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customized. When you select an existing NIC in the wizard window, its settings are selected for saving

on the media. The MAC address of each existing NIC is also saved on the media.

You can change the settings, except for the MAC address; or configure the settings for a non-existent

NIC, if need be.

Once the bootable agent starts on the server, it retrieves the list of available NICs. This list is sorted

by the slots the NICs occupy: the closest to the processor on top.

The bootable agent assigns each known NIC the appropriate settings, identifying the NICs by their

MAC addresses. After the NICs with known MAC addresses are configured, the remaining NICs are

assigned the settings that you have made for non-existent NICs, starting from the upper non-assigned

NIC.

You can customize bootable media for any machine, and not only for the machine where the media is

created. To do so, configure the NICs according to their slot order on that machine: NIC1 occupies the

slot closest to the processor, NIC2 is in the next slot and so on. When the bootable agent starts on

that machine, it will find no NICs with known MAC addresses and will configure the NICs in the same

order as you did.

Example

The bootable agent could use one of the network adapters for communication with the management

console through the production network. Automatic configuration could be done for this connection.

Sizeable data for recovery could be transferred through the second NIC, included in the dedicated

backup network by means of static TCP/IP settings.

6.10.1.3. Network port

While creating bootable media, you have an option to pre-configure the network port that the

bootable agent listens for incoming connection. The choice is available between:

• the default port

• the currently used port

• the new port (enter the port number).

If the port has not been pre-configured, the agent uses the default port number (9876.) This port is

also used as default by the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console.

6.10.2. Connecting to a machine booted from media

Once a machine boots from bootable media, the machine terminal displays a startup window with

the IP address(es) obtained from DHCP or set according to the pre-configured values.

Remote connection

To connect to the machine remotely, select Connect -> Manage a remote machine in the console

menu and specify one of the machine's IP addresses. Provide the user name and password if

these have been configured when creating the bootable media.