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Chapter 32
PXE Configuration Utility
Altiris® PXE Configuration Utility integrates with Altiris® Deployment Solution and lets
you manage all PXE Servers across the network. PXE Configuration has been completely
rewritten to give you more capability in working with Deployment Server, which
provides administrators greater flexibility when performing the following tasks:
z
Creating boot menu options
z
Installing BIS Certificates
z
Creating boot disks and network PXE images
z
Assigning pre-boot environments to tasks within deployment jobs
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Setting properties to customize specific PXE Server
z
Setting the boot menu option order for client computers
PXE Server has also been added to Role Based Security to ensure that only
the
authorized users can make changes to boot menu options.
If you select
Deployment Solution Simple Install
and
Install PXE Server
, both are
installed on
the same server. If you select
Custom Install
and
Install PXE Server
,
you can choose to install Deployment Solution and PXE Server on
separate servers. By
default, PXE Manager always installs on the Deployment Server. See the
Deployment
Solution Product Guide
.
PXE Manager
PXE Manager is a service that synchronizes Deployment Server and all PXE Servers that
are installed and configured across the network. It keeps track of all PXE Server boot
menu options and checks if they are Shared or Local. PXE Manager also gathers data
from all PXE Servers and stores the information in the PXE Manager.ini file. Whether you
are in
Use Shared properties
or select a server to
Customize PXE Server (Shared
Configuration)
, the changes you make to the properties settings are saved to the PXE
Manager.ini file when you click
Save
. Then, when you close the PXE Configuration
Utility, PXE Manager creates and distributes the appropriate PXE.ini file for each PXE
Server on the network. See
PXE Manager
on page 312.
Shared or Local boot menu options
When you start the PXE Configuration Utility, you can select which properties you want
to set. The
Use Shared properties
option lets you create Shared boot menu options
that can be used by all PXE Servers on the network. When you select a specific PXE
Server from the
File
menu, you can select the
Customize PXE Server
:
Shared
Configuration
option that lets you change any of the shared properties for that specific
server. By default, PXE Configuration Utility always starts in the
Use Shared
properties
mode. See
Boot Menu Tab
on page 293.
The boot menu options you create appear as a menu list on client computers when you
perform a PXE boot operation. You can also change the order of the boot menu options
and select the default menu option. Previous users of PXE Server will notice that Initial
Deployment and ManagedPC are no longer boot menu options. You can still perform an
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