• • • • • • • • • • • • • • Diskless Boot Technology Background Diskless boot is a technology based on IP (Internet Protocol), UDP (User Datagram Protocol), DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) and TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol). It requires two computers: diskless boot server and client. The client is a computer you want to diskless boot up on LAN, while the server is a combination of DHCP server and TFTP server. It responds requests from diskless stations over network, allocates IP addresses via DHCP for them, pushes necessary data to these stations so that they can boot on LAN even without a harddisk. CCBoot support diskless internet cafe and diskless solution cybercafe. If using diskless boot solution, the boot process is as bellow: • Power on, • Load BIOS, • PXE stack built-in the NIC (Network Information Center), • Download NBP (Network Boot Program) from server to client's RAM by TFTP, • NBP's responsibility to perform the next step (a.k.a.

2nd stage boot). As an administrator responsible for a network of about dozens of computers or more, Diskless boot program will drastically reduce your daily workload. If you want to install or upgrade various softwares for all computers in the network, you just need to do it one time and all computers can get changed.

It can also bring you enhanced Disaster Recovery solutions, all computers will get into a clean OS after reboot. Benifits of Diskless Boot Solution • Reduce initial capital and implementation costs, reduce power and cooling requirements, reduce complexity and risk. • Accelerate deployments, upgrades, and server repurposing. • Implement enhanced Disaster Recovery solutions. • Using CCBoot to Build a Diskless Boot Server • Install Diskless Boot Server with CCBoot - An all-in-one Diskless Boot Software Download diskless boot software - CCBoot server installation package from -.

HP and Wyse have thin clients that come as 'diskless PCs' (Wyse CloudPCs, HP flashless thin clients) and which have a Diskless Windows COA (certificate of Authenticity) that IS a Windows License. With these, you don't need an extra license. Upgrading Windows Drivers on an Intel® Ethernet FCoE-Booted System. Installing Windows Server from a Remote Disk ('Diskless Install'). Installing Windows.

Launch ccbootsetup.exe on the diskless boot server and keep press the next button to the end. Figure 1 CCBoot will use the following ports - 67 (DHCP), 69 (TFTP), 3260 (iSCSI), 1000 (Image Upload), 8001 (Service Control). You need to open these ports in the firewall of the diskless boot server. Since CCBoot v2.1, you also need to open port 66. V2.1 uses port 66 as DHCP backup. Note: Please shut down the other DHCP services on the LAN especially the DHCP service in the router. Launch CCBoot and you will get the main interface as bellow: Figure 2 • Initialize the Diskless Boot Server Demo Environment Server IP: 192.168.1.10 Gateway: 192.168.1.1 DNS Address: 192.168.1.1 IP Mask: 255.255.255.0 DHCP Range: 192.168.1.101-192.168.1.254 Launch the diskless boot software - CCBoot, menu 'Options' -> 'Options Wizard' and configure step by step as bellow: Figure 3 You need to select the correct local IP address as 'DHCP Server IP'.

Press 'Scan DHCP' to check if there are other DHCP services on the LAN. You need to stop other DHCP services on the LAN. Figure 4 Set 'Server IP Address'. Normally, it’s the same as 'DHCP Server IP'. Set 'Write-back File Path' and 'Image Save Path' as you want. 'Write-back File Path' is used to store the diskless booted clients’ write-back data.

Stronghold 2 deluxe german download full version free. You’d better use a big volume hard disk as 'Write-back File Path'. This disk should be formatted as NTFS and 64K bytes per cluster.

'Image Save Path' is used to store the boot images. This disk should be also formatted as NTFS and 64K bytes per cluster. You’d better use a fast speed hard disk as 'Image Save Path'. For example, use an SAS hard disk. Figure 5 Keep default values in 'Server Cache Settings'. Figure 6 Keep default values in 'Other Settings'.

Press the 'Finish' button and confirm the popup dialog box. • Create Image for Diskless Boot Windows XP To diskless boot Windows XP over network with the diskless boot software - CCBoot, we first of all need to create a system image and here're the steps - • Choose one client PC as master PC used to create diskless boot image. Attach a hard disk on the PC.

• Delete all partitions first. Allocate a small MBR partition about 40G size and leave the rest unallocated.

Format the 40G partition with NTFS. Install Windows XP and the latest SP into this partition.

• After complete Windows installation, open the local area connection network properties and configure as bellow: Figure 7 Click 'Properties'. Figure 8 Select 'Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)' and click 'Properties'. Figure 9 Select 'Obtain an IP address automatically' and 'Obtain DNS server address automatically', then click 'OK' to save. • On the CCBoot diskless boot server you will find a client in the client list (Figure 10) that was added by CCBoot automatically when the client PC got IP address from the CCBoot DHCP service. Figure 10 • Double click the client to edit and check both 'Enable Upload Image' and 'Keep Write-back File' (Figure 11), when press 'save' button it will ask you 'Are you sure to delete write-back file?'