You enable the PXE Service Point role, in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, by getting an instance of a specific distribution point and setting the IsPXE value to 1.

To enable a PXE service point role

  1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider. For more information see, About the SMS Provider in Configuration Manager.

  2. Get an instance of a specific distribution point.

  3. Set the IsPXE embedded property to 1.

  4. Save the distribution point instance.

Example

The following example method enables a PXE service point.

For information about calling the sample code, see Calling Configuration Manager Code Snippets.

C#  Copy Code 
public void EnablePXE(WqlConnectionManager connection,
					string siteCode,
					string serverName)
{
	try
	{
		//Connect to distribution point instance.			
		IResultObject siteRole = connection.GetInstance("SMS_SCI_SysResUse.FileType=2,ItemName=\"[\\\"Display=\\\\\\\\" + serverName + "\\\\\\\"]MSWNET:[\\\"SMS_SITE=" + siteCode + "\\\"]\\\\\\\\" + serverName + "\\\\,SMS Distribution Point\",ItemType=\"System Resource Usage\",SiteCode=" + "\"" + siteCode + "\"");

		// Create temporary copy of the embedded properties.
		Dictionary<string, IResultObject> embeddedProperties = siteRole.EmbeddedProperties;

		// Enumerate through the embedded properties and makes changes as needed.
		foreach (KeyValuePair<string, IResultObject> kvp in siteRole.EmbeddedProperties)
		{
			// Setting: IsPXE
			if (kvp.Value.PropertyList["PropertyName"] == "IsPXE")
			{
				// Get current property value.
				Console.WriteLine();
				Console.WriteLine("Property: {0}", kvp.Value.PropertyList["PropertyName"]);
				Console.WriteLine("Current value: {0} (0 not enabled, 1 enabled)", kvp.Value.PropertyList["Value"]);

				// Change value to enable PXE (1 enabled, 0 not enabled). 
				embeddedProperties["IsPXE"]["Value"].StringValue = "1";
				Console.WriteLine("Setting the {0} value to {1}.", kvp.Value.PropertyList["PropertyName"], "1");
		}
	}

		// Store the settings that have changed.
		siteRole.EmbeddedProperties = embeddedProperties;

		// Save the settings. 
		siteRole.Put();
}
	catch (SmsException ex)
	{
		Console.WriteLine();
		Console.WriteLine("Failed. Error: " + ex.InnerException.Message);
}
}

The example method has the following parameters:

Parameter

Type

Description

connection

Managed: WqlConnectionManager

A valid connection to the SMS Provider.

siteCode

Managed: String

The Configuration Manager site code.

serverName

Managed: String

The server name. For example, “SERVER1.DOMAIN1.COM”

Compiling the Code

The C# example has the following compilation requirements:

Namespaces

System

System.Collections.Generic

System.Text

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine

Assembly

microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider

adminui.wqlqueryengine

Robust Programming

For more information about error handling, see About Configuration Manager Errors.

Security

For more information about securing Configuration Manager applications, see Securing Configuration Manager Applications.

See Also