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• Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\dcim\sysman DCIM_SmartAttributeInfo -Filter "AttributeID like '<Attribute ID Value>'" | Invoke-
CimMethod -MethodName "SetCustomThreshold" -Arguments @{CustomThresholdValue="<custom threshold value to be set>"}
Changing the system settings
In Dell Command | Monitor, use the following methods to change the system settings and the state of the local or remote systems:
• SetBIOSAttributes — Changes the BIOS setting
NOTE: Dell Command | Monitor for Linux currently supports only SetBIOSAttributes method.
• ChangeBootOrder — Changes the boot conguration
• RequestStateChange — Shuts down and restarts the system
• ManageTime — Displaying the system time
In Dell Command | Monitor for Windows, you can run these methods using winrm, VB script, PowerShell commands, wmic, and WMI
wbemtest.
Setting BIOS attributes in a system running Windows using
PowerShell commands
You can set BIOS attributes using the SetBIOSAttributes method. The procedure is explained below using a task of enabling the Trusted
Platform Module (TPM) as an example.
NOTE
: Make sure the TPM option is cleared in the BIOS before following the procedure to enable the TPM.
NOTE: Use PowerShell with Administrator privileges.
To enable TPM,
1 Set the BIOS password on the system if not set already using the following PowerShell command:
Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\dcim\sysman -ClassName DCIM_BIOSService | Invoke-CimMethod -
MethodName SetBIOSAttributes -Arguments
@{AttributeName=@("AdminPwd");AttributeValue=@("<Admin password>")}
2 Enable TPM security using the following command:
Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\dcim\sysman -ClassName DCIM_BIOSService | Invoke-CimMethod -
MethodName SetBIOSAttributes -Arguments @{AttributeName=@("Trusted Platform Module
");AttributeValue=@("1");AuthorizationToken="<Admin password>"}
3 Restart the system.
4 Activate the TPM using the following command:
Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\dcim\sysman -ClassName DCIM_BIOSService | Invoke-CimMethod -
MethodName SetBIOSAttributes -Arguments @{AttributeName=@(" Trusted Platform Module
Activation");AttributeValue=@("2");AuthorizationToken="<Admin password>"}
5 Restart the system.
Setting BIOS attributes in the system running Linux
You can set BIOS attributes using any of the following methods:
• Using OMICLI
• Using WinRM
• Using WSMan
NOTE
: Ensure that the OMI server is started and running.
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