Add IPv6 PXE support

January 25, 2012

Posted By:  Merrill

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Currently, Dell offers PXE boot on all business-level equipment, which is fantastic.  I use it all the time.

However, it is IPv4 only.  My business is working to transition to IPv6, and one thing we've noticed is that there is currently no support for IPv6 on the PXE boot end of things.  Adding this feature  would help differentiate Dell equipment from the competitors, and especially with many organizations and even the federal government having IPv6 mandates, would go a long way towards convincing the customer to purchase a Dell.


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  • Jan 25, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: Dimitrios

    the only difference between ipv4 and ipv6 is the yaw to control  the internet more

    u can get statick ip with ipv4 thoo
    and  there ar no speed diferences between ipv4 and 6
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  • Jan 25, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: Merrill

    The Latitude and Optiplex lines would be the preferred ones to see IPv6 PXE support initially.  Perfect universe would add the support via a BIOS update.

    But once the legwork was done for one, it shouldn't be very difficult to port it to the rest of the computers and servers Dell makes.
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  • Jan 25, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: CyJ

    Is there any specific model or line you are looking at?