Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual page 334

Phases 2 through 8: Continuing the Process
The following sections explain how the Preboot Services process continues after Phase 1:
"Phase 2" on page 334
"Phase 3" on page 334
"Phase 4" on page 335
"Phase 5" on page 335
"Phase 6" on page 336
"Phase 7" on page 336
"Phase 8" on page 337
Phase 2
Figure 28-4
Imaging
novell-pbserv
Server
novell-zmgprebootpolicy
novell-tftp
novell-proxydhcp
Processes:
1. The PXE BIOS requests nvlnbp.sys from the TFTP server.
2. The TFTP server sends nvlnbp.sys to the PXE device.
3. The PXE device loads nvlnbp.sys into memory.
Phase 3
Figure 28-5
novell-pbserv
Imaging
Server
novell-zmgprebootpolicy
novell-tftp
novell-proxydhcp
Processes:
1. Hardware detection is performed by nvlnbp.sys and it reads the image-safe data.
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Data
Model
2
nvlnbp.sys
Phase 3 of the Preboot Services Process
Data
Model
PXE Menu?
3
Hot-key:
pxemenu.text
PXE Device
3
nvlnbp.sys
1
PXE BIOS
PXE Device
1
2 nvlnbp.sys
PXE BIOS