Deployment Solution Image Multicasting "Threshold" setting

Products

• Deployment Solution

Issue/Introduction

This article explains the expected behavior of the Image Multicasting "Threshold" setting in Deployment Solution.

Environment

Deployment Solution 8.x

Resolution

The value is set in the SMP Console under Settings > Deployment > Image Multicasting for "Threshold" controls when the image is multicasted vs unicasted on Deployment as seen here:

The default "Threshold" value is 10 which means multicasting is used when pushing the image to 11 or more machines. This value can be set lower if a higher threshold is causing bandwidth issues or network saturation. Multicasting deploys the image once in a broadcast whereas unicast pushes the image individually to each machine.

Additional Information

Configuring Multicast Options to Deploy Image