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PXE Configuration Utility
Initial Deployment, but now you can select DOS, Linux, or Microsoft Windows
Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) as the pre-boot automation environment. By
default, the pre-boot operating system selected during installation is set for Initial
Deployment. See DS Tab on page 309.
Boot Disk Creator and PXE Configuration
Boot Disk Creator is now integrated with the PXE Configuration Utility so that you can
keep track of the boot menu options you create, edit, and delete. When you select a
boot menu option to edit or delete using the Boot Disk Creator method, the Summary
page displays the MenuOption<number>, so you always know the boot menu option
you are working with. See Boot Menu Tab on page 293 and Edit Shared Menu Option on
page 296.
PXE Server provides three different methods for creating boot menu options:
z New Configuration Wizard from Boot Disk Creator
z Importing Direct from floppy
z User supplied, which is for more advanced users.
A boot image is stored on the PXE Server for each boot menu option that you create. A
boot image consists of a file or set of files. When client computers perform a PXE boot, a
menu list appears for you to select a boot menu option. The PXE Server downloads the
boot image for the boot menu option you select. See New Shared Menu Option on
page 295.
Automation Tasks
Only Shared boot menu options can be assigned to a task in a deployment job. The
tasks that can run in automation are:
z Run script
z Create Disk Image
z Distribute Disk Image
z Scripted OS Install
z Backup Registry
z Restore Registry.
When a client computer performs a PXE boot, the Deployment Agent verifies if there is
work to complete. If so, the client computer boots to automation and performs the
deployment jobs that are assigned. Otherwise, by default, the Local Boot menu option
is selected.
Example: If a deployment job contains the Create Disk Image task
, and the
Automation - PXE or Bootworks environment (DOS/WinPE/Linux) field is
assigned to DOS - Broadcom, when the client computer executes the task, it uses DOS
- Broadband as the automation environment. Additional tasks within the same job can
be assigned a different boot menu option, yet each task runs in the automation
environment you want. See the Deployment Solution Product Guide.
See also: Boot Menu Tab on page 293, PXE Server Tab on page 308, DS Tab on
page 309, MAC Filter Tab on page 310, Multicast Tab on page 311, Data Logs Tab on
page 313, and Remote PXE Installation on page 314.
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