Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User’s Guide 103
Microsoft networking configuration settings
Use Sysprep to generate unique SIDs. This can be done by manually running the utility
or selecting this feature while installing the Deployment Agent.
Password The password for the local Windows user account.
See also Computer configuration properties on page 101.
Enter the computer name and workgroup or domain property settings for
the managed computer. If you are using Active Directory, you can add
computers to a domain and a specified organizational unit (OU).
Field Description
Computer
name
This is the NetBIOS name for the computer. The name must be
unique in the network and limited to 15 characters.
Note
This field is disabled for multiple computer configuration.
Use Token for
computer
name
Select this check box to specify the computer name using tokens.
Selecting this option enables the Select Token option and
disables the Define Range option.
Note
This option is applicable for multiple computers and not for single
computers.
Select Token: You can select one of the following tokens from the
drop-down list.
z %NAME%- Complete computer name.
z %NICyMACADDR%- MAC address of the computer with NIC
specific number. Selecting this option enables the NIC Number
option. You need to specify the NIC number, which ranges
from 1-8.
z %SERIALNUM%- Serial number from SMBIOS.
z %NODENAME%- First 8 characters of actual computer name.
The NIC Number textbox is visible for NIC number input; the
default value is 1.
Field Description