Deployment Server Console Overview

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Deployment Server Console Overview

• Boot Disk Creator

• Use to make Altiris Client for DOS (BootWorks)
  boot files
• BootWorks runs in DOS to execute tasks that cant
  be done from Windows (such as disk imaging)

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Deployment Server Console Overview

• Boot Disk Creator

• Create and store configuration files for each
  type of computer on your network (Configuration
  files are hardware, i.e., NIC dependent)
• Configuration files are saved on the computer
  where you created them, and they can be re-used
  to make additional boot files at any time

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Deployment Server Console Overview

• Boot Disk Creator

Boot Disk Creator Icon on Deployment Server
Console

• Left click icon to select Boot Disk Creator
• Create new configuration by selecting New
  Configuration folder

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Deployment Server Console Overview

• Boot Disk Creator

• Enter name and description for your configuration
• Being as detailed as possible on the description
  helps with identification later

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Deployment Server Console Overview

• Boot Disk Creator

• Select BootWorks install package radio button for
  installing BootWorks on the computers hard drive

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Deployment Server Console Overview

• Boot Disk Creator

• Select BootWorks boot disk radio button to allow
  option to use Deployment Server Console or
  connect under DOS (F2)

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Deployment Server Console Overview

• Boot Disk Creator

• Select Bootwork boot disk radio button to create
  boot disk that connects the computer to a file
  server under DOS

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Deployment Server Console Overview

• Boot Disk Creator

• Leave default radio button selection for
  Microsoft Windows

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Deployment Server Console Overview

• Boot Disk Creator
• For Dell GXi, 1, 110, 150 240s

• Uncheck Intel Universal NIC driver to PXE
• Select 3C90X for 3COM NICs (only for Dell Model
  GXi, 1, 110, 150 240)
• See Next Slide for GX260

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Deployment Server Console Overview
For earlier model Dell's skip this slide

• Boot Disk Creator
• For Dell GX260s

• Uncheck Intel Universal NIC driver to PXE
• Select Have Disk
• Point to the drivers
• LINK
• Documentation directions for downloading
  drivers for GX260s

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Deployment Server Console Overview

• Boot Disk Creator

• Leave default radio button selection to Obtain an
  IP address from a DHCP server

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Deployment Server Console Overview

• Boot Disk Creator

• Select Use TCP/IP to connect to Altiris eXpress
  server
• Do NOT change Port setting

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Deployment Server Console Overview

• Boot Disk Creator

• Domain/ workgroup ADMIN
• Username Bootwork
• Password none, leave it blank

ADMIN
Bootwork
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Deployment Server Console Overview

• Boot Disk Creator

• Do NOT change Drive Map path
• Boot disk will map F\ to eXpress share

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Deployment Server Console Overview

• Boot Disk Creator

• Review summary of configuration
• Select Finish to complete boot disk creation
  process

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Deployment Server Console Overview

• Boot Disk Creator

• Select Create floppy disk sets radio button
• BootWorks on hard drive requires three disks
• One disk for other configurations

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Deployment Server Console Overview

• Boot Disk Creator