Acronis Snap Deploy 5 - User Guide - Manual (Page 8)

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Support for WinPE 5.0.
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Automatic switch to unicast if multicast fails during deployment is disabled.
1.3 What's new in Acronis Snap Deploy 5
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Updated multicast protocol that enables up to 5 times faster deployment (compared to Acronis
Snap Deploy 4) to multiple machines across a network.
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Support for Windows 8.1 including Update 1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.
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Support for stand-alone deployment to Microsoft Surface Pro and Microsoft Surface Pro 2
tablets.
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Compatibility with backups created by Acronis Backup 11.5.
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Deployment of Linux to UEFI machines (no BIOS <-> UEFI migration).
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The Acronis Universal Deploy feature is now included in all Acronis Snap Deploy 5 licenses.
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The Acronis Universal Deploy feature is now available for Linux.
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New Linux kernel version (3.11.6) in Linux-based bootable media. The new kernel makes for
better hardware support.
1.4 What you can do with Acronis Snap Deploy 5
This section describes typical usage scenarios for Acronis Snap Deploy 5.
1.4.1 Taking an image of the master system
First, you create the desired system configuration and save the image of the system hard disk to a
network folder, detachable media (such as a USB hard drive) or removable media (such as a DVD). An
image, also called a master image, is a file that contains the system in a packaged form.
Scenarios
Scenario 1
Each department in your organization, such as accounting, sales, and technical support, uses a
fixed set of applications for daily work.
You create a library of master images. For example, you create one image for each department.
You then deploy these images to new hardware without having to manually configure the
operating system and applications.
Scenario 2
You might need to deploy the standard configuration, which is included in the image library, to
various hardware.
Acronis Universal Deploy configures Windows or Linux so that the system is able to boot on
dissimilar hardware.
1.4.2 Deployment to specific machines (immediate, manual, and
scheduled deployment)
You can perform deployment to a specific list of machines with known physical addresses (called
MAC addresses). The deployment can run immediately after you set it up, on a schedule, or when
you start it manually.