Windows Deployment Services Server Functions

The following functions are used with Windows Deployment Services PXE Server API.

Function	Description
PxeAsyncRecvDone	Returns asynchronous results of client request.
PxeDhcpAppendOption	Appends a DHCP option to the reply packet.
PxeDhcpAppendOptionRaw	Appends a DHCP option to the reply packet.
PxeDhcpGetOptionValue	Retrieves an option value from a DHCP packet.
PxeDhcpGetVendorOptionValue	Retrieves an option value from the Vendor Specific Information field (43) of a DHCP packet.
PxeDhcpInitialize	Initializes a response packet as a DHCP reply packet.
PxeDhcpIsValid	Validates that a packet is a DHCP packet.
PxeGetServerInfo	Returns information about the PXE server.
PxePacketAllocate	Allocates a packet to be sent with the PxeSendReply function.
PxePacketFree	Frees a packet allocated by the PxePacketAllocate function.
PxeProviderEnumClose	Closes the enumeration of providers opened by the PxeProviderEnumFirst function.
PxeProviderEnumFirst	Starts an enumeration of registered providers.
PxeProviderEnumNext	Enumerates registered providers.
PxeProviderFreeInfo	Frees memory allocated by the PxeProviderEnumNext function.
PxeProviderInitialize	An export from a provider dynamic-link library (DLL) that initializes the provider and prepares it to receive client requests.
PxeProviderQueryIndex	Returns the index of the specified provider in the list of registered providers.
PxeProviderRecvRequest	Called when a request is received from a client.
PxeProviderRegister	Registers a provider with the system.
PxeProviderServiceControl	Called when a service control code is received by the WDS service.
PxeProviderSetAttribute	Specifies attributes for the provider.
PxeProviderShutdown	Called to shutdown the provider.
PxeProviderUnRegister	Removes a provider from the list of registered providers.
PxeRegisterCallback	Registers callback functions for different notification events.
PxeSendReply	Sends a packet to a client request.
PxeTrace	Adds a trace entry to the PXE log.

 

The following is available beginning with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.

Function	Description
PxeDhcpv6AppendOption	Appends a DHCPv6 option to the reply packet.
PxeDhcpv6AppendOptionRaw	Appends a DHCPv6 option to the reply packet.
PxeDhcpv6GetOptionValue	Retrieves an option value from a DHCPv6 packet.
PxeDhcpv6GetVendorOptionValue	Retrieves option values from the OPTION_VENDOR_OPTS (17) field of a DHCPv6 packet.
PxeDhcpv6Initialize	Initializes a response packet as a DHCPv6 reply packet.
PxeDhcpv6IsValid	Validates that a packet is a valid DHCPv6 packet.
PxeGetServerInfoEx	Returns information about the PXE server.
PxeDhcpv6ParseRelayForw	Enables a provider to parse RELAY-FORW messages and their nested OPTION_RELAY_MSG messages.
PxeDhcpv6CreateRelayRepl	Generates a RELAY-REPL message.