Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual page 294

Deployment Solution
2. From the drop-down list, select the automation pre-boot environment such as DOS,
WinPE, or Linux.
If a PXE boot menu item is used by the job, it appears in the drop-down list.
You can perform these steps to check if the other boot menu items are used by the
other jobs.
View Section
When you are in the Shared Configuration mode, only the configurations you create for
all PXE Servers appear in the view section. When you are in Customize PXE Server
<server name> mode, both Shared and Local configurations appear. You cannot
create two configurations with the same name in the view section, regardless of the
mode.
Example: If you are in Customize PXE Server <server name> mode, you can view
both Shared and Local configurations. You can create a Local configuration named DOS
Clients because there are no other configurations with the same name. Now, change to
Shared Configuration mode and create a configuration named DOS Clients because
the Local configuration of the same name does not appear in the view section. When you
change back to Customize PXE Server <server name> mode, both DOS Clients
configurations appear in the view section. When client computers perform a PXE boot,
both configurations appear and user's will not know which boot menu option to select.
Boot Menu Options for PXE Server: <Shared Configuration>
Name: This is the name of the PXE item that appears on client computers after a PXE
boot operation is performed.
Scope: Shared indicates that the configuration is available on multiple PXE Servers in
an environment where they are all serviced by a single Deployment Server. Local
indicates that the configuration was created for a specific PXE Server.
OS: The operating system that the configuration uses to boot on client computers.
Up and Down: Click these buttons to change the order of the boot options. The top boot
option is the default option that runs automatically if no other option is selected from the
PXE Server menu.
New: Click this option to open a dialog to add a new boot menu option. See
Menu Option on page 295.
Edit: Click this option to modify the properties of the boot menu options. See
Shared Menu Option on page 296.
Delete: Click this option to delete the selected boot menu option from the list. You
cannot delete boot menu options if they are assigned to a task within a deployment job.
In the Deployment Console, open the appropriate deployment job, and delete the task
or change the Automation - PXE or Bootworks environment (DOS/WinPE/Linux)
field before you delete the boot menu option.
Boot Menu Properties
Use Shared properties: You can select this option to change the properties for a
Shared Configuration. You cannot change this selection on the other pages if you are
setting the properties for the Shared Configuration.
Customize PXE Server: Shared Configuration: This option is available when you
select a specific server from the File menu. You can also customize the properties for
the PXE Server you selected.
PXE Configuration Utility
New Shared
Edit
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