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Windows Standard Operating Environment for staff

 Base image version and release information

Operating System

Current Version

Image filename

Release Date

Windows XP SP3

4.0.0

staff2008-4.0.0.zmg

 2008 Dec 15

The current staff SOE is of a modular design, this allows for a flexible imaging process. There are 5 modules that make up the staff SOE; the base, the driver pack, the office pack, the standard Monash application pack and the indivdual faculty apps.

Base Image

The base image only includes Windows XP Service Pack 3 and application that assist in the maintenance and deployment of the image in the Monash Enviornment. The base image includes the following applications:

Application

Software package

Version

Operating System

Microsoft Windows

Service Pack 3

Novell

Novell Client

4.91.4.20070720

ZENworks Desktop Management Agents

6.5.20.6

Windows Update

WSUS

2.0

Web Browser

Internet Explorer

7.05730.13

Programming libraries

.NET Framework 1.1

1.1.4322

.NET Framework 2.0

2.1.21022

.NET Framework 3.0

3.121022

 

Driver add-on images

The staff image will not be catering for all hardware types. Drivers in the base image will be kept to a minimum. Driver add-on images will only include drivers for a specfic piece of hardware. Once a new piece of hardware arrives a driver zmg can be created to support the hardware model. Below is a list of the current supported models and there driver packs.

Type

Vendor/Model

Image filename

Release Date

Desktop

HP DC7800

/drivers/hpdc7800-1.0.0.zmg

2008 Dec 15

Desktop

HP DC7900

/drivers/hpdc7900-1.01.zmg

2009 Sept 24

Desktop

Paragon Desktop 2008

/drivers/par2008-1.0.0.zmg

2008 Dec 15

Notebook

ASUS B50A

/drivers/asusB50A-1.0.0.zmg

2008 Dec 15

Notebook

HP EliteBook 2510p

/drivers/hp2510-1.0.0.zmg

2008 Dec 15

Notebook

HP Elite Book 2530

/drivers/hp2530-1.0.0.zmg

2008 Dec 15

Notebook

HP EliteBook 6730b

/drivers/hp6730-1.0.1.zmg

2009 March 25

Notebook

HP EliteBook 6910p

/drivers/hp6910-1.0.0.zmg

2008 Dec 15

Notebook

HP EliteBook 6930p

/drivers/hp6930-1.0.0.zmg

2008 Dec 15

Notebook

HP EliteBook 8510p

/drivers/hp8510-1.0.0.zmg

2008 Dec 15

Notebook

HP EliteBook 8530p

/drivers/hp8530-1.0.0.zmg

2008 Dec 15

Notebook

Toshiba A10

/drivers/tosha10-1.0.0.zmg

2008 Dec 15

Notebook

Toshiba M10

/drivers/toshm10-1.0.0.zmg

2008 Dec 15

Notebook

Toshiba P10

/drivers/toshp10-1.0.0.zmg

2008 Dec 15

Notebook

Toshiba R500

/drivers/toshr500-0.0.9b.zmg

2008 Dec 15

Notebook

Toshiba R600

/drivers/toshr600-1.0.0.zmg

2008 Dec 15

Standard Monash applications and Microsoft Office packs

The base image no longer includes Office. Office can installed via an addon image.

Current addon images

Image filename

Microsoft Office 2003 + 2007 Compatiablity

/addon/office2k3.zmg

Microsoft Office 2007

/addon/office2k7-SP1.zmg

Monash standard appilcations

/addon/monashapps.zmg

Application add-on images

The Monash standard applcation pack is the an addon image that includes the following software: 

Application

Software package

Version

PDF Reader

Adobe Acrobat Reader  9.0

Archiving

WinZip 12.0

Java Runtime

Sun Java  1.6.07

Browser Plugins

Adobe Falsh Player  10.0.12.36 (IE and Firefox)

Browser Plugins

Adobe Shockwave  11.0r465 (IE and Firefox)

Web Browser

Mozilla Firefox  3.0.3

Media Player

Quicktime  7.5.5

Media Player

VLC Media Player 0.9.6

Novell

iPrint 4.38

Next release information

Release type

Version

Proposed changes

Status

Due date

Point

4.0.1

TBA

Testing

N/A

 

Past release information

Release type

Version

Image name

Approved changes

Status

Release date

Minor

3.0.4

staff2007-3.0.4.zmg

N/A

Released

2007 November

Minor

3.0.1

staff2007-3.0.1.zmg

List of changes

Released

14 February 2007

Minor

2.9.0

staff2006-base-2.8.1-sysp.zmg

N/A

Released

30 January 2006

 

Current image deployment details

Image type

Server IP

Path

Base

130.194.97.217

//its/img/its/

Application add-ons

130.194.97.217

//its/img/its/addon/

Driver add-ons

130.194.97.217

//its/img/its/drivers/

 

Image Deployment

Note: If you wish to use this image in your staff production enviornment please contact EWS. The latest version of the ZENworks boot disk is required to deploy the image.

There are 2 ways to deploy the image using the boot CD.

1. Automated: Boot from the CD and select "Monash" from the menu. The ZENworks boot disk will then load and run and monash script that asks you to log in using your mgr account. Once you have logged in a list of available image will appear. Simply type in the name of the image you want and all the img commands will be automated. To use this deployment method you must have a staff MGR account and you must have sufficient rights. If your MGR account can not deploy the image please log a HEAT call to EWS requestiing rights to deploy the staff SOE.

2. Maunal: Boot from the CD and select Manual Mode, you can then enter commands from the bash prompt:

Example: Base image deployment for a HP DC7900 desktop with a separate data partition

img pd1
img pd2
img pc1 ntfs c8 20480
img pc2 ntfs c8
img rp 130.194.97.217 //its/img/its/staff2008-4.0.0.zmg a1:p1
img rp 130.194.97.217 //its/img/its/blank.zmg a1:p2
img rp 130.194.97.217 //its/img/its/drivers/hpdc7900-1.0.0.zmg a1:p1
img rp 130.194.97.217 //its/img/its/addon/office2k7-SP1.zmg a1:p1
img rp 130.194.97.217 //its/img/its/addon/monashapps.zmg a1:p1
img pa1