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- Update BIOS
- Change "Integrated NIC" setting to "Enabled" (not Enable w/ PXE) and turn on "SMART reporting"
- Find warranty and MAC address (BIOS->System Info)
- Wipe disk partitions
- Remove any old labels and physically clean machine if necessary
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ctMissing Machines
Occasionally while performing inventory, we will have machines which we cannot find in person, but that we do not believe have been scrapped.
After ensuring they really can't be found (confirm judgment with Michael Hint or Roger GarnettOliver Habicht), the conventions for these machines are:
- Leave everything in the record in the same with the following exceptions:
- General Notes:
- Date marked missing
- Room, building, group, and machine function.
- Machine Function: "Missing"
- Clear Room, Building, and Group fields fields (To ensure that we are not billing groups for missing machines).
- Clear Machine Name.
- IMPORTANT: Do not modify the Verified Date. That date is reserved for hands-on/ visual confirmation of the machine's existence.
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