Pxe Settings; Shared Vs. Local; Session Timeout; Dhcp Server Options - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

PXE Settings

Shared vs. Local

Session Timeout

DHCP Server Options

Boot Options

Shared vs. Local
Deployment Solution
Boot options. Each boot option corresponds to a specific configuration which
includes an operating system, network and other drivers, utilities, mapped drives,
and so on.
This section contains a brief overview of selected PXE configuration and boot options.
For complete details, see the help for the PXE Configuration Utility.
Deployment Solution provides a PXE settings hierarchy enabling you to provide shared
and local PXE configuration values. All Altiris PXE Servers inherit the shared values
unless they are overridden on the local server.
The PXE configuration utility connects the PXE Manager service on Deployment Server.
To ensure your changes are not overwritten by another instance of the PXE
Configuration Utility, only one instance of PXE config can connect to PXE manager at any
given time.
If you attempt to launch PXE Configuration when another instance is running, you
receive an error. To prevent you from being completely locked out for extended periods
(example: an instance is inadvertently left open on another computer), a timeout has
been added which terminates a connection after 30 minutes of inactivity after someone
else attempts to connect.
This timeout only applies if someone else is attempting to launch PXE Configuration. If
no other connections are attempted, the timeout is never enabled and your session
remains active.
For most circumstances, you want option 1. If you have DHCP installed on your
Deployment Server but it is not active, Deployment Server might still attempt to
communicate with that instance. This is changed by selecting option 3. If you are using
a 3rd party DHCP server which automatically sends the client 60 message, select option
2.
Boot options are the boot configurations provided to a client by an Altiris PXE Server.
Each boot option has a corresponding automation operating system, network drivers,
and other settings.
Deployment Solution provides a PXE boot option hierarchy enabling you to provide
shared and local PXE boot options. Shared boot configurations are available on all Altiris
PXE Servers, while local boot options are available on a specific Altiris PXE server.
Setting Up the Altiris PXE Server
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