I tried the mondohub with configurator 1.5 for 2 days- total fail.
First advice from Apple- was to ignore the USB 3.0 ports. I was configuring 50 iPad Mini version 1 (non-retina) wifi only.
The hub numbers mean nothing- and the idea of manually connecting them in order is horse-hockey- doesn't work.
Payload wouldn't deliver on most of the iPads- made a bigger mess than starting from scratch- and plugging them in one by one into the MacBook Air's USB ports.
Found a bug in configurator post 7.1 update- it won't include webclips in the backup file.
So it turned into a two step process in naming and updating all 50 ipads. First to prepare with the backup- then supervise with the profile. Apple says they are working on it.
I'm starting to like Simon's idea of using profile manager better- but- I'm not sure it can do the initial preparation (in my case the update to 7.1 as quickly).
Also- I'm not sure if it allows the same security restrictions to be put in place and administered.
As a note- leaving the iPads connected to the Manhatten mondo hub- even though the hub was plugged in- seemed to drain the batteries- just fyi.
There is no way it has the power to charge more than 1 or 2 at a time.
When I have to mass- deploy my licenses for Keynote, Pages, Numbers etc- I may try this hub again- now that the ipads are all supervised and numbered correctly- I'll be able to tell which ports work etc- but I won't leave the iPads plugged in long.
There seem to be a few different expensive charging hubs out there from Cambrionix, OneFruit, LockNCharge and bretford mobility.
Apple sells at the last 2- and it sounds like the Bretford is the one they engineer with- since there software isn't really fully ready for prime time- with anything else.