Pxe Services And Architecture - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

PXE Services and Architecture

Deployment Solution
Regardless of how broadly you implement PXE, Deployment Solution provides tools and
services to simplify management of PXE in your environment. This section contains the
following topics providing an overview of PXE in Deployment Solution:
PXE Services and Architecture
How PXE Works
PXE services use a tiered-architecture which enables you to provide global settings and
boot options shared across all Altiris PXE Servers, override configuration and expand
boot options on a local level.
Boot options and PXE settings can be applied to a shared configuration. This shared
configuration is inherited by all Altiris PXE Servers in your environment. Each Altiris PXE
Server still has its own specific configuration, so you can override settings and add
additional boot options as needed.
New services have been provided to replicate settings and data automatically, making it
unnecessary for you to individually configure each PXE server.
The following table contains an overview of the PXE services:
Service
PXE Manager
PXE Config Helper
Altiris PXE Server
MTFTP
The PXE Manager service interacts with Deployment Server, PXE Helper service, and the
PXE config utility to perform centralized PXE management:
Description
Provides all boot options and configuration settings
for each Altiris PXE Server in your environment.
Interfaces with the PXE Config Utility to replicate data
and apply PXE configuration.
Manages all communication between your
Deployment Server and your Altiris PXE Servers.
The PXE Manager Service is installed on your Deployment
Server regardless whether or not you have also installed
an Altiris PXE Server.
Interfaces with PXE Manager to receive data and
configuration.
Configures, starts, and stops the additional PXE
services on the Altiris PXE Server.
Provides the PXE listener and proxy DHCP to respond
to PXE requests and send the location of bootstrap
files.
Sends bootstrap files to managed computers using
TFTP.
Setting Up the Altiris PXE Server
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