Chapter 32: Pxe Configuration Utility - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

Chapter 32
PXE Configuration Utility
Deployment Solution
Altiris® PXE Configuration Utility integrates with Altiris® Deployment Solution and lets
you manage all PXE Servers across the network. PXE Configuration has been completely
rewritten to give you more capability in working with Deployment Server, which
provides administrators greater flexibility when performing the following tasks:
Creating boot menu options
Installing BIS Certificates
Creating boot disks and network PXE images
Assigning pre-boot environments to tasks within deployment jobs
Setting properties to customize specific PXE Server
Setting the boot menu option order for client computers
PXE Server has also been added to Role Based Security to ensure that only the
authorized users can make changes to boot menu options.
If you select Deployment Solution Simple Install and Install PXE Server, both are
installed on the same server. If you select Custom Install and Install PXE Server,
you can choose to install Deployment Solution and PXE Server on separate servers. By
default, PXE Manager always installs on the Deployment Server. See the Deployment
Solution Product Guide.
PXE Manager
PXE Manager is a service that synchronizes Deployment Server and all PXE Servers that
are installed and configured across the network. It keeps track of all PXE Server boot
menu options and checks if they are Shared or Local. PXE Manager also gathers data
from all PXE Servers and stores the information in the PXE Manager.ini file. Whether you
are in Use Shared properties or select a server to Customize PXE Server (Shared
Configuration), the changes you make to the properties settings are saved to the PXE
Manager.ini file when you click Save. Then, when you close the PXE Configuration
Utility, PXE Manager creates and distributes the appropriate PXE.ini file for each PXE
Server on the network. See
Shared or Local boot menu options
When you start the PXE Configuration Utility, you can select which properties you want
to set. The Use Shared properties option lets you create Shared boot menu options
that can be used by all PXE Servers on the network. When you select a specific PXE
Server from the File menu, you can select the Customize PXE
Configuration option that lets you change any of the shared properties for that specific
server. By default, PXE Configuration Utility always starts in the Use Shared
properties mode. See Boot Menu Tab
The boot menu options you create appear as a menu list on client computers when you
perform a PXE boot operation. You can also change the order of the boot menu options
and select the default menu option. Previous users of PXE Server will notice that Initial
Deployment and ManagedPC are no longer boot menu options. You can still perform an
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