Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band Version 3.
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Contents 1 Overview........................................................................................................................................................5 What’s New........................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Supported Operating Systems ..................................................................................................................................
Generating Reports......................................................................................................................................................... 25 Scheduling Reports....................................................................................................................................................25 Retrieving Reports.....................................................................................................................................................
1 Overview Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band for Microsoft Windows Server 2011/2012/2012 R2/2016/2019 Essentials is an easy-to-use application that provides an out-of-band management solution. The application allows you to remotely manage client systems regardless of the system power state.
• Windows 10 32-bit Enterprise • Windows 10 64-bit Enterprise • Windows 8.1 32-bit • Windows 8.1 64-bit • Windows 8.1 32-bit Professional • Windows 8.1 64-bit Professional • Windows 8.1 32-bit Enterprise • Windows 8.
2 Installing Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band This chapter provides steps to install, uninstall, and upgrade Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band for Microsoft Windows Server 2011/2012/2012 R2/2016/2019 Essentials. Topics: • Pre-requisites to Install Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band • Installing Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band • Using The Repair Option In The Installer • Upgrading From Dell Intel vPro AMT Plugin Version 1.1 Or 1.
NOTE: Select the Show the Windows Installer log option to review the installation logs. Using The Repair Option In The Installer This feature repairs any installation issues that may have occurred when you were installing Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band. 1 Open Control Panel > Programs and Features. 2 Right-click Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band, and then click Repair. 3 Run the DCIV_Setup_3_1_0.exe package from the folder to which you downloaded the package.
3 Using Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band This chapter discusses the various operations that you can perform after you install Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band for Microsoft Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2011/2012/2012 R2/2016 Essentials.
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 displays this information. On the client system, if WinRm has not been configured, type the following command on an administrative command prompt. 1 Enter winrm quickconfig.
4 5 Configure the following settings: • KACE Server Name — The Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the server on which the KACE software is installed. • KACE Server Username — The KACE server administrator account username. • KACE Server Password — The KACE server administrator account password. • Optionally enter a check in the check box to Show password. Click OK. Indications Configure indications settings such as Retention Days and Listener IP Address.
5 Specify the time for the KVM session to time out after a period of inactivity in the Session Timeout field. 6 Click OK. NOTE: Setting the value to zero disables the time out session. Task Queue This feature allows you to limit the number of completed tasks displayed in the Task Queue window. 1 Launch Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band. For more information, see Launching Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band. 2 On the Home screen, click the settings icon.
To export your certificate hash to the client systems using a USB storage device: 1 Launch Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band. For more information, see Launching Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band. The USB Provisioning screen is displayed. 2 Enter your Management Engine (ME) password in the Current Password section, and then enter a New Password for AMT and confirm it.
Indications The Dell Command | Intel vPro Out Of Band application provides an indications feature that allows you remotely to monitor, diagnose, and manage clients using Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) filters (indications) to monitor each client. NOTE: More information on DMTF filters may be found at the DMTF website,www.dmtf.org.
The table can be sorted by any of its field in ascending or descending order by clicking the relevant column title. Creating A Policy 1 Click Indications > Policies. 2 Click New. 3 Enter a policy name. The name must not be the same as an existing policy name, can only contain alphanumeric characters and spaces, and can be up to 64 characters in length. 4 Select the filter(s) to include in your policy.
Configure Subscriptions A subscription is a collection of one policy with one or more clients selected from those on the network.
6 Select one or more clients as appropriate from the list on the left, then move them to the list on the right. 7 Click Finish. Editing A Subscription 1 Click Indications > Configure Subscriptions. NOTE: You cannot edit an active subscription. 2 3 Select the subscription you want to edit. Click the Edit button. The Edit Subscription screen displays. 4 Make any required changes on the Edit Subscription screen, and then click Next.
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).
• Alert Type — Possible alert types are Other, Communications, Quality Of Service, Processing Error, Device, Environmental, Model Change, and Security. An event counter is provided in the upper right portion of the screen. Click the refresh button to update the event count and to update the Event list. NOTE: The event counter is a count of all stored events, not of the displayed events in the Event list. Viewing Events To view the Event list: 1 Click Indications > Events in the left pane.
Exporting Events To export a list of events to a *.cvs file: 1 Click Indications > Events in the left pane. 2 Select the events to export by placing a check mark in the appropriate boxes. 3 Click EXPORT . . . . 4 Navigate to the location to which you want to save the event list file, and click Save. The selected events are saved to the *.cvs file. Client Configuration Allows you to configure the Power Profile, Boot Order, BIOS Settings, and BIOS Passwords on the target client systems.
NOTE: This Boot Order feature is not supported in UEFI boot mode. 1 Launch Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band. For more information, see Launching Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band. 2 Click Client Configuration > Boot Order. 3 The table lists all the possible Boot devices. Change the boot order by: • 4 Moving the boot devices up or down the order by clicking the Up or Down arrows at the bottom of the table.
5 • Reboot client after applying changes Click Next. The Select Clients tab is displayed. 6 Search for client systems to which you want to apply the BIOS settings. 7 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. 8 Click Next. button to move your selected systems or The Schedule Task tab is displayed.
NOTE: If the Dell client systems are not connected to the network, run the task again. • 11 Run At — the BIOS password configuration is queued in the Task Queue. NOTE: You can launch the Task Queue to view the list of completed and pending tasks. Provide a brief description of the changes you are applying and click Next. The Summary tab is displayed. 12 Click Finish. The Task Queue window is opened and depending on how you scheduled the task, it starts running immediately or will be queued.
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. • 9 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.
Retrieving Wipe Client Data Status NOTE: Retrieve requests the status of the Wipe Client Data operation. 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.
3 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. 4 Click Next. button to move your selected systems or The Schedule Task tab is displayed. 5 You can either choose to apply the Task immediately or schedule it to run later.
• Duplicate — duplicate all pending, completed, and canceled tasks. • Cancel — cancel tasks that are not yet Completed.
