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 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 this article from Microsoft. 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.