KACE K2000 Deployment Appliance

Disk Imaging
The K2000 provides intelligent remote, unattended disk imaging from an integrated image library reducing imaging cost and complexity.

• K-imaging, the K2000’s intelligent, file-based imaging format leverages single instancing technology to significantly reduce network impact and storage costs by capturing and storing only files not already contained in the deployment image library
• Image editing significantly reduces image maintenance costs
• Supports “bare-metal” system build outs
• Remote, unattended disk imaging from a central, easy-to-use web-based console
• Integrated library for easy, centralized image archiving and management
• Windows and Mac support for imaging
• State Management allows customers to reprovision or reconfigure both virtual and physical machines based on a centrally defined system image

Windows Driver Harvesting
Driver harvesting utility allows you to upload all the drivers of any known valid system on your network to the appliance, conveniently allowing you to expand its vast driver library.

• Easily support unique hardware configurations
• Dynamically include appropriate drivers with network OS install deployment
• Extract and upload drivers of a network system with a click of a button

Pre & Post Deployment Configuration
The K2000 provides complete remote configuration covering pre and post deployment, reducing costs and increasing provisioning reliability and control by automating the full deployment life cycle.

• Remotely configure BIOS, RAID, and disk settings before deployment
• Automatically install applications, execute scripts, rename systems and join machines to domains following deployment
• Setting up fully automated systems deployments is made easy with the drag and drop configuration of pre and post installation tasks
• Windows and Mac support for pre and post deployment configuration

• Network device discovery
• In-depth computer hardware inventory improves deployment reliability
• Driver verification reporting identifies any missing device drivers required for successful provisioning of a Windows target system
• The K2000 driver harvesting utility uploads all the drivers of any known valid system on your network to the appliance
• Comprehensive reporting provides data to accurately plan for deployment and migration
• Windows and Mac support for inventory scanning and assessment

Windows Network OS Install
Remote and unattended network OS install (scripted installation) enables hardware independent provisioning of any desktop, laptop or server regardless of hardware configuration. Scripted installation provides reliable, automated deployment in heterogeneous hardware environments, and also provides an efficient means for building and maintaining gold master configurations.

Applications and scripts can be deployed with a scripted installation allowing for complete systems provisioning.

• Remote, unattended scripted installation
• Automated driver slipstreaming
• Deployment of applications and scripts
• Integrated library to ease archiving and management of complete remote setups including cross platform gold master configurations
• Windows support for Network OS Install

Windows User State Migration
Windows user state migration lets you deploy user-specific files and settings along with an operating system and applications, reducing the risk of losing critical information.

• Centrally capture, store, and deploy user-specific settings and files to make operating system migrations and computer upgrades run as smooth as possible
• Reduce the cost associated with a deployment by minimizing end- user downtime

Remote Systems Repair & Discovery
The K2000 enables remote emergency recovery of corrupted systems that are unable to boot to the local hard drive reducing deployment costs and time by minimizing desk visits to systems that fail to provision correctly.

• K2000 boot environment, “KBE,” a Windows PE-based recovery environment with an intuitive GUI, provides powerful yet easy-to-use recovery of corrupted Windows systems
• Mac OS X NetBoot, a second pre-installation environment, is used for Mac recovery and features a console for Windows recovery that allows administrators to easily select a system component to explore, diagnose, and repair as needed
• Support for 3rd party boot environments
• Remote control integrated into recovery console to ease repair of corrupted systems

Bare-Metal Deployment
Network boot architecture allows deployment assets to be provisioned over the network, even for bare-metal machines, or in other words those without any operating system and software.

• Preinstallation environments support Windows and Mac—allowing for recovery and provisioning regardless of whether an operating system already exists on target machines or not
• Boot actions allow target machines to automatically be provisioned with the appropriate operating system and applications

Centralized Deployment Library
The K2000 includes a global, centralized deployment library to ease systems provisioning, image storage and management, and appliance administration.

• Centralized, network based image storage significantly eases image management and maintenance by eliminating the need for removable media such as CDs and DVDs
• Supports re-use of images across users and departments in combination with application and script execution
• Centralized, network-based scripted installation, application and script store provides rapid and fully automated provisioning in heterogeneous hardware and application environments
• KBE USB provides a convenient mechanism to locally boot remote systems to KBE on a USB drive and then connect to the centralized K2000 for access to the full deployment library
• For computers that lack a good Internet connection, the K2000 allows you to include a K-image along with KBE in a USB drive for a fully stand alone installation

Web-based Administrative Console
The K2000 includes an integrated web-based console for centralized systems deployment and systems recovery.

• The secure console can be accessed via any network-allowable location, and has been designed to be exceptionally easy-to-use
• Remote access to all functionality across the deployment life cycle
• Integrated user interface allows for a single sign on and fast switching between the KACE K1000 Management and K2000 Deployment Appliance Consoles

Remote Replication with Virtual Remote Appliances
Virtual remote appliances allow a single centralized K2000 Deployment Appliance to stage and deploy disk images, network OS installs, drivers and applications to remote sites without the need for dedicated hardware or personnel at remote facilities. Virtual remote appliances are easy to deploy and maintain, and dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of managing a multi-site organization.

• Includes integrated virtual infrastructure allowing deployment on almost any Windows server
• Granular control over the timing and contents of staged deployment assets
• Scheduled incremental synchronization and bandwidth throttling help minimize network utilization while keeping all remote sites updated with current deployment assets

Integrated Reporting
The K2000 includes integrated reporting to ease systems deployment and appliance administration.

• Dashboards and pre-configured reports covering deployed system history, captured images, scripted installations and other categories
• Create new reports or customize existing reports with output options of .html, .pdf, .txt and .csv formats
• Configure 3rd party ODBC compliant reporting tools (for example, Crystal Reports) to analyze K2000 collected information
• View K2000 Appliance performance metrics such as disk, CPU and network utilization

Easy-to-use Web-based deployment console
Reduce the complexity of executing tasks throughout the entire systems deployment lifecycle with an intuitive point-and-click interface.

K2000 Boot Environment (KBE) for Windows platforms
Leverage the power of Windows PE without the pain. The K2000 eliminates the need for custom scripts and command line arguments.

Mac OS X NetBoot for Mac platforms
Execute key functions for Mac systems such as image capture and deployment through the K2000 Mac imaging utility. The Finder interface of Mac OS X NetBoot allows it to double as a recovery tool.