diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/config/attributes.py b/confluent_server/confluent/config/attributes.py
index dd426426..d4c1a31f 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/config/attributes.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/config/attributes.py
@@ -473,8 +473,10 @@ node = {
         'description': 'Whether to use static or dhcp when configuring this '
                        'interface for IPv4. "firmwaredhcp" means to defer to '
                        'external DHCP server during firmware execution, but '
-                       'use static for OS',
-        'validvalues': ('dhcp', 'static', 'firmwaredhcp', 'none')
+                       'use static for OS. "firmwarenone" means to suppress '
+                       'even the no-IP dhcp offers, to fully delegate to an external
+                       'dhcp/pxe configuration, even for confluent deployment.',
+        'validvalues': ('dhcp', 'static', 'firmwaredhcp', 'firmwarenone', 'none')
     },
     'net.ipv4_gateway': {
         'description':  'The IPv4 gateway to use if applicable.  As is the '
@@ -493,8 +495,10 @@ node = {
         'description': 'Whether to use static or dhcp when configuring this '
                        'interface for IPv6. "firmwaredhcp" means to defer to '
                        'external DHCP server during firmware execution, but '
-                       'use static for OS',
-        'validvalues': ('dhcp', 'static', 'firmwaredhcp', 'none')
+                       'use static for OS. "firmwarenone" means to suppress '
+                       'even the no-IP dhcp offers, to fully delegate to an external
+                       'dhcp/pxe configuration, even for confluent deployment',
+        'validvalues': ('dhcp', 'static', 'firmwaredhcp', 'firmwarenone', 'none')
     },
     'net.ipv6_gateway': {
         'description':  'The IPv6 gateway to use if applicable.  As is the '
diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/protocols/pxe.py b/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/protocols/pxe.py
index 8d9daecb..65e41f5e 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/protocols/pxe.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/protocols/pxe.py
@@ -583,6 +583,8 @@ def reply_dhcp6(node, addr, cfg, packet, cfd, profile, sock):
     if not isinstance(bootfile, bytes):
         bootfile = bootfile.encode('utf8')
     ipass = []
+    if ipv6method == 'firmwarenone:'
+        return
     if ipv6method not in ('dhcp', 'firmwaredhcp') and ipv6addr:
         if not ipv6prefix:
             log.log({'info': 'Unable to determine prefix to serve to address {} for node {}'.format(ipv6addr, node)})
@@ -680,6 +682,8 @@ def reply_dhcp4(node, info, packet, cfg, reqview, httpboot, cfd, profile):
         log.log({'error': 'Skipping boot reply to {0} due to no viable IPv4 configuration on deployment system'.format(node)})
         return
     clipn = None
+    if niccfg['ipv4_method'] == 'firmwarenone':
+        return
     if niccfg['ipv4_address'] and niccfg['ipv4_method'] != 'firmwaredhcp':
         clipn = socket.inet_aton(niccfg['ipv4_address'])
         repview[16:20] = clipn