Users Guide

For setting up the custom threshold values, run the following commands:

For example:

• Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\dcim\sysman DCIM_SmartAttributeInfo -Filter "AttributeID like '<Attribute ID Value>'" | Invoke-

CimMethod -MethodName "SetCustomThreshold" -Arguments @{CustomThresholdValue="<custom threshold value to be set>"}

DCIM_ThermalInformation

DCIM_ThermalInformation manages thermal configuration settings such as Thermal Mode, AAC Mode, and Fan Failure Mode.

• To query the thermal information about device, run the following command:

Get-CimInstance -Namespace root/DCIM/SYSMAN -ClassName DCIM_ThermalInformation

• To set the value of thermal mode, run the following command:

Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\dcim\sysman -ClassName DCIM_ThermalInformation |Where-

Object {$_.AttributeName -eq "Thermal Mode"} | Invoke-CimMethod -MethodName

ChangeThermalMode -Arguments @{AttributeName=@("Thermal Mode");AttributeValue=@("2")}

Changing the system settings

In Dell Command | Monitor, use the following methods to change the system settings and the state of the local or remote systems:

• SetBIOSAttributes — Changes the BIOS setting

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.

Using Dell Command | Monitor 10.3