Managing Driver Families

The nodes for the different driver classes are automatically created when the first driver of the respective type is created. All newly created drivers will automatically be added in their driver class.

The Driver Family node provides a list of all existing drivers with the following information:

This section includes the following topics:

Creating a new driver

To create a new driver proceed as follows:

1. Select OS Deployment > Your OSD Manager > Drivers in the left window pane.
2. Select Edit > Create Driver .
   The Properties window appears.
3. Select a drivers .inf file:
   1. Click Select next to the Driver .inf File field.
      The Driver File from Your OSD Manager window appears, providing the directory structure of the currently selected OSD Manager.
   2. Browse to the correct file and select it.
   3. Click OK to confirm and to close the window.
      After the agent has located the file most of the following text boxes will be filled in automatically and most of them are not editable to ensure data integrity.
4. Enter a name for the new driver.
5. If the driver is required for a specific installation you can add a tag to classify it.
6. If desired, add a note to the new driver.
7. Click OK at the bottom of the window to confirm the data for the new driver.

The new driver will be automatically created under the driver class node to which it belongs, for example, all network card drivers will be created under the Network Cards node. If the folder for this class does not yet exist it is created.

Scanning a directory for drivers

New computers tend to come with their own driver CD/DVD on which the driver files are organized in a tree, where the branches are the device type and then supported operating systems. To simplify the import of all these drivers Client Management provides you with the option of scanning this directory and automatically importing all drivers found by the scan.

To scan a directory for drivers proceed as follows:

1. Select OS Deployment > Your OSD Manager > Drivers in the left window pane.
2. Select Edit > Scan Directory .
   The Scan Directory dialog box appears on the screen.
3. Select the directory which contains the driver hierarchy.
4. Click OK to confirm.
   The agent will now scan the indicated directory and all its subdirectories. After the scan is finished the Scan Directory window appears, displaying the list of drivers found.
5. If you want to classify the drivers that you are importing enter a descriptive name into the Tag field.
6. Click OK to launch the driver import for all found drivers.

The drivers are being imported. The generated driver entries are named after the available driver information, such as the internal name, the supported architecture and operating system.

The new drivers will be automatically created under the driver class node to which they belongs, for example, all graphic card drivers will be created under the Video node of the OS Drivers node and all network card drivers will be created under the Network Cards under the Deployment Drivers node. If the folder for this class does not yet exist it is created.

Modifying a driver

1. Select OS Deployment > Your OSD Manager > Drivers in the left window pane.
2. Select the desired driver in the left window pane.
3. Select Edit > Properties .
   The Properties window appears.
4. Make the desired modifications in the respective boxes.
5. Click Check Driver to the right of the Status box.
6. If the Status box displays:
   1. OK , click OK at the bottom of the window to confirm the modifications.
   2. Anything other than OK , reverify your modifications for errors and repeat steps 5 and 6.

Your modifications were saved and applied to the selected driver.

Deleting a driver

To delete a driver proceed as follows:

1. Select OS Deployment > Your OSD Manager > Drivers in the left window pane.
2. Select the driver to delete in the right window pane.
3. Select Edit > Delete 

The selected object will be deleted immediately.