Users Guide

Use case scenarios using Dell Command |

Monitor 10.3

This section describes various use case scenarios of Dell Command | Monitor.

You can use Dell Command | Monitor for:

• Asset management

• Configuration management

• Health monitoring

• Profiles

Topics:

• Scenario 1: Asset management

• Scenario 2: Configuration management

• Scenario 3: Health monitoring

• Scenario 4: Profiles

Scenario 1: Asset management

A company that has many Dell systems was not able to maintain accurate inventory information because of changes in the business and IT

staff. The Chief Information Officer (CIO), requests a plan for identifying the systems that can be upgraded to the latest version of

Windows. This requires an assessment of deployed systems to determine the size, scope, and financial impact of such a project. The

information collection involves a significant effort. Deploying IT staff to each client system is expensive in terms of man-hours and end-

user interruptions.

Using Dell Command | Monitor on each Dell system, the IT manager can quickly collect information remotely. Using tools such as Microsoft

System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), the IT manager queries each client system over the network and collects information

such as CPU type and speed, memory size, hard-drive capacity, BIOS version, and current operating system version. Once the information

is collected it can be analyzed to identify the systems that can be upgraded to the latest version of Windows.

You can also get asset inventory through WSMAN/WinRM command line or any using any CIM client command line.

SCCM integration

You can integrate SCCM with Dell Command | Monitor for Windows by:

• Using the MOF file within Dell Command | Monitor install package, which contains all the Dell Command | Monitor classes and

importing to ConfigMgr

The MOF is located at:

C:\Program Files\Dell\Command_Monitor\ssa\omacim\OMCI_SMS_DEF.mof

• Extending asset reporting capabilities using collections

Scenario 2: Configuration management

A company plans to standardize the client platform and manage each system through its lifecycle. As part of this effort, the company

acquires a suite of tools and plans to automate the deployment of a new client operating system using the Preboot Execution Environment

(PXE).

The challenge is to modify the BIOS password in each client computer without manually visiting each desktop. With Dell Command |

Monitor installed on each client system, the IT department of the company has several options to remotely modify the boot order. The

OpenManage Essentials (OME) is a management console that can be integrated with Dell command | Monitor and used to monitor BIOS

settings remotely on all client systems. Another option is to write a script (CIM, WinRM/WSMAN/PowerShell/WMIC) that changes the

BIOS setting. The script can be remotely delivered over the network and run on each client system.

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