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 about configuring
WinRM, see Configuring WinRM on Client Systems.
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