Question

You work as the IT Administrator for a small corporate network. As part of your Windows Deployment Services (WDS) plan, the WDS server has been configured to respond to requests only from known computers (i.e., computers that have a computer account in Active Directory). Your task in this lab is to prestage the following computer accounts in Active Directory:

Computer Name MAC Address
Wrk1 ab01:00fe:9867
Wrk2 c801:ab88:1111
Wrk3 0001:a590:67bb
Wrk4 000c:c7c7:9003
Create all accounts in the Workstations container, and allow the computers to respond to any WDS server.

Answer 1

To achieve the specified task, you should create the computer accounts for Wrk1, Wrk2, Wrk3, and Wrk4 in the "Workstations" container in Active Directory. Additionally, configure the WDS server to allow these computers to respond by removing the restriction to respond only to known computers.

Step-by-step explanation:

Create Computer Accounts: Open the Active Directory Users and Computers console. Navigate to the "Workstations" container, and create computer accounts for Wrk1, Wrk2, Wrk3, and Wrk4. Assign each computer account the corresponding MAC address.

Configure WDS Server: On the WDS server, open the WDS management console. In the server properties, go to the "PXE Response" tab. Uncheck the option that restricts the server to known computers, allowing the WDS server to respond to any client, regardless of whether the computer account is in Active Directory.

By creating computer accounts and adjusting the WDS server settings, you ensure that the specified workstations can respond to the WDS server during the deployment process.