Environment
Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management with Support Pack 1 - 10.1
Situation
When the zone setting HTTP Proxy Settings are configured, the ZCM agent will use it for communication against the zone, but not for downloading content files.
Resolution
This is fixed in version 10.1.1 - see KB 7001406 "ZENworks 10 Configuration Management 10.1.1" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support