WinPE Boot Images Support › Boot Image Considerations

Boot Image Considerations

• The DSM Explorer and the command line interface, cadsmcmd, provide integrated functions to handle CA ITCM computers as OSIM PXE targets and launch OS installations to these targets.
• The boot image name parameters can be set at an operating system installation request.
• Boot images must be registered to the domain manager before they can be assigned from the DSM Explorer or command line interface.
• You can choose one of the registered boot images for each operating system installation request.
• The IPS provides Win32 tools for finding the boot server, loading files and images from the boot server, and tools to handle boot parameters within the Windows PE based OS installation.

Note: WinPE boot images must be prepared on the Image Prepare System. If not installed, upgrade the installation with Packaging Tools/OS Image Prepare System. This installs the Image Prepare System in \Program Files\CA\DSM\osimips.

The following sections describe how to create WinPE, WinPEx64, WinPE20, WinPE20x64, WinPE30, WinPE30x64, WinPE40, and WinPE40x64 boot images with Image Prepare System (IPS) commands or manually.