I am currently working on a Novell network and I am looking at implementing MDT2008 and Windows Deployment Services. My understanding of WDS is that it only functions on an Active Directory domain. Is it possible to use WDT in a Novell Environment?

Hi, Your computing environment must meet the following technical requirements to install Windows Deployment Services: · Active Directory. A Windows Deployment Services server must be either a member of an Active Directory domain or a domain controller for an Active Directory domain. The Active Directory domain and forest versions are irrelevant; all domain and forest configurations support Windows Deployment Services. · DHCP. You must have a working Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server with an active scope on the network because Windows Deployment Services uses PXE, which relies on DHCP for IP addressing. · DNS. You must have a working Dynamic Name Services (DNS) server on the network to run Windows Deployment Services. · An NTFS partition. The server running Windows Deployment Services requires an NTFS file system volume for the image store. · Credentials. To install the role, you must be a member of the Local Administrators group on the Windows Deployment Services server. To install an image, you must be a member of the Domain Users group. You may contact Novell to check whether you can meet the above prerequisites. Hope it helps. Tim Quan - MSFT