Property reference

`mid.win.baseboard.or.bios.insertion`

The mid.win.baseboard.or.bios.insertion property determines whether the Windows OS - Servers pattern retrieves the BIOS Serial Number instead of the Baseboard Serial Number. Admins should consider changing this setting to true if they need to collect BIOS information for inventory or compliance purposes.

Default: false
Type: boolean
Application: Not stated

Key questions about this property

The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.

What does it do?	This property configures the discovery process to prioritize the BIOS Serial Number over the Baseboard Serial Number for Windows servers.
What area does it affect?	MID Server properties
What does the default mean?	The default value is "false", which means this behavior is disabled by default.
When should you review it?	Review this property when configuring discovery settings for Windows servers.

Property record

Facts stated in the ServiceNow documentation. No out of the box record has been read from an instance yet.

Property name	`mid.win.baseboard.or.bios.insertion`
Type	boolean
Application	Not stated
Default value	`false`
Description	Not stated

Sources

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... Note: If you set this parameter to true, you must also set the mid.sa.use_powershell parameter to true. • Default value: false • Type: true/false • Location: MID Server > Properties mid.win.baseboard.or.bios.insertion Makes the Windows OS - Servers pattern discover the BIOS Serial Number instead of the Baseboard Serial Number. • Possible values: false - to populate the BaseBoard number; true - ...

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