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XK0-004 · Question #331

Which of the following will boot from a network-hosted ISO image at power on?

The correct answer is A. PXE. PXE is the dedicated preboot protocol that enables a machine to load and boot from a network-hosted image before any local OS is involved.

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Question

Which of the following will boot from a network-hosted ISO image at power on?

Options

  • APXE
  • BFTP
  • CiSCSI
  • DNFS

How the community answered

(14 responses)
  • A
    93% (13)
  • D
    7% (1)

Why each option

PXE is the dedicated preboot protocol that enables a machine to load and boot from a network-hosted image before any local OS is involved.

APXECorrect

PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) uses DHCP to obtain a network address and TFTP to download a bootloader at power-on, enabling the system to boot from a network-hosted ISO or image entirely before the local storage is involved.

BFTP

FTP is an application-layer file transfer protocol and has no role in or awareness of the system boot process.

CiSCSI

iSCSI provides block-level access to remote storage but is not a preboot network boot protocol and cannot independently initiate booting from an ISO image at power-on.

DNFS

NFS is a file-sharing protocol for mounting remote directories at the OS level and cannot function before an OS is already loaded.

Concept tested: PXE preboot network boot protocol

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-installation-services/pxe-boot-process

Topics

#PXE boot#network boot#provisioning#ISO image

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