Device Model Attributes

Device models include the following attributes.

Attribute

Description

Model Name

Model Name must be unique per producer.

Description

An optional description for the device model.

Alias

An optional, alternative descriptive name for the device model.

Default Host ID Type

Default Host ID Type specifies a host ID type for devices based on this device model. Default Host ID Type is used whenever a device of this model is created without specifying a host ID Type.

License Format

The storage format for the pre-installed license and additional capabilities.

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Pre-installed license in file, additional licenses in trusted storage—Any features in the pre-installed product are expressed in a license file while any additional products applied to the device are expressed in trusted storage.

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Pre-installed license and additional licenses in file—All features from the pre-installed product and additional products applied to the device are expressed in a license file.

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Pre-installed license and additional licenses in trusted storage—All features from the pre-installed product and additional products applied to the device are expressed in trusted storage.

Device Series

The device series that is the parent of the device model.

Identity

The publisher identity for the device model.

Default

A check box that designates the current device model as the default device model. If you create a device without specifying a device model, the default device model is used for that device.

Pre-installed Product

The product that determines the features included in the pre-installed license for devices of this device model type. Pre-installed product settings also determine the license model, license model attributes, and expiration terms used in the pre-installed license for such devices.

When a pre-installed product is specified for a device model, that pre-installed product is used for devices based on that device model unless a different product is specified when the device is created.