I have fixed this by: Create a collection for newly added devices based on creation date Create a program to force a discovery cycle and advertised it to always re-run on a schedule which is more frequent than the build time Create client settings against this collection to force a hardware inventory on the same basis Assigned build engineers 2 sets of USB dongles labelled A and B and told them to alternate during builds.
> On 25 Feb 2014, at 20:30, "Fusco, Brendan" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Our current foolproof workaround for this issue is to have our procurement > department require a unique USB NIC to be ordered with any such device > (presently, we only support two devices without wired NICs - the MS Surface > and the Dell Venue 11 Pro) and then delivered to the end user whether they > need it or not. > > I would be interested in a more “creative” solution as well…thought about > running discovery/hardware inventory after the machine has been deployed to > disassociate the USB NIC’s MAC address from the device, but that seems clunky. > > Brendan A. Fusco > Sr. Systems Engineer > DePaul University, Information Services > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Krueger, Jeff > Sent: Tuesday, 25 February, 2014 2:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [mssms] need a practical solution for imaging devices with USB > Ethernet adapters > > Has anyone come up with a practical solution for imaging devices that don’t > have built in Ethernet adapters? The problem with using USB>Ethernet > adapters is that the mac address of that adapter will be tied to the device > that was just imaged. When trying to image another one using that same > adapter it will mark the other computer’s record as obsolete and try to name > new device the same as the old record (mileage may vary depending on how you > handle device naming to begin with). > > Possible scenarios include: Importing a new computer record based on UUID, > this would not be realistic in a large environment with many devices to be > staged. Have a set known of USB adapters and use a script to remove the mac > address of those adapters from the database with some kind of scheduled task, > this is a bit dirty in my mind and could get sideways if adapters get > lost/replaced. > > Any other ideas? With the influx of new thin laptops and tablet devices I > know that other people have to running into this. Since Microsoft has their > own device without an Ethernet port that they would have been a little more > preciencent with this potential problem when developing SCCM 2012. > > Jeff Krueger > IT - Endpoint Design Services > Henry Ford Health System > [email protected] > 248.853.4466 > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email contains information from the sender that > may be CONFIDENTIAL, LEGALLY PRIVILEGED, PROPRIETARY or otherwise protected > from disclosure. This email is intended for use only by the person or entity > to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, > disclosure, copying, distribution, printing, or any action taken in reliance > on the contents of this email, is strictly prohibited. If you received this > email in error, please contact the sending party by reply email, delete the > email from your computer system and shred any paper copies. > > Note to Patients: There are a number of risks you should consider before > using e-mail to communicate with us. See our Privacy & Security page on > www.henryford.com for more detailed information as well as information > concerning MyChart, our new patient portal. If you do not believe that our > policy gives you the privacy and security protection you need, do not send > e-mail or Internet communications to us. > >
