Asset model item attributes

Main: General

Attribute name

Description

Category

Hardware category is used in Miradore for classifying types of hardware like displays, laptops, desktops, and servers. A hardware category is always assigned to an asset model and inherited also to the asset configuration item.

This field is mandatory.

Status

An asset model item can have following system statuses:

  • Created

  • Waiting for approval

  • Active: Only active models can be chosen on the asset configuration item page.

  • Retired: an asset model can be removed when no asset configuration items are assigned anymore to this model

See also: Asset model life cycle.

Manufacturer

Here you enter the manufacturer of the asset model. This information is used to identify the manufacturer of an asset. You may add/remove manufacturers from this popup window.

The unique asset model item is made of three attributes: Manufacturer, model and type.

This field is mandatory.

Model

Here you enter the model name without manufacturer and detailed type information.

The unique asset model item is made of three attributes: Manufacturer, model and type.

This field is mandatory.

Type

Here you enter the model detailed type.

The unique asset model item is made of three attributes: Manufacturer, model and type.

This field is optional.

Warranty (months)

Here you enter the warranty time in months for this asset model. This value is set as a default value on all asset configuration items of this model and the warranty end date is calculated based on this value.

This field is mandatory.

Description

You may enter free description of the asset model. This field is optional.

Main: Physical properties

Attribute name

Description

Length (mm)

An optional attribute for defining physical length of the asset model in millimeters.

Width (mm)

An optional attribute for defining physical width of the asset model in millimeters.

Height (mm)

An optional attribute for defining physical height of the asset model in millimeters.

Weight (kg)

An optional attribute for defining weight of the asset model in kilograms.

Main: Installation settings

Attribute name

Description

Video settings

Choose the default video settings for the model (optional). This setting is used by default in the initial installation. You can configure the video settings at Administration > Basic settings > Video settings.

This field is optional.

Default OS disk index

This setting enables you to choose the default disk index for operating system installation.

Options:

  • Not specified: The first available disk for OS installation is used.

  • 0-9: The selected disk index is used for OS installation.

Assign drivers

Automatic: Tries to match automatically all drivers and uses newest drivers found from installation point (default).

Disabled: No OEM drivers installed. Only built-in drivers installed.

Model specific drivers

Choose driver folders to be used with this model.

- Force rules are created for these folders and assigned to this model.

- No other folders will be used for this model.

Other driver rules

List of all driver rules (other than 'force') assigned to this asset model.

Default packages

Choose the default packages to be installed in initial installation to asset configurations with this model defined. This field is optional.

Notice that Installation settings table is only shown on asset models whose hardware category is computer (Desktop, Laptop, Server or Virtual PC).

Main: Power management

Attribute name

Description

Average power consumption (W)

Enter here the average power consumption of devices representing this asset model.

Default value for the average power consumption can be defined in Administration > System settings > Main > Power management > Power management settings.

The average power consumption is used to calculate an estimate for device power costs.

See Power management reports for more information.

 

Main: Printer features

Attribute name

Description

Features

Additional features of printer. Possible values: Black & White, Color, Copy, Fax, Scan, Print, Duplex

Speed (ppm)

Speed as pages per minute.

Recommended monthly print volume

Tells the recommended average printing capacity of a printer per month. Notice that this value should be smaller than value of Maximum monthly duty cycle. Use integers only.

Maximum monthly duty cycle

The maximum duty cycle tells  the capacity of a printer in terms of number of prints that can be printed in a month without damaging the printer. If you hit the maximum duty cycle continuously every month, most printers don’t last even a year. Use integers only.

Notice that Printer features table is only shown on asset models whose hardware category is Printer.

Main: Monitoring thresholds

Attribute name

Description

Toner: Warning/Critical

The warning and critical thresholds for printer toner in a free format.

Supply: Warning/Critical

The warning and critical thresholds for printer supply in a free format.

 Notice that Monitoring thresholds table is only shown on asset models whose hardware category is Printer and this feature is enabled in the system settings.

Main: Additional information

Attribute name

Description

Attachments

You may attach files into this field. About attaching files. This field is optional.

Comments

You may add comments related to this location here. This field is optional.