Asset Information

This page allows you perform the following tasks:

• Configure the Asset Information ini file that can be used to scan for vendor-specific information from the Desktop Management Interface (DMI).
• Import the contents of an existing ini file to the Configuration Editor.
• Export the contents displayed in the Configuration Editor to a text file.

To configure the Asset Information ini file:

1. Click Set Defaults.

   The default entries are displayed in the Configuration Editor box.

2. Specify the values.

   The Asset Information contains the following sections:

   • Asset tag in the section [ASSETTAG]
   • Serial number in the section [SERIALNUMBER]
   • Computer model in the section [MODEL]
   • Computer type in the section [COMPUTERTYPE]
   • Computer model number in the section [MODELNUMBER]

   Each section contains the particular DMI class name and DMI class attribute ID.

   The value of the Asset Information sections can have a maximum string length of 64 characters.

   A DMI class name can be any DMI class other than DMTF|COMPONENTID|00x. If there is more than one DMI vendor implementing different custom DMI classes, you can specify multiple DMI classes. You can specify a maximum of five classes in each section.

   For example, the asset information for five classes is as follows:

   [ASSETTAG]
   DMI1_CLASSNAME=DMI_class_pathname_for_asset_tag
   DMI1_ATTRIBUTEID=DMI_attribute_ID_for_asset_tag
   DMI2_CLASSNAME=DMI_class_pathname_for_asset_tag
   DMI2_ATTRIBUTEID=DMI_attribute_ID_for_asset_tag
   DMI3_CLASSNAME=DMI_class_pathname_for_asset_tag
   DMI3_ATTRIBUTEID=DMI_attribute_ID_for_asset_tag
   DMI4_CLASSNAME=DMI_class_pathname_for_asset_tag
   DMI4_ATTRIBUTEID=DMI_attribute_ID_for_asset_tag
   DMI5_CLASSNAME=DMI_class_pathname_for_asset_tag
   DMI5_ATTRIBUTEID=DMI_attribute_ID_for_asset_tag

   The scanner processes DMI classes as indicated in the DMI_CLASSNAME attribute, and if the specified class is found in DMI, the scanner will not process the remaining DMI classes.

3. Click OK to save the contents to the Inventory policy.

To import the contents of an existing ini file to the Configuration editor:

1. Ensure that the contents of the file that you want import are in following format:

   [ASSETTAG]
   DMI1_CLASSNAME=DMI_class_pathname_for_asset_tag
   DMI1_ATTRIBUTEID=DMI_attribute_ID_for_asset_tag

   [SERIALNUMBER]
   DMI1_CLASSNAME=DMI_class_pathname_for_serial_number
   DMI1_ATTRIBUTEID=DMI_attribute_ID_for_serial_number

   [MODEL]
   DMI1_CLASSNAME=DMI_class_pathname_for_computer_model
   DMI1_ATTRIBUTEID=DMI_attribute_ID_for_computer_model

   [COMPUTERTYPE]
   DMI1_CLASSNAME=DMI_class_pathname_for_computer_type
   DMI1_ATTRIBUTEID=DMI_attribute_ID_for_computer_type

   [MODELNUMBER]
   DMI1_CLASSNAME=DMI_class_pathname_for_computer_model_number
   DMI1_ATTRIBUTEID=DMI_attribute_ID_for_computer_model_number

2. Click Import.
3. In the Open dialog box, browse to select the file, then click Open.

To export the contents displayed in the Configuration Editor to a text file:

1. Click Export.
2. In the Open dialog box, specify the filename, then click Open.

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