Users Guide

NOTE: Dell Command | Monitor for Linux currently supports only SetBIOSAttributes method.

• ChangeBootOrder — Changes the boot configuration

• 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.

Setting BIOS attributes using OMICLI

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.

To set the BIOS attributes using OMICLI commands:

1. To set the BIOS password on the system if not set already, run

./omicli iv root/dcim/sysman { DCIM_BIOSService Name DCIM:BiosService

SystemCreationClassName DCIM_ComputerSystem SystemName <system name displayed in

DCIM_BIOSService class> CreationClassName DCIM_BIOSService } SetBIOSAttributes

{ AttributeName "AdminPwd" AttributeValue “<new Admin Password>” }

Using Dell Command | Monitor 10.2.1