Users Guide

The Dell Command | Intel vPro Out Of Band

Application

The Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band application provides an out-of-band management solution through a stand-alone application

on the system running Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center. The application allows you remotely to manage client systems

regardless of the system power or operating state.

You can use the Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band application to perform the following tasks:

• Remote Provisioning— Configure your environment to allow you to easily perform remote AMT provisioning of client systems

• USB Provisioning — Provision and setup Intel AMT enabled client systems

• Indications — Remotely monitor, diagnose, and manage clients using Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) filters

• Client Configuration — Configure client system settings:

• Power Profile — Configure and apply the preferred power policy

• Boot Order — Configure or change the boot order

• BIOS Settings — Configure and update the BIOS settings

• BIOS Passwords — Clear, set, or specify the length of your Administrator and System passwords

• Operations — Perform remote operations:

• KVM Connect — Set up and run KVM sessions

• Power Management — Remotely manage power settings

• Wipe Client Data — Remotely format client hard drives

• Reports — Generate reports for out-of-band manageability, provisioned systems, battery health, and hardware inventory.

• Task Queue — Monitor task progress and details

Topics:

• Software Prerequisites

• Configuring WinRM on Client Systems

• Launching The Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band Application

• Account Setup

• Client Discovery

• Settings

• Remote Provisioning

• USB Provisioning

• Indications

• Client Configuration

• Operations

• Generating Reports

• Task Queue

Software Prerequisites

Before running the Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band application:

• For In-Band shutdown to work correctly, the system running Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center must have Windows

Powershell version 2.0 or greater installed, and WinRM configured. For more information on configuring WinRM, see Configuring

WinRM on Client Systems.

Configuring WinRM on Client Systems

If WinRm has not been configured on any client systems with which you are working that were not provisioned via the Remote

Provisioning feature, do the following command at an administrative command prompt:

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