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Question #: 42
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Scenario: A Citrix Engineer is designing a Provisioning Services environment based on the following environmental factors:
-A large number of target devices are spread over multiple subnets.
-The subnets include non-Provisioning Services machines that rely on starting up over the network
-A security mandate prohibits the use of TFTP.
-Provisioning Services 7.6 Update 1 is being used to maintain LTSR compliance.
Which Provisioning Services boot method is appropriate for the target devices?

  • A. BDM ISO
  • B. DHCP Options
  • C. BIOS Embedded
  • D. BDM Disk Partition
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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️
by thedelph at Feb. 12, 2020, 11:05 p.m.

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crumpet
4 years, 9 months ago
I think the answer is "D" - BDM Disk Partition. "As of XenDesktop version 7.x, when using XenDesktop setup wizard we can create and assign a small BDM hard disk partition, which will be attached to the virtual machine as a separate virtual disk. Using this method the above mentioned two-stage approach is no longer needed because partition already contains all the PVS drivers. This way all the information needed will be directly available without the need of PXE,TFTP & DHCP." https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX227725 BIOS Embedded option is specifically for certain OEM physical workstations that have been preconfigured with the bootstrap file embedded within the target device BIOS at the factory.
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rikili
4 years, 1 month ago
BDM Disk Partition should be the best option. "Provisioning Services has included support for a Boot Device Manager (BDM) Partition since version 7.0" https://www.atumvirt.com/2016/06/updating-your-boot-device-manager-bdm-partition-with-provisioning-services-7-9/
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thedelph
4 years, 9 months ago
I believe C is correct here. BDM ISO is a two staged boot, the second stage of which uses TFTP. DHCP options uses TFTP, and BDM Disk Partition I believe only became a viable option in Provisioning Services 7.9 https://www.atumvirt.com/2016/06/updating-your-boot-device-manager-bdm-partition-with-provisioning-services-7-9/ BIOS Embedded is an alternative to using PXE, the Boot Device Manager (BDM) can create a bootstrap file on a local hard drive, USB flash drive, or ISO image. The bootstrap file will then be used to boot the target device. https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/legacy-archive/downloads/provisioning-services-7-6.pdf
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