boot task, the default Bare Metal Agent is the first Bare Metal Agent added. However, you can change the default Bare Metal Agent. See Changing the Default Bare Metal Agent Account. |