Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center Version 5.
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Contents 1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 5 What’s New............................................................................................................................................................................5 Key Features And Functionalities........................................................................................................................................
Remote Provisioning........................................................................................................................................................... 22 Prerequisites for Remote Provisioning........................................................................................................................23 Remote Provisioning Licensing....................................................................................................................................
1 Introduction This document describes the activities that you can perform with Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center on systems running Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.
Supported System Center Configuration Manager Versions Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center supports the following versions of Configuration Manager: • • • • Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Microsoft System Center Current Branch Configuration Manager NOTE: Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center versions 4.
• • Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Introduction 7
2 Install, Uninstall, and Upgrade Dell Command | Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center Manage install, uninstall, and upgrade procedures for Dell Command | Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center. Before conducting any of the procedures described here, review the list of Supported operating systems.
5. Click the Network Access Account tab. 6. Select the Specify the account that accesses network locations option, and then click Set. 7. Make a selection from the drop-down menu: • Existing Account — Use an already existing account a) Select your user account. b) Click OK. Or • New Account — Add a new account a) Enter administrator credentials for accessing Configuration Manager from your client systems. b) Click OK. The user name is displayed in the Account field. 8. Click OK.
Upgrading Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center Upgrade to the current version of Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center is not supported for versions older than Dell Command | Integration Pack version 3.0. For more information, see Installing Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center. NOTE: During the upgrade, DCIP is uninstalled. If the upgrade process is interrupted, the DCIP uninstall cannot be rolled back.
3 Using Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center Before you begin using Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center, make sure that the target Dell client systems are registered as Configure Manager clients and present under All Systems on the Configuration Manager console. For more information on configuring clients through Configuration Manager, see the Microsoft TechNet article at technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682144.
NOTE: Ensure that Microsoft Windows Deployment Kit is installed before proceeding with this feature. 1. Launch the Configuration Manager console. 2. Click Software Library. 3. Expand Overview > Operating Systems. 4. Right-click Boot Images and click Dell Command | WinPE Driver Library Import. The WinPE Driver Library Import Wizard opens. 5. Select a driver library source: • Dell Update/Support site—Select either the Use current internet proxy settings or the Use custom proxy settings option.
• Dell Update/Support site—Select either the Use current internet proxy settings or the Use custom proxy settings option. If you choose the custom option, also enter a proxy server URL or IP address and a proxy port number. If you are using proxy authentication, enter a username and, optionally, a password. The Dell Command | Deploy Driver Pack Catalog is downloaded from the Dell support site. • Or Local Driver Library—Click Browse and navigate to a locally-stored Dell Command | Deploy Driver Package.
6. Select a distribution point from the list available under Select the distribution points to manage and update to distribute the package automatically once it is created. 7. Click OK. If a package already exists in the Configuration Manager, a message is displayed asking if you want to recreate or continue. If you select No, the process does not recreate the package. Otherwise, the package is removed from Configuration Manager, and a new package is created.
NOTE: If you select the Configure BIOS check box and a Dell Command | Configure package has been previously created, then a task sequence template is created while configuring the system BIOS. The Dell Command | Configure package is selected by default and the command line to run the SCE on the target system is populated automatically. However, if a Dell Command | Configure package has not been created then a message that no Dell Command | Configure package has been detected is displayed.
Exporting Options Without Setting Values You can export certain options without specifying any values. The options are asset and propowntag. To export asset and propowntag without specifying any values, select the Apply Settings check box of the corresponding option and export. Password Protection Dialog Box If you have configured the system or setup password in the exporting file (configuration file or report), a password protection dialog box is displayed.
Apply Driver Packages To apply driver packages: 1. From the left side of the Task Sequence Editor, under Deploy Operating System, click Apply Driver Package. 2. Browse and select the Dell Client Driver Packages. The list of driver packages available in the Dell Deployment Pack is displayed. 3. Select a package for your Dell client system and click Apply. You have successfully added drivers.
Synchronize Dell Command system management applications with the Dell catalog Use this feature to synchronize multiple versions of Dell Command system management applications already created in Configuration Manager with the regularly updated Dell catalog. To use the Sync feature, at least two instances of the same applications must have been created in Configuration Manager. See Import and stage system management applications. 1. Launch the Configuration Manager console. 2. Click Software Library. 3.
4 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.
NOTE: Configure the client system’s firewall to accept WinRM commands. NOTE: To retrieve the current WinRM settings, use the following command: winrm get winrm/config. If you are using a Group Policy Object-controlled setting, the command will display this information. 1. Enter winrm quickconfig 2. Press y to continue if prompted Do you want to configure winrm? 3. winrm set winrm/config/client @{AllowUnencrypted="true"} 4. winrm set winrm/config/client/auth @{Digest="true"} 5.
Configuration Manager. It is recommended that you use the highest version instance of these objects, v3 over v2, for example, when distributing content or deploying the task sequence. Settings On the Settings window you can configure and set the preferences for different components of the application such as: • • • • • Account Setup Indications KVM Task Queue Logging Account Setup You can set up and configure the account through which you want to manage your AMT enabled client systems. 1.
NOTE: Unsubscribing all subscriptions may take some time depending on the number of currently subscribed clients. KVM Allows you to specify the duration of your KVM and User Consent sessions to time out. 1. Launch the Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band application. 2. Click the settings icon. 3. On the Settings screen, click KVM. The KVM tab is displayed. 4. Specify the time for the User Consent session to time out using the User consent response timeout. 5.
Prerequisites for Remote Provisioning To use the remote provisioning feature, ensure the following: • • • • • • • You are a domain admin user who has administrator privileges on Active Directory, Certification Authority, and Configuration Manager. You are running on a Configuration Manager primary site server with the Configuration Manager Admin Console installed. Intel Setup and Configuration Software is not installed on the provisioning system.
The software makes the following changes to your environment: • Creates the following objects in Active Directory: • • • • • • RCS administrator user • AMT administrators security group • AMT computers organization unit Adds an AMT web server certificate template to the selected Certificate Authority Installs the Intel Setup and Configuration Software (Intel SCS) Imports the specified certificates into the personal store of the RCS administrator account Creates an AMT profile in the Remote Configuration
USB Provisioning Before Intel Active Management Technology-based client systems are managed out-of-band, provision the client systems for AMT. Provisioning Using a USB Device The client systems on the network have to procure a digital provisioning certificate before deploying Intel vPro AMT management application using remote configuration. To export your certificate hash to the client systems using a USB storage device: 1. Launch the Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band application. 2.
Recommended And Optional Filters Some indications are message intensive: when applied to a client, these filters will likely generate a large volume of messages, and they should therefore be used with extreme caution. To avoid network congestion, only one Optional filter may be applied to a single client on the network at a time.
NOTE: At least one filter must be selected before the policy can be saved. CAUTION: Use the Optional Filters with great care, as they can impact network performance. Best use of these filters includes diagnosis of issues by applying a single Optional filter to a specific client for a short period of time. 5. Click OK. NOTE: A policy is not active until it is included in a subscription. Deleting A Policy 1. Click Indications > Policies in the left pane. 2. Select the policy you want to delete.
3. Select the policy you want to include in the subscription. 4. Click Next. The Select Client(s) screen appears. 5. Optionally, use the Search for clients filters to limit the list of available clients. NOTE: If the policy you have selected for this subscription contains only the Recommended Filter, then you can select multiple clients from the list of available clients to which to apply this subscription.
2. Select the subscription you want to unsubscribe. 3. Click Unsubscribe.. Subscription Status On the Subscription Status screen, you can view the status of your subscriptions. For each subscription you have created, and for each of the filters included in the policy of the subscription, each of the clients to which the subscription has been applied will be displayed on a separate line (number of filters x number of clients = number of table entries per subscription).
Viewing Events To view the Event list: 1. Click Indications > Events in the left pane. 2. Optionally, use a filter to restrict the events displayed in the Event list: NOTE: The event counter is a count of all stored events, not of the displayed events in the Event list. a) Click FILTER SETTINGS. The Event Filter Setting screen appears. b) Select a filter method: None, Client, Message ID, Client, or Message ID.
3. Select the power policy for your Desktop and/or Mobile computers. Click Next. The Select Clients tab is displayed. 4. Search for client systems to which you want to apply the power packages. 5. From the Available clients list select the client systems you want to manage and click the press the button to move all the discovered Dell clients into the Selected clients list. button to move your selected systems or 6. Click Next. The Schedule Task tab is displayed. 7.
11. Click Finish. The Task Queue window is opened and depending on how you scheduled the task, it starts running immediately or will be queued. Configuring BIOS Settings This feature allows you to remotely configure, change, and reset the BIOS settings on one or several client systems. NOTE: The supported BIOS configuration options vary for each client system. 1. Launch the Intel vPro OOB Management Extensions. 2. Click Client Configuration > BIOS Settings. 3.
7. Search for client systems to which you want to apply the Boot Order changes to. 8. From the Available clients list select the client systems you want to manage and click the press the button to move all the discovered Dell clients into the Selected clients list. button to move your selected systems or 9. Click Next. The Schedule Task tab is displayed. 10. You can either choose to apply the password changes immediately or schedule it to run later.
8. You can either choose to apply the task immediately or schedule it to run later. Depending on your schedule, select one of the following options: • Run now — the power management changes are immediately applied and displays the Running status in the Task Queue. NOTE: If the Dell client systems are not connected to the network, run the task again. • Run At — the power management changes are queued in the Task Queue. NOTE: You can launch the Task Queue to view the list of completed and pending tasks.
NOTE: After the remote hard drive wipe command has been issued from the server to the client system, the task’s status changes to Complete. The format process on the client system will begin only after the status changes to Complete. To retrieve the status: 1. Select Retrieve and click Next. The Select Clients tab is displayed. 2. Search for client systems to which you want to retrieve the status of Wipe Client Data. 3.
NOTE: You can launch the Task Queue to view the list of completed and pending tasks. 6. Provide a name to the task and click Next. The Summary tab is displayed. 7. Click Finish. The Task Queue window is opened and depending on how you scheduled the task, it starts running immediately or will be queued. Retrieving Reports NOTE: Retrieving reports requests a report for the data collected through Scheduled Reports. View existing reports. To retrieve a report: 1. Click Retrieve.
5 Troubleshooting This section contains troubleshooting information for the Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center.
Start. Also note that when control of the wireless link is automatically reverted as a result of the Link Preference Timeout expiring, there is no loss of connectivity. There are individual timeout values for each shutdown/reboot operation (defined in KVM View app.config settings) that can be configured externally: • • • • • LPTImeoutRebootToOS LPTimeoutRebootToBIOS LPTimeoutRebootToDiagnostics LPTimeoutRebootWithIDER LPTimeoutShutdown For more information, see http://software.intel.
6 Related Reference In addition to this guide, there are other product guides you should have for reference. You can find the following guides on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals. • • • The Dell Command | Configure User’s Guide describes the installation and use of the Dell Command | Configure to configure various BIOS features for Dell business client platforms. The Dell Command | Monitor User’s Guide describes the installation and the use of the Dell Command | Monitor software.
