Acronis Snap Deploy 4 - User Guide - Manual (Page 101)

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A machine becomes ready for deployment after it boots to Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Agent from a
bootable media or a PXE server, and then connects to Acronis Snap Deploy 4 OS Deploy Server.
In addition, you can run any deployment task manually from the Deployment tasks view (p. 132).
A deployment task runs according to a deployment template (p. 81). When creating the task, you can
create a deployment template or specify an existing one.
10.4.1 Prerequisites
Before proceeding with the deployment, make sure that:
 You have installed the following components: Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Console,
Acronis Snap Deploy 4 License Server, Acronis Snap Deploy 4 OS Deploy Server, and (optionally)
Acronis PXE Server. All these components are already installed if you performed a typical
installation (p. 41).
 You imported a sufficient number of licenses (p. 16) to Acronis Snap Deploy 4 License Server.
 You created a master image by using either bootable media (offline imaging (p. 69)) or Acronis
Snap Deploy 4 Management Agent (online imaging (p. 69)).
Procedures in this section assume that you have performed these steps.
10.4.2 Deployment to specific machines
Deployment to a specified list of machines can run immediately, manually, or on a schedule.
When the deployment is about to start, the software uses the Wake-on-LAN (WOL) functionality of
the BIOS to wake up (turn on) the machines in the list.
Acronis Snap Deploy 4 wakes up each machine by sending a special packet, called the magic packet,
to all network adapters of the machine.
Machines in another subnet can be woken up through the Acronis Wake-on-LAN Proxy component,
which is delivered with Acronis Snap Deploy 4.
The woken up machines then boot into Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Agent.
You can manually boot machines that do not support Wake-on-LAN, before the task starts. Such
machines will also be deployed, provided that they are listed for deployment.
A best practice for this type of deployment is to use Acronis PXE Server for booting the machines.
Alternatively, you can boot the machines by using a bootable media.
10.4.2.1 Preparation steps
This section describes how to prepare deployment to a specified list of machines.
Getting MAC addresses
Media Access Control address (MAC address) is a 48-bit physical (hardware) address of a network
device. In Windows, the physical address can be obtained by running the command ipconfig /all
or by selecting Local Area Connection -> Status -> Support -> Details (in Windows 7, you can access
this option from the Network and Sharing Center).