Option 1 - Configure Peer-to-Peer Serving

You must define at least one managed system per broadcast domain to be a peer server. The Smart Installer automatically tries to discover and download the required Agent configuration files from peer servers. It does so in the same broadcast domain of the system where the smartinstall.exe is executed.

1. Navigate to Menu, Systems, System Tree, Systems.
2. Select a group under System Tree. All systems within this group now appear in the Details pane.
3. Select a system, and then click Actions, Agent, Modify Policies on a Single System. The Policy Assignment page for that system appears.
4. From the product drop-down list, select McAfee Agent. The policy categories under MA are listed with the system's assigned policy. If the policy is inherited, click Break inheritance, and then assign the policy and settings below.
5. From the Assigned policy drop-down list, select a General policy.
   
   NOTE: In this location, you can edit the selected policy, or create a policy. Choose whether to lock the policy inheritance. Locking the policy prevents any systems that inherit this policy from having another one assigned in its place.
    
6. On the Peer-to-Peer tab, click Enable Peer-to-Peer Serving. This option enables MA to serve content to the Smart Installer and peer agents.
7. Click Save.
8. Send a wake-up call to the target systems. 

Recommendations for peer-to-peer communication:

• It's not recommended to enable a peer-to-peer server on laptops or other mobile devices.
• Disable peer-to-peer servers on systems that have poor network connectivity or are connected using VPN.
• Peer-to-peer communication is enabled by default. If your organization restricts peer-to-peer communication, disable the Peer-to-Peer policy. Consider using Relay Servers as an alternative solution.
• Configure the Max disk quota to always be greater than the size of the sum of commonly used application and updates. For example, if the DAT file size is 150 MB and the average product update size is 100 MB, the peer-to-peer disk quota must be more than 250 MB.

Option 2 - Configure a System Proxy

If the client system is unable to find peer-to-peer servers in its broadcast domain, it tries to connect directly to ePO or ePO - SaaS to download the Agent configuration files. If the connection succeeds, the client system downloads, and installs MA.

If the installer is unable to connect to ePO or ePO - SaaS directly, it uses the Proxy Server Settings. The installer uses the proxy settings configured on the client system to download and install MA. The Smart Installer uses the proxy server settings configured in Internet Explorer for Windows, or System Preferences for Macintosh OS X client systems.

NOTES:

• Download using Proxy Server is supported only on Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
• For Macintosh client systems, the installer uses System Preferences.
• You must provide the proxy server credentials, if your client system requires authentication to connect to the proxy server.

Option 3: - Configure MA Relay Servers

You must define at least one managed system per broadcast domain to be a Relay Server. The Smart Installer automatically tries to discover and download the required Agent configuration files from Relay Servers. It does so in the same broadcast domain of the system that the smartinstall.exe is executed on.

1. Navigate to Menu, Systems, System Tree, Systems.
2. Select a group from System Tree. All systems within the group appear in the Details pane.
3. Select a system and then click Actions, Agent, Modify Policies on a Single System. The Policy Assignment page for that system appears.
4. From the product drop-down list, select McAfee Agent. The policy categories under MA are listed with the system's assigned policy. If the policy is inherited, click Break inheritance, assign the policy, and settings below.
5. From the Assigned policy drop-down list, select a General policy.
   
   NOTE: From this location, you can edit the selected policy or create a policy. Choose whether to lock policy inheritance. Doing so prevents any systems that inherit the policy from having another one assigned in its place.
    
6. On the Super Agent tab, click Enable Relay Server. This option enables the relay capability on MA.
7. Click Save.
8. Send a Wake-up Call to the target systems.

NOTES:

• A Relay Server can't connect to ePO using proxy settings.
• The Smart Installer relies on UDP broadcast (discovery), which is required to find a Relay Server in the client network. But, after MA is installed and it completes the first agent to server communication interval (ASCI), the agent can continue to use discovery to locate a Relay Server on the network. Or, it can use a manually defined Relay Server, which can be set in the assigned MA General policy.