Dynamically excluding modules from a map, Creating and modifying driver maps, Creating – Lenovo ThinkPad R400 User Manual

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14.

When

you

are

done

modifying

the

attributes,

click

the

Save

icon

in

the

Main

window

toolbar;

then,

close

the

Menu

Item

Properties

window.

Dynamically

excluding

modules

from

a

map

One

benefit

of

creating

a

custom

base

or

driver

map

is

to

control

which

modules

are

deployed

as

part

of

a

Smart

Image.

Typically,

both

base

maps

and

driver

maps

are

designed

to

accommodate

a

variety

of

users

within

your

organization.

It

is

possible

to

create

a

more

“streamlined”

base

or

driver

map

by

setting

the

properties

of

a

menu

item

so

that

certain

modules

are

excluded

from

the

installation

process.

The

ability

to

exclude

specific

modules

from

a

menu

item

during

the

installation

process

enables

you

to

create

more

flexible

maps

that

are

deigned

to

accommodate

a

variety

of

users.

To

exclude

modules

from

a

menu

item

that

is

used

in

either

a

base

map

or

driver

map

do

the

following:

1.

Open

the

Repository

window

for

the

repository

where

the

map

resides.

2.

If

your

repository

contains

folders,

navigate

to

the

folder

where

the

map

resides.

3.

In

the

right

pane

of

the

Repository

window,

click

either

base

map

or

driver

map,

depending

on

the

map

that

contains

the

menu

item

and

modules

you

want

to

exclude.

A

list

of

maps

is

displayed.

4.

Double-click

the

appropriate

map.

The

map

window

opens

for

the

selected

map.

5.

Highlight

the

menu

item

that

contains

modules

you

want

to

exclude

during

the

installation

process.

6.

Using

the

toolbar,

Click

View;

then

click

Properties.

The

Menu

Item

Properties

window

opens.

7.

Click

the

Exclude

tab.

8.

Click

the

Operating

System,

Application,

or

Device

Driver

icon,

depending

on

the

type

of

module

you

want

to

exclude

from

the

menu

item.

The

Exclude

window

opens,

displaying

a

list

of

the

appropriate

modules

that

exist

in

the

repository.

Note:

Even

though

all

modules

of

a

specific

type

appear

in

the

Exclude

window,

you

only

want

to

select

modules

that

are

currently

contained

in

the

menu

item.

For

example,

if

you

want

to

exclude

a

specific

application

from

a

base

map

menu

item,

you

are

given

a

choice

of

all

application

modules

that

exist

in

your

repository

when

the

Exclude

window

opens.

However,

you

only

want

to

select

the

desired

application

module

that

is

specified

in

the

menu

item.

Typically,

not

all

application

modules

listed

in

the

repository

are

also

listed

in

the

menu

item.

9.

Click

the

module,

or

modules,

that

you

want

to

exclude

from

the

menu

item;

then,

click

OK.

Creating

and

modifying

driver

maps

Driver

maps

control

which

device

drivers

and

hardware-specific

applications

are

deployed

as

part

of

a

Smart

Image.

Driver

maps

can

be

simple

(specific

to

one

machine

type)

or

complex

(designed

for

many

machine

types),

depending

on

the

needs

of

your

organization.

There

are

three

approaches

to

creating

a

driver

map:

Chapter

7.

Creating

maps

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