Users Guide

IT administrators are required to manage client systems in multi-vendor and distributed enterprise environments. They face challenges as
they must master a diverse set of tools and applications while managing several desktop and mobile client systems in various networks. To
reduce the cost of these requirements and represent the provided management data, the industry-standard Distributed Management Task
Force (DMTF) and Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM-OEM) proles are implemented in Dell Command | Monitor. Some of
the DMTF proles are explained in this guide.
For more information on Dell Command | Monitor, see Dell Command | Monitor Reference Guide at dell.com/
dellclientcommandsuitemanuals.
For more information on Dell Command | Monitor, see Client Command | Monitor Reference Guide.
Battery prole
• Determine the status of the battery by enumerating or getting the instance of the class DCIM_Battery.
• Determine the estimate run time and see the estimated remaining charge.
• Check if the health information of the battery can be determined using the properties Operational Status and HealthState of the class
DCIM_Battery.
• Get additional information about the health of a battery using DCIM_Sensor.CurrentState property or the
CIM_NumericSensor.CurrentState property.
BIOS management prole
• Determine the BIOS version by enumerating the instance of the class DCIM_BIOSElement..
• Check whether BIOS attribute values can be modied or not. Get the instance of the class, DCIM_BIOSEnumeration. The attribute
can be modied if the property IsReadOnly is set to FALSE.
• Set the system password (SystemPwd). Run the DCIM_BIOSService.SetBIOSAttributes() method and set the SystemPwd to
AttributeName and password value to AttributeValue parameters.
• Set the BIOS or Admin password (AdminPwd). Run the DCIM_BIOSService.SetBIOSAttributes() method and set the AdminPwd to
AttributeName and password value to AttributeValue parameters.
• Run the DCIM_BIOSService.SetBIOSAttributes() method and specify the AttributeName and AttributeValue parameters.
• To modify a BIOS Attribute when BIOS or Admin password is set, run the DCIM_BIOSService.SetBIOSAttributes() method and
specify the AttributeName, AttributeValue, and current BIOS password as the AuthorizationToken input parameter.
Boot control
• Change the sequence of the boot items in the Legacy and UEFI boot list.
• Enable or disable the boot items in the Legacy and UEFI boot list.
• Find the current boot conguration by enumerating the instances of the class DCIM_ElementSettingData whose IsCurrent property is
set to 1. The DCIM_BootCongSetting represents the current boot conguration.
Base desktop mobile
• Determine the system model, service tag, and serial number by enumerating the instance of the class, DCIM_ComputerSystem.
• Run the DCIM_ComputerSystem.RequestStateChange() method and set the RequestedState parameter value to 3. Turn o the
system.
• Reboot the system. Run the DCIM_ComputerSystem.RequestStateChange() method and set the RequestedState parameter value
to 11.
• Determine the power state of the system.
• Determine the number of processors in the system by querying DCIM_Processor, instances which are associated with the Central
Instance through the DCIM_SystemDevice association.
• Get the system time. Run the DCIM_TimeService.ManageTime() method and set the GetRequest parameter to True.
User scenarios through Dell Command | Monitor 10.1.0
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