Install Guide

Installing Dell Command | Monitor 10.2.1 for

systems running on Microsoft Windows

You can install Dell Command | Monitor using one of the following methods:

• Using the Graphical User Interface, also known as the Dell Command | Monitor installation wizard

• Using Command Line Interface (CLI) for silent Installation

NOTE: The Dell Command | Monitor installation file is available as a Dell Update Package (DUP) at dell.com/support. For

more information, see Downloading Dell Command | Monitor.

NOTE: The Dell Command | Monitor installation file is available as a Dell Update Package (DUP) at dell.com/support.

NOTE: The installation files are different for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.

GUI Installation You can install Dell Command | Monitor using a DUP, or MSI file extracted from the DUP. The Dell Command |

Monitor installation wizard allows you to install the default package or perform a custom installation of specific

components that are required for a particular environment.

Silent or CLI

Installation

You can install Dell Command | Monitor using a software distribution tool such as Microsoft System Center

Configuration Manager (SCCM), with no end-user interaction.

You can use the MSI file or DUP to deploy Dell Command | Monitor to client computers on a network by using a

In the default installation mode, Dell Command | Monitor installs the Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provider,

two services, and a driver. WMI uses the Communication port (COM) as the communication interface with providers. The services that

are installed with Dell Command | Monitor provide access to the system for events and data retrieval. A driver is also installed with Dell

Command | Monitor for secure communication with the BIOS and other low-level system resources.

NOTE:

In the custom installation mode, Dell Command | Monitor installs a Management Information Base (MIB) and an

agent if the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) option is selected.

NOTE: Dell Command | Monitor does not support any type of remote access. Remote access to Dell Command | Monitor

is achieved using the remote-access protocols that are supported by WMI or SNMP.

NOTE: Input driver is installed to enable the configuration of GPIO pins using Dell Command | Monitor on Dell Embedded

Box PC 3000/5000 devices.

Topics:

• Installing Dell Command | Monitor using Dell Update Package

• Installing Dell Command | Monitor using the MSI file

• Enabling SNMP in Dell Command | Monitor

• Installing Dell Command | Monitor in CLI or silent mode

Installing Dell Command | Monitor using Dell

Update Package

You can install Dell Command | Monitor locally using the DUP downloaded from dell.com/support.

You can install Dell Command | Monitor locally using the DUP.

1. Double-click the Dell Command | Monitor Update Package you downloaded from dell.com/support.

The User Account Control (UAC) screen is displayed.

2. Double-click the Dell Command | Monitor Update Package.

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