Click Properties in the context menu of the subgroup of the configuration groups. The window Properties for Group: <Name> will be displayed. Use the Self Provisioning tab to edit various self-provisioning properties.

• General tab: General informations were displayed, such as for example Name or Description of the group.
• Self Provisioning tab
  • Active: If this box is checked, the self-provisioning option is enabled for this group. A client or computer may be added to the group via the self-provisioning option.
    

    Note: Changes of the configuration group by Add or Remove of software packages or the OS templates do not automatically lead to a change of the Self Provisioning information files. These changes are either run through a activating the configuration group or in the Self Provisioning properties by confirming once more with OK.

     
  • Role: Click Add to define the displayed role name in a specific language. The role name will only be displayed if the Active box is checked.
    • Distribute Self Provisioning Role only to assigned Empirum Servers
      If this box is unchecked, this self-provisioning group can be used on all Empirum servers. If the box is checked, the group can only be used on the Empirum servers that are selected or inherited in the Empirum Server tab.
  • Defaults
    • Domain/Workgroup:
      Enter the domain assigned to a computer that is set up via the self-provisioning option.
      

      Note: Specifications made in this window override the specifications made in the Eis.ini Options.

       
  • Domain: If this box is checked, the Domain has been selected. If it is unchecked, the workgroup has been selected.
  • Template for computername: Here you can define a name template for the computer name; it can consist of a variable to be specified under Adding a Variable Definition or an internal EIS variable that must contain the EIS_ prefix (%EIS_<Variable name>%). This variable can, for instance, resolve the computer’s MAC8 address (%EIS_MAC8%). The resulting computer name must not contain more than 15 characters.
    

    Note: If a question mark is entered in the field Template for computername, the computer name will not be created, based on the template, but is queried when the system is set up.

     
  • Credentials: Here you can define which of the accounts created under Eis.ini Options can be used with this self-provisioning group.
  • Variables: Click Add to open the window Self Provisioning: Variable.
    
  • Associated Variable:
    Here you can select a variable whose value must be defined by the user during the self-provisioning process.
  • Description:
    Use theAdd button to define a language-specific prompt to ask the user for the value, which can then be processed.
    Default Value:
    Here you can specify a value to be displayed as default value.
  • Allowed values:
    Here it is possible to display the user allowed values, e.g., 1, 2, 3 or Yes,No.
• Empirum Server tab: In the Empirum Server tab you can assign one or several Empirum servers to a configuration group; they are inherited to subgroups and the computers in the configuration group. Empirum servers may also be assigned directly to individual computers.
  • Inherited Group Empirum Servers: Here you can view the assigned Empirum servers of superordinated (parent) groups; they cannot be edited and are inherited.