How do manufacturers of embedded systems benefit from network booting?
• Lower build cost. Network booting reduces the need for high-cost components like local hard drives or flash, at the very least, it shrinks the flash footprint and simplifies flash requirements. • Flexible storage capacity. With network booting, even if the OS and application grow in size, flash requirements don’t increase. • Pre-OS. Device administrators can setup a “Pre-OS boot” in which devices are booted from a network server before the operating system is loaded from the local hard drive. • Security. To secure data and eliminate unauthorized programs, administrators can use network booting to search a hard disk, or to prevent a local boot from a hard disk or diskette. • Compatibility. Managed PC Boot Agent is compatible with PXE, RPL, NetWare, TCP/IP (DHCP, BOOTP) network boot protocols and client management software. • Increased device reliability. Replacing local had drive booting with network booting increases reliability by eliminating the need for rotating media. • Rapid rem
