Managing a Mac Dual Deployment

Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer

Wright State University

Technology Overview

• 17,000 Students – 1000 Faculty • 800 Computers in Labs – 750 PC’s – 50 Macs • 150 Electronic Classrooms – 150 PC’s – 25 Mac

Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer

Wright State University

Mac Dual Deployments

• • • Laptops-To-Go – 25 Laptops Laptops on Cart – 3 Macbooks on cart – Replace PC’s with Macbooks Mac Lab – 25 seat lab

Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer

Wright State University

Our Goals

• • • Eliminate Dual Systems – Switcher confusion – Greater overhead Issues with Switchers Cost Savings – $900 – PC / Monitor – $2000 - Mac – $500 - KVM switcher – $50 - Cabling

Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer

Wright State University

Issues to Overcome

• Power Button • CD Rom / Port Placement • User Friendly • Learning Curve

Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer

Wright State University

Setup Process – Mac

• • • • • Put on a Mac OS Run Boot Camp - Utilities Folder Install any applications Turn off updates Cleanup and Disk Utility

Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer

Wright State University

Setup Process – Windows

• • • • • Install Windows OS – XP, Vista – Windows 7 (supported mid 2009 – present) Bcupdate (mac drivers) – mac CD Install applications Ejecting CD – nircmd on

nirsoft.net

Sysprep

Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer

Wright State University

Setup Process - rEFIt

• • • Download rEFIt (refit.sourceforge.net) – Boot picker – boots into OS – Lacks mouse support Install Edit - Config refit.conf

– Additional Boot Options – Auto searches for Bootable Partitions – Example

Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer

Wright State University

Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer

Wright State University

Setup Process - Imaging

• • • Netboot Deploy Studio – Login & Join / Groups – Workflow push down both sides – Set Firmware password – Set associated images

Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer

Wright State University

Post Imaging

• • • • Bring up Mac Bring up Windows – Disk check – Sysprep – Clean up as needed Deepfreeze Windows Deepfreeze Mac

Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer

Wright State University

Setup Process - Hardware

• Type of Mac –

Mini Mac

• Mini Mac Rack Mount –

middleatlantic.com

• CD Rom in Front

Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer

Wright State University

Setup Process - Hardware

• • • • Ports to Panel –

rcicustom.com

Power Button –

mp3car.com

Keyboard / Mouse –

matias.ca

Video Cable

Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer

Wright State University

Final Product

Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer

Wright State University

Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer

Wright State University

Lessons Learned

• Still have Faculty Resistance • Bootcamp fussy • Windows Imaging • We can save money!

Managing a Mac Dual Deployment

– – – – – $800 – Mini Mac $200 – Monitor $250 – Rack Custom $50 – Keyboard/Mouse $25 – Cabling

Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer

Wright State University

Questions

Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer

Wright State University