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Deployment agents
The Deployment agent requirements are similar to the target operating system. The
Deployment agent requires around 5 MB disk space.
See the following sections for additional information:
z Installing the Deployment Agent on page 353
z Installing Deployment Agent on Linux on page 357
z Installing the automation agent on page 358
z Managing licenses on page 358
Simple install for Deployment Server
The Simple Install option places all the Deployment Server Components — Deployment
Server, Deployment Console, Deployment Share, and Deployment Database — on the
same computer.
See Deployment Server components on page 335.
You can install the Deployment Server with a Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) by using
the Simple Install. You can install the Deployment Web Console during a Simple Install
PXE server Memory: 128 MB
Disk Space: 25 MB (for
boot files)
DHCP server (must be on the
network, but does not have to be
on the same computer as a PXE
Server)
Windows Server or Advanced
Server
Deployment
database
Memory: 128 MB
Disk Space: 55 MB (for
program files), plus space
for data.
(Microsoft SQL Server
TM
or MSDE
Deployment
share
(File server for
storage)
Memory
: 128 MB
Disk Space: 100 MB for
Deployment Server program
files plus
space for storing
files (image, boot, .RIP, and
so on)
Windows Server
NetWare (File server only. Cannot
be used for any other
components).
Deployment
Web console
Memory
: 128 MB
Windows XP Professional
Windows Server
MS IIS
MDAC
Component Hardware Software