Friday, April 4, 2014

Chassis Types and query-based Collections (part 2)

Last month I published a blogpost about WMI queries on PCSystemType. This blogpost can be found here: How to add devices to different OU’s during deployment. This can be used during a task sequence deployment to decide if the system is a desktop or laptop (for example). This time I want to create collections on PCSystemType. Because this can't be found in a collection query (no PCSystemType there) you can use the following configuration.
 
A good way to target systems in queries and collections is by Chassis Type. When using a query rule on collections, use these values:
Choose System Enclosure - Chassis Types in the query
 
Choose a value based on the Chassis Type (see list below)
 
Let's have a look at the possibilities: 
  • 1 Other (Virtual Machine)
  • 2 Unknown
  • 3 Desktop (Virtual machines as well)
  • 4 Low Profile Desktop
  • 5 Pizza Box
  • 6 Mini Tower
  • 7 Tower
  • 8 Portable (Laptop or Notebook)
  • 9 Laptop (Not as popular)
  • 10 Notebook (Popular)
  • 11 Hand Held
  • 12 Docking Station (Laptop or Notebook)
  • 13 All in One (Apple Inc.)
  • 14 Sub Notebook
  • 15 Space-Saving (Thin Client)
  • 16 Lunch Box
  • 17 Main System Chassis (Physical Server)
  • 18 Expansion Chassis
  • 19 Sub Chassis
  • 20 Bus Expansion Chassis
  • 21 Peripheral Chassis (Laptop or Notebook)
  • 22 Storage Chassis
  • 23 Rack Mount Chassis (Physical Server)
  • 24 Sealed-Case PC
 
To see which device you are using, use the following query: wmic systemenclosure get chassistypes. Because I have the choice between 1, 3, 10 and 15 (for example) this should be Other, Desktop, Notebook and Space-Saving (Thin Client).

Let's use query-based Collections in ConfigMgr as much as possible!

More blogposts on this topic:
How to add devices to different OU’s during deployment

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