This section explains how to set up a local DHCP server to send out the address of the local Middle Tier Server, making it convenient for roaming users to quickly authenticate as a local node in the corporate network and making it possible to avoid authentication through a distant Middle Tier over a slow WAN link.
When this method is properly implemented, the user's local ZENworks Management Agent uses the configured-site DHCP option to get its Middle Tier information. Based on the information provided by the local DHCP server, the workstation communicates through the Middle Tier Server to the ZENworks Management Server and eDirectory.
IMPORTANT:This method does not work unless you select the feature when you install the ZENworks Desktop Management Agent. For more information about installing the agent, see Installing and Configuring the Desktop Management Agent
in Windows-Based Installation
in the Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Installation Guide.
For example, if a user's home base is Toronto, his or her laptop computer uses the Toronto Middle Tier Server when authenticating at that office. If the user travels to São Paulo, Brazil, he or she receives São Paulo Middle Tier Server information when they receive an IP address from the São Paulo DHCP server.