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Managing Dell client systems locally using Dell

Command | Monitor 10.1.0

You can manage Dell client systems locally using the following methods:

• For systems running Windows, Using PowerShell.

• For systems running Linux, Using OMICLI.

Topics:

• Managing Windows systems locally using PowerShell

• Managing Linux systems locally using OMICLI

Managing Windows systems locally using PowerShell

You can manage Dell client systems running Windows locally using PowerShell commands.

• Enumerating instances of DCIM class

– Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\dcim\sysman -ClassName DCIM_BIOSEnumeration

– Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\dcim\sysman -ClassName DCIM_BIOSPassword

• Getting properties for a BIOS setting

Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\dcim\sysman -ClassName DCIM_BIOSEnumeration | Where-Object

{$_.AttributeName -eq "Num Lock"}

• Changing BIOS settings

Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\dcim\sysman -ClassName DCIM_BIOSService | Invoke-CimMethod -

MethodName SetBIOSAttributes -Arguments @{AttributeName=@("Num Lock");AttributeValue=@("1")}

• Modifying non-critical values

Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\dcim\sysman DCIM_NumericSensor | Where-Object {$_.DeviceID -

like "Root/MainSystemChassis/TemperatureObj:3"} | Set-CimInstance -Property

@{UpperThresholdNonCritical="10"}

• Subscribing for alerts

$a = 0

$timespan = New-Object System.TimeSpan(0, 0, 1)

$scope = New-Object System.Management.ManagementScope("\\.\root\dcim\sysman")

$query = New-Object System.Management.WQLEventQuery("Select * from DCIM_AlertIndication")

$watcher = New-Object System.Management.ManagementEventWatcher($scope,$query)

[array]$alerts=@()

do{ $watcher.WaitForNextEvent() }

while ($a -ne 1)

Managing Linux systems locally using OMICLI

You can manage Linux systems locally using OMICLI commands. On the systems running Linux, OMICLI is installed at /opt/omi/bin.

• Enumerating instances of DCIM class

– ./omicli ei root/dcim/sysman DCIM_BIOSEnumeration

– ./omicli ei root/dcim/sysman DCIM_BIOSPassword

• Getting properties for a BIOS setting

./omicli gi root/dcim/sysman { DCIM_BIOSPassword InstanceID DCIM:BIOSSetupPassword }

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