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Supported bootable media

Lenovo XClarity Essentials Bootable Media Creator creates bootable images on several forms of media, including ISO image, PXE files, and USB flash drive.

Supported PXE servers​

You can create bootable Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) files for the following PXE servers:
  • Altiris PXE server (Windows only)
  • Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server (Linux only)
  • Trivial File Transport Protocol (TFTP) server (Linux only)

Supported USB flash drives​

You can create bootable media on the following USB flash drives:
  • Lexar USB flash drives, including the JumpDrive Lightning series
  • SanDisk USB flash drives, including the Cruzer Micro series
Important
If the capacity of USB flash drive is larger than 32GB, only 32GB is formatted and used by the bootable media. You need to manually format the extra space if you want to use it for other tasks.