Best practices for unicast and multicast with Ghost
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Best practices for unicast and multicast with Ghost

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Article ID: 151778

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Ghost Solution Suite

Issue/Introduction

What are the guidelines for using unicast and multicast with Ghost?

Resolution

Unicast is best when taking an image or when restoring an image to up to five computers at a time. If you have routers or switches that are not configured for multicast, use unicast. 

Can Ghost be used across a Wide Area Network ( WAN ) ?' Broadcom does not support imaging over the WAN.

  • For more than five computers at a time, use multicasting or directed broadcast. Routers and switches typically are not pre-configured for use with multicast.
  • Directed broadcast is basically multicasting to a particular subnet.

NOTE: Typically, when configuring multicasting on routers and switches, include configuration for IGMP. See the document 'Ghost compatibility with IGMP' at https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleId=151701

NOTE: Regardless of which type of communication you choose, a network can get flooded when Ghost is left unthrottled. Check the document 'Throttling Symantec Ghost to reduce the load on the network' at https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleId=151776


References
Title: 'Information on configuring Multicast on routers, hubs, switches, and so on' at https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleId=151691

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