ZENworks for Desktops 3.2 Preboot Services
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Preboot Services fully supports all PXE-enabled workstations. By installing
Preboot Services, the administrator makes full use of Wired for Management PXE-enabled
workstations, and can ease management and configuration of the workstations
by applying ZENworks™ policy-based management of the images on the workstations.
Prerequisites and System Requirements
- ZENworks for Desktops 3.2
- User workstation minimum requirements:
- Pentium* (or higher) personal computer, 75 MHz, 0 MB hard disk space,
16 MB RAM
- PXE-enabled network adapter or PXE-on-Disk boot diskette
- PXE server minimum requirements:
- One of the following supported servers:
- NetWare® 5.0 server with NW5SP6.EXE (or later) patch applied
- NetWare 5.1 server with NW51SP2A.EXE (or later) patch applied
- Windows* NT 4.0 server with Service Pack 6a (or later) applied
- Windows 2000 server
- 10 MB hard disk space and 128 MB RAM (8 MB free)
- A standard DHCP server must be installed on the network. As part of the
ZfD 3.2 Preboot Services installation, a PXE Proxy DHCP server is also installed
on the network. These do not need to be installed on the same machine. Installing
and running the Proxy DHCP Server on a NetWare 5.x server that is already
running a standard DHCP server is not supported.
Download Instructions
- Create an installation directory. (For example, /SMARTCERT/PXE.)
- Download the Preboot Services self-extracting .ZIP file.
- Click Download.
- Save the file to the installation directory you created in Step 1.
- In your installation directory, extract the file and follow the on-screen
instructions. You are now ready to install the Preboot Services software.
Preboot Services Installation
- Complete the steps in Download Instructions above.
- Run the ZENworks for Desktops 3.2 installation from the ZfD 3.2 Program
CD. For more information about installing ZfD 3.2, see the Installation and
Setup section in the Getting Started guide on the ZfD 3.2 product documentation
Web site.
- Follow the on-screen instructions. During the installation, you will select
to install PXE Support and will be prompted for the location of the Preboot
Services (PXE) files. Browse to the installation directory you created above.
For additional information about this product, refer to the ZENworks for Desktops
Preboot Services Install guide and the other guides on the ZfD 3.2 Preboot
Services product documentation Web site.
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