OSD problem with Dell Optiplex 380

[liquidcourage1]

Every time I setup a new SCCM server/environment I seem to run into this same error. WinPE (x64) loads and starts, but fails after "configuring network". I am attaching the smspxe log. But the main problem seems to be network drivers. That being said, I have the 3 x64bit, Win7 drivers that are available from Dell for this model. Dell seems to be the hardest thus far.

 

 

Failed to read PXE settings.

 

The system cannot find the file specified. (Error: 80070002; Source: Windows)

 

 

smspxe.log

[diverchris]

Hello

Have you deployed the NID drivers also to the Driver Package?

 

Kind regards

Chris

[liquidcourage1]

The problem wound up being the driver(s). The Dell drivers were over a year old and didn't play well using all 3 that come from the Dell package. I went directly to the Broadcom website after determining the exact model of NIC (Device Manager, properties) and downloaded from there. It was a single driver. After importing, adding to the Boot Package, and updating the Distribution Points it worked flawlessly.

 

I was able to find this after discovering that OSD doesn't always work well with multi-tiered drivers (the Dell download had 3). I don't remember the site of the blog post but it referenced trying monolithic drivers instead.

[cody8411]

We have had very similar issues with the Optiplex 380's over the past few years. We are currently rolling over to SCCM from Ghost, and had the exact same issue with both WinPE environments and had the same solution, using a really old version of the NIC driver worked great (after hours and hours of frustration.)