Setting Up Preboot Services; Preparing A Preboot Services Server - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual

Setting Up Preboot Services

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The section provides instructions for setting up Novell
Services:
Section 29.1, "Preparing a Preboot Services Server," on page 345
Section 29.2, "Setting Up the Preboot Services Methods," on page 346
Section 29.3, "Deploying and Managing Preboot Services," on page 356
Section 29.4, "Configuring Preboot Services Defaults," on page 371
Section 29.5, "Overriding Preboot Services Defaults," on page 390
Section 29.6, "Enabling PXE on Devices," on page 392
Section 29.7, "Setting Up Devices for Imaging," on page 393
IMPORTANT: The Preboot Services software is automatically installed when you install
ZENworks Linux Management.

29.1 Preparing a Preboot Services Server

When you install Novell ZENworks Linux Management on a server, the server is nearly ready to act
as a Preboot Services server. To avoid confusion, the Proxy DHCP daemon (novell-proxydhcp) is
installed, but not enabled. For PXE devices to be able to communicate with Preboot Services, this
daemon must be started manually on at least one server on each network segment. Exactly how
many servers and which specific servers should run this daemon is dictated by your network
topology. As a rule of thumb, for every DHCP server deployed in your network, you should have a
corresponding Proxy DHCP server.
For information on setting up management of your devices, see
Managing Preboot Services," on page 356
Defaults," on page 371.
In addition to the specific hardware requirements for a ZENworks Linux Management server, the
server used to store image files must meet the following requirements:
A fixed IP address: When you connect to the imaging server during an imaging operation, you
must do so using the fixed IP address or DNS name of the imaging server.
Enough space to store device images: Unless you use compression (which is enabled by
default) for your device images, they are nearly the same size as the data on the device hard
disk, which could be many gigabytes.
If you want to store an image locally (on a CD, DVD, or hard disk) rather than on an imaging
server, see "Using a CD or DVD for Disconnected Imaging Operations" on page 415
"Using a Hard Disk for Disconnected Imaging Operations" on page
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