Introduction - HP Vectra 486M - MI Setup Manual

1. Introduction

The scope of this document is to evaluate the remote
deployment capabilities and basic troubleshooting for PXE or
RIS. It also partially illustrates some network concepts and the
reader is assumed to have a basic knowledge of networking
(DHCP, DNS, IP address...).
In addition, this document illustrates how to setup Microsoft
RIS and successfully deploy an image on a client. RIS uses the
PXE capability and can be considered a PXE server. Only
when the PXE server is also DHCP server is covered in this
document (where a DHCP server is not also a PXE server,
refer to the PXE server's documentation). A RIS and other PXE
servers' cohabitation will not be developed.
At the end of this document, users should be able to start a
PXE client that will behave as if started from a bootable floppy
– when it will actually boot on the LAN through the PXE.
The following procedures are, however, only intended for
evaluation purposes and may not totally reflect a real
configuration.
Note. To guide you through the OS interface, the following
notation will be used:
Text in Bold or between " " represents a text box, an icon or a list
on which you can click. For example, the OS's Start menu.
"Select OK " means left click on the dialog box or text item
named OK.
"right click on My Computer icon" means left click to select the
My Computer icon, then right click on it once.
"Go to Start/Settings/Control Panel" means left click on
Start, then on Settings, and finally on the Control Panel.
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