Well my new work laptop has arrived but being able to use it with our standard corporate build does not appear so straightforward.  Firstly the workstation management software we use, Novell Zenworks, does not support the hardware ‘out-of-the-box’ so after a short while I found the following solution:

• Download the latest Zenworks for Desktops 7.1 Hot Patch 5 boot cd from Novell
• Boot the laptop using this an d at the imaging menu select ‘Manual mode’
• An error will occur saying that it was unable to load the network module
• Type the following commands at the bash prompt
  • modprobe tg3
  • ifconfig eth0 up
  • dhcpcd
  • img
• This will initialise the network card to allow you to image the laptop.