Dell Command | Monitor Version 9.1.1 User's Guide Notes, cautions, and warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2008 - 2016 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. This product is protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws. Dell and the Dell logo are trademarks of Dell Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. 2016 - 04 Rev. A00 Contents 1 Introduction........................................................................................................... 5 Dell Command | Monitor overview...................................................................................................... 5 Dell Command | Monitor architecture................................................................................................. 6 What's new in this release.....................................................................................................................6 Features..................................................................................................................................................7 CIM 2.17 schema support................................................................................................................7 BIOS configuration.......................................................................................................................... 7 WMI security.....................................................................................................................................7 Event reporting................................................................................................................................ 8 Remote shut down..........................................................................................................................8 Information access..........................................................................................................................8 Detailed asset information.............................................................................................................. 8 Remote wake-up configuration..................................................................................................... 8 Remote modification of system settings........................................................................................8 System health and status.................................................................................................................8 RAID monitoring and alerting for Intel and LSI Controllers...........................................................8 SNMP monitoring and traps............................................................................................................8 2 Standards and protocols..................................................................................... 9 CIM, SNMP, WMI, and WSMAN technology overview......................................................................... 9 CIM...................................................................................................................................................9 SNMP................................................................................................................................................9 WMI................................................................................................................................................ 10 WSMAN.......................................................................................................................................... 10 PowerShell......................................................................................................................................11 3 System requirements......................................................................................... 12 Hardware requirement........................................................................................................................ 12 Software requirements........................................................................................................................12 4 User scenarios..................................................................................................... 13 Scenario 1: Asset management...........................................................................................................13 SCCM integration...........................................................................................................................13 Scenario 2: Configuration management............................................................................................14 Scenario 3: Health monitoring............................................................................................................14 Monitoring system events through Windows Event Viewer or CIM indication.......................... 14 Scenario 4: Profiles..............................................................................................................................15 Battery profile.................................................................................................................................15 3 BIOS management profile.............................................................................................................15 Boot control...................................................................................................................................15 Base desktop mobile..................................................................................................................... 15 Log record......................................................................................................................................16 Physical asset................................................................................................................................. 16 System memory profile................................................................................................................. 16 5 Using Dell Command | Monitor........................................................................17 Polling interval setting......................................................................................................................... 17 RAID status reporting...........................................................................................................................17 Monitoring the client systems.............................................................................................................17 Detecting advance format drives........................................................................................................18 Boot configurations.............................................................................................................................18 DCIM_BootConfigSetting............................................................................................................. 18 DCIM_BootSourceSetting.............................................................................................................19 DCIM_OrderedComponent.......................................................................................................... 19 Changing the boot sequence using the ChangeBootOrder method......................................... 19 Setting BIOS attributes........................................................................................................................ 19 6 Frequently asked questions.............................................................................. 21 How to find the boot order (sequence) of the boot configuration using DCIM_OrderedComponent.AssignedSequence property?...............................................................21 How to change the boot order?......................................................................................................... 21 How to disable boot devices?.............................................................................................................21 Fail login message appear when connect to namespace with wbemtest. How can I overcome that?....................................................................................................................................21 How do I run TechCenter scripts without any issues?......................................................................22 How to set the BIOS attributes?......................................................................................................... 22 Does Dell Command | Monitor support storage and sensor monitoring?.......................................22 Can Dell Command | Monitor be integrated with other applications/consoles?............................ 23 Can I import classes into SCCM for inventory?................................................................................. 23 Where is the SCCM OMCI_SMS_DEF.mof file located?....................................................................23 7 Troubleshooting................................................................................................. 24 Unable to remotely connect to Windows Management Instrumentation......................................