Multiclient Validation System with Multiboot Image Support Using Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) Technology

A software validation is a confirmation by examination and provisions of objective
evidence that software specifications conform to user needs and intended uses, and
that the particular requirements implemented through software can be consistently
fulfilled. In practise, most of the software validation are done manually, which is not
time efficient and hardly to achieve accurate results, especially involving multiple
operating s ystem environments. Therefore, the idea of remote boot validation test
using Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) protocol is evolved.
The objective of this project is basically to design, built and test a Multiclient
Validation System with Multiboot Image Support by using PXE protocol. The
system would eventually allow client machines to perform validation tests
automatically in the different operating system environment. This validation system
gives a complete routine check on the compatibility and errors ofthe softwareto
hardware devices.
The scope of this project is planned to ensure the feasibility of the project to be
carried out within thegiven timeframe. This project can be broken downtotwo
major stages. The first stage will involve preliminary literature review, design and
built a single client validation system to understand the operation of multiboot image
support in PXE protocol. Comprehension of system development language like
Visual C and JScript is vital since the system coding would be done entirely using
those languages. It is envisaged that the major part of the system is designed, built
and tested during the first half of the project duration (first semester). The second
major stage is to implement the multiclient support feature for the validation system.