Users Guide

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Standardized configurations can provide significant cost savings for companies of all sizes. Many organizations deploy standardized client
systems, but few manage the system configuration throughout the life of the computer. With Dell Command | Monitor installed on each
client system, the IT department can lock down Legacy ports to prevent the use of unauthorized peripherals, or enable Wake On LAN
(WOL) to revive the system from a sleep state during non-peak hours to perform systems management tasks.
Scenario 3: Health monitoring
A user receives read error messages while trying to access certain files on the client-system hard drive. The user reboots the system and
the files now appear to be accessible. The user disregards the initial problem because it appears to have resolved itself. Meanwhile, Dell
Command | Monitor queries the hard drive with the problem for a predicted failure and passes a Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting
Technology (SMART) alert to the management console. It also displays the SMART error to the local user. The alert indicated that several
read/write errors are occurring in the hard drive. The IT department of the company recommended that the user must make a backup of
critical data files immediately. A service technician is dispatched with a replacement drive.
The hard drive is replaced before it fails, preventing user downtime, a help desk call, and a technician trip to the desktop to diagnose the
problem.
Monitoring system alerts through operating system Event
Viewer, Syslog, or CIM indication
Dell Command | Monitor supports monitoring events through the following procedures:
• Pulling the log through CIM class DCIM_LogEntry.
• Monitoring CIM indication through DCIM_AlertIndication class.
• (only for Dell Command | Monitor for Windows) Monitoring events through Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and
Windows event viewer.
• (only for Dell Command | Monitor for Linux) Monitoring through Syslog.
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Scenario 4: Profiles
NOTE: DMTF profiles are implemented for Dell Command | Monitor for Windows only.
IT administrators are required to manage client systems in multi-vendor and distributed enterprise environments. They face challenges as
they must master a diverse set of tools and applications while managing several desktop and mobile client systems in various networks. To
reduce the cost of these requirements and represent the provided management data, the industry-standard Distributed Management
Task Force (DMTF) and Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM-OEM) profiles are implemented in Dell Command | Monitor.
Some of the DMTF profiles are explained in this guide.
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Asset profile
Warranty Status on endpoint device:
• Determine the status of the warranty by enumerating or getting the instance of the class DCIM_AssetWarrantyInformation.
• Check if the warranty status can be determined using the properties WarrantyStartDate and WarrantyEndDate of the class
DCIM_AssetWarrantyInformation.
NOTE:
Prerequisite to DCIM_AssetWarrantyInformation is that you must have a working Internet connection. If you
are running Dell Command | Monitor behind a proxy server, ensure that the proxy settings are configured correctly.
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