System information

Deploying Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM 2012

1 SMS Provider location. Use this page to specify the hostname or IP address of the server

where the SMS Provider is installed. If the SMS Provider and the NetBoot server are installed on

the same server (the server where you are running this wizard), select the Local server option.

If the SMS Provider is installed on a different server, select the Remote server option and enter

the server hostname or IP address.

2 Parallels NetBoot Server service account. Use this page to specify the user account that

should be used to run the NetBoot service. The account must have read/write access to the

SMS Provider. Select the Local System account option to use the standard Windows

LocalSystem account. Select This account to specify a domain account or a local user

account. Use the Password field to specify the account password. The LocalSystem account

is normally used when the SMS Provider is located on the same server as the NetBoot service.

A specific account may also be used for the purpose of managing access rights of the NetBoot

service. When running on separate computers, the NetBoot service must have DCOM Remote

Activation permissions. Permissions on the WMI namespace can be set using Server Manager

> Configuration > WMI Control snap-in. Permissions for DCOM remote activation can be set

via dcomcnfg.exe on a computer where the SMS provider is running.

3 NetBoot images path. Specify a folder where the NetBoot server will store .dmg images.

4 Support for unknown Macs. This page allows you to specify whether the NetBoot server is

allowed to work with Macs not assigned to the SCCM site. A Mac assigned to the site can be

fully managed via SCCM. An unknown Mac is recognized on the network, but has not joined

the SCCM site and therefore cannot be managed. You can enable the NetBoot server

functionality for unknown Macs, so you can deploy Mac OS X images on them. Select the

Enable unknown Macs support option to enable this feature. If the option is not selected, the

NetBoot server will work only with Macs assigned to the site.

5 Configuration settings summary. Review the configuration settings on this page. If everything

is correct, click Finish to apply the configuration settings. Once the process is complete, the

Configuration progress window will display the results.

If you need to reconfigure the NetBoot Server, you can run the configuration utility later by going to

Start > All Programs > Parallels > Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM and

clicking the NetBoot Server Configuration Utility item.

Note: Depending on your network topology, you may have to configure UDP traffic forwarding so DHCP

broadcast packets from Mac computers can reach the DHCP server and the NetBoot server. For the

complete information about setting up the network environment for NetBoot, please read KB article

118518 (http://kb.parallels.com/en/118518). Please also see Ports Used by Parallels Mac

Management (p. 147) for the list of ports used by NetBoor Server.