Deployment in another subnet

Machines in another subnet (behind a network switch or router) can be woken up through the Acronis Wake-on-LAN Proxy component.

If Acronis Snap Deploy 4 OS Deploy Server is installed in one subnet (Subnet 1) and the target machines in another subnet (Subnet 2), prepare deployment as follows:

1. Install Acronis Wake-on-LAN Proxy in Subnet 2.
2. Prepare Acronis PXE Server in either of these ways:
   • Install the PXE server in Subnet 2 and configure that PXE server. This way, only machines in Subnet 2 can boot to the PXE server.

   OR

   • Install the PXE server in Subnet 1. Enable this PXE server to also work in Subnet 2 by configuring the network switch to relay the PXE traffic. The PXE server’s IP addresses are configured on a per-interface basis using IP helper functionality in the same way as DHCP server addresses. For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/257579. This way, machines from both subnets can boot to this PXE server.

     

     Deployment in another subnet by using Acronis Wake-on-LAN Proxy. The network switch is configured to relay the PXE traffic and DHCP traffic.

3. Create the deployment task. When creating the deployment task, specify the Wake-on-LAN proxy and specify the PXE server that you prepared in the previous step.

Note: If your router also acts as a Network Address Translation (NAT) device, see also “Deployment behind an NAT device”.