Users Guide

User scenarios

This chapter describes the various user scenarios of Dell Command | Monitor.

You can use Dell Command | Monitor for:

• Asset management

• Conguration management

• Health monitoring

• Proles

Topics:

• Scenario 1: Asset management

• Scenario 2: Conguration management

• Scenario 3: Health monitoring

• Scenario 4: Proles

Scenario 1: Asset management

A company that uses many Dell systems was not able to maintain accurate inventory information because of changes in the business and IT

sta. The Chief Information Ocer (CIO), requests a plan for identifying the systems that can be upgraded to Microsoft Windows latest

versions. This requires an assessment of the deployed systems to determine the size, scope, and nancial impact of such a project. The

information collection involves a signicant eort. Deploying IT sta to each client system is expensive, in terms of man-hours and end-user

interruptions.

Using Dell Command | Monitor on each Dell system, the IT manager can quickly collect information remotely. Using tools such as Microsoft

System Center Conguration Manager (SCCM), the IT manager queries each client system over the network and collects information such

as CPU type and speed, memory size, hard-drive capacity, BIOS version, and current operating system version. Once the information is

collected, it can be analyzed to identify the systems that can be upgraded to Windows latest versions.

You can also get asset inventory through WSMAN/WinRM command line or any using any CIM client command line.

SCCM integration

You can integrate SCCM with Dell Command | Monitor for Windows by:

• Using the MOF le within Dell Command | Monitor install package, which contains all the Dell Command | Monitor classes and

importing to CongMgr

The MOF is located at:

C:\Program Files\Dell\Command_Monitor\ssa\omacim\OMCI_SMS_DEF.mof

• Extending asset reporting capabilities using collections

12 User scenarios