Microsoft® System Center 2012 Unleashed

Establishing Boundaries

Establishing site boundaries is one of the most important aspects of Configuration Manager. Boundaries let managed systems receive content and communicate status to the closest server in the Configuration Manager hierarchy.

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If a client is not within a defined boundary, it is considered to be in a slow boundary. Package execution is controlled by the slow boundary options.

Site boundaries can be created based on IP subnet, IPv6 prefix, IP address range, and Active Directory sites. Typically in an Active Directory environment, the Configuration Manager is based on Active Directory site boundaries. Because the Active Directory site infrastructure should already map directly to the network topology, many of the same ...