Devices that are new to the ZENworks® Management Zone and have received their first image need certain IP configuration information to successfully access the network and network services. You can use Preboot Services to automatically name your non-registered devices, using such criteria as prefixes, BIOS information (such as asset tags or serial numbers), DNS suffixes, and you can set up DHCP or IP addresses.
For example, the device needs a unique IP address and the address of at least one DNS name server. In many networks, this information is distributed through the DHCP services, but can also be configured through the default Preboot Services configuration settings in Zenworks Control Center.
After a device has registered with ZENworks, its configuration is set and the non-registered device settings in the Management Zone no longer apply to it, because the ZENworks server now knows its identity. Whether it becomes a member of the zone or continues to be a non-registered device depends on whether the image applied to the device contains the ZENworks Configuration Management Imaging Agent (novell-ziswin).
The following sections provide instructions for configuring non-registered devices:
You can determine the default device names for non-registered devices. The name is applied after the device is imaged.
This can be useful for when you have multiple devices to be imaged. You can automatically provide unique names for each device (from its BIOS asset tag or its BIOS serial number), as well as group devices by providing the same prefix for their names.
To assign a device name, select one of the following options:
Use Prefix: This provides a common prefix to the device names, such as “Lab1” to distinguish them from the devices in “Lab2.” This can be useful when doing bulk imaging of certain groups of devices. It is limited to 8 characters.
If this option is used, the prefix you enter here is appended with a random string of letters and numbers to make the device name 15 characters long. Underscores and hyphens are valid in your prefix. The remaining random string uniquely names the device.
For example, you could enter “Lab1_” and ten other characters would be randomly generated to complete the name with “Lab1” separated from the random characters by the underscore for readability.
Use BIOS Asset Tag: This is the asset tag stored in the device’s BIOS, which is unique for every device.
This option is useful for tracking a device based on its asset tag.
Use BIOS Serial Number: This is the serial number stored in the device’s BIOS, which is unique for every device.
This option is useful for tracking a device based on its serial number.
Do Not Automatically Assign a Name: Select this option if you do not want to use any of the other options. This is the default option.
You can select either DHCP or IP addresses to identify devices for Preboot Services work.
These are settings that the device is told to use after it is imaged so that it uses them for Preboot Services work any time it reboots.
For IP configuration, select one of the following options:
Use DHCP: Select to use DHCP, which allows the devices to be dynamically assigned IP addresses.
Specify Address List: You can provide IP addresses for your devices to use to connect to the Internet or network. The addresses you add to the list are available to be used by your devices. This way, you can specify a range of IP addresses or individual IP addresses that you want your devices to be using.
For example, you can ensure that all of your lab devices use addresses between 10.0.0.5 and 10.0.0.25.
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