Users Guide

Introduction to Dell Command | Monitor 10.2.1

The Dell Command | Monitor software application enables remote management of client systems using application programs to access the

system information, monitor the status, or change the state of the system such as remotely shutting down the system. Dell Command |

Monitor uses key system parameters through standard interfaces enabling administrators to manage inventory, monitor system health,

and gather information of deployed Dell client systems. Dell Command | Monitor is designed for Dell Enterprise client systems, Dell IoT

Gateway systems, and for Dell Embedded PCs.

This document provides an overview of Dell Command | Monitor and its features. For more information about supported Dell systems see

Release notes available at dell.com/dellclientcommandsuitemanuals.

NOTE: Dell Command | Monitor was formerly Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation (OMCI). After the OMCI version

8.2.1, OMCI is rebranded as Dell Command | Monitor.

Topics:

• What's new in this release for Dell Command | Monitor 10.2.1

• Dell Command | Monitor overview

What's new in this release for Dell Command |

Monitor 10.2.1

• Support for determining the status of the Warranty.

• Dell Command | Monitor Improvement program is now available. It helps to improve the performance of Dell Command | Monitor.

For more information about BIOS attributes, see the Dell Command | Monitor Reference Guide at dell.com/

dellclientcommandsuitemanuals.

Dell Command | Monitor overview

NOTE: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is not supported for Dell Command | Monitor for Linux.

Dell Command | Monitor manages client systems using the Common Information Model (CIM) standard and Simple Network Management

Protocol (SNMP), which are management protocols. This reduces the total cost of system ownership, improves security, and provides a

holistic approach managing all the devices in a network including clients, servers, storage, networking, and software devices.

Using CIM you can access Dell Command | Monitor through Web Services for Management Standards (WSMAN).

Dell Command | Monitor contains the underlying driver set that collects client system information from different sources including the

BIOS, CMOS, System Management BIOS (SMBIOS), System Management Interface (SMI), operating system, and Application

Programming Interface (APIs). Dell Command | Monitor for Windows also collects client system information from Dynamic-Link Library

(DLLs), and registry settings. Dell Command | Monitor for Windows retrieves this information through the CIM Object Manager (CIMOM)

interface, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) stack, or SNMP agent, whereas Dell Command | monitor for Linux retrieves this

information through Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) interface.

Dell Command | Monitor enables IT administrators to remotely collect asset information, modify BIOS settings, receive

proactive notifications about potential fault conditions, and get alerts for potential security breaches. In the systems running

Windows, these alerts are available as events in the NT event log, WMI event, or SNMP traps v1. For the systems running Linux, these

alerts are received as Syslog, OMI event, or Application log.

Dell Command | Monitor for Windows can be integrated into a console such as Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager by

directly accessing the CIM information, or through other console vendors who have implemented the Dell Command | Monitor integration.

Also, you can create custom scripts to target key areas of interest. Sample scripts are available at Dell Knowledge Library Dell Command |

Monitor page. You can use these scripts to monitor inventory, BIOS settings, and system health.

NOTE:

Default installation does not enable SNMP support. For more information about enabling SNMP support for Dell

Command | Monitor for Windows, see

Dell Command | Monitor Installation Guide

at dell.com/

dellclientcommandsuitemanuals.

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