9.7 Registering USB devices

You can connect USB devices to a computer where an agent for online management is installed, and then register hardware asset information about the USB devices.

To register USB devices:

Log in to a computer where an agent for online management is installed.
From the Windows Start menu, select All Programs, JP1_IT Desktop Management 2 - Agent, Administrator Tool, and then Register USB Device.

The Register USB Device dialog box is displayed.

If password protection is set for the agent at the time of USB device registration, a dialog box appears and prompts you to enter a password. Enter the password that is set for the agent. By default, the JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 password manager is set.
Connect the USB device to the computer.

Important

There are two types of USB devices: a device that can be recognized separately, and a device that is recognized by vendors. When connecting the agent to a USB device that is recognized by vendors, a confirmation message is displayed. Registering a USB device that is recognized by vendors enables the device to be treated as the same hardware asset if a different device of the same vendor is registered. For this reason, if you have suppressed the usage of a USB device in the security policy, the USB device is permitted to be used on a per-vendor basis.
To register a USB device that is recognized per vendor, select the USB device to be registered in Recognized USB devices, and then click the Edit button.

To register a USB device that is recognized separately, go to step 7.
In the displayed dialog box, select Product Unit and then click Advanced.
In the displayed dialog box, edit Registration condition and then click OK.

In Registration condition, specify the fixed part of the device instance ID to be used to identify the USB device. For example, if the device instance ID is USB\VID_xxxx&PID_003F, specify USB\VID_xxxx&PID_00 if 3F of PID_003F changes depending on the environment.
In Recognized USB devices, select the USB device to be registered, and then click Register.
In the displayed dialog box, specify whether to confirm the asset status, and then click OK.

If necessary, enter information about the person to be registered for the hardware asset information related to the USB device.

Information about the selected USB device is collected and registered as an unconfirmed hardware asset.
Log in to

JP1/IT Desktop Management 2.
In the Hardware Assets view of the Assets module, change the Asset Status of the registered USB device to something other than Disposed.

Registration of the USB device is completed.

Important: While Register USB Device is displayed on a computer, suppression of USB devices is temporarily disabled on that computer even if the use of USB devices is suppressed.

Tip

UBS devices whose device instance IDs begin with the specified value will be registered.
Device instance IDs of some USB devices with security features after authentication differ from the device instance IDs before authentication. When registering such devices, you must register the device instance IDs both before and after authentication.

Tip: When you connect registered USB devices that are separately recognized to a computer where an agent for online management is installed, information about the files stored in the USB devices is collected. The collected information is displayed in the File List tab in the Hardware Assets view of the Assets module. Note that the File List tab is displayed only when Device Type is USB Device. No information about the files is collected for USB devices that are recognized separately.

Tip: You can also register USB devices from the management server by setting device instance IDs. For details on how to register a USB device from the management server, see 11.1.1 Adding hardware asset information.

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