Users Guide

Using Dell Command | Monitor

You can view the information provided by Command | Monitor by accessing:

• root\dcim\sysman (standard)

Command | Monitor provides the information through classes in these namespaces.

For more information on the classes, see Dell Command | Monitor Reference Guide at dell.com/

clientsystemsmanagement.

Polling interval setting

You can change the polling interval of fan probe, temperature probe, voltage probe, current probe, disk

capacity increase/decrease, memory size increase/decrease and number of processors increase/

decrease, using the files dcsbdy32.ini or dcsbdy64.ini. The dcsbdy32/64.ini file is present at the following

location:

<Command | Monitor installed location>\omsa\ini

NOTE: The numbers in the INI file are multiples of 23. The default polling interval for disk capacity

and Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) alert is 626 seconds (the real time

= 626 X 23 seconds which is approximately 3 hours).

RAID status reporting

Command | Monitor enables the RAID configuration information and monitors the RAID functionality for

client systems with hardware and driver support. You can use RAID classes to receive the details about

RAID levels, driver information, controller configuration, and controller status. After the RAID

configuration is enabled, you can receive alerts for degradation or failure of drives and controllers.

NOTE: RAID status reporting is supported only for the RAID controllers which work on Common

Storage Management Interface (CSMI) version 0.81 compliant drivers. OMCI 8.1 and later versions

support monitoring only on the Intel on-chip RAID controller; and from OMCI 8.2 and later versions

support Alerting for Intel on-chip RAID controller. Command | Monitor 9.0 and later versions also

support LSI controller for monitoring and alerting feature.

Monitoring the client systems

Command | Monitor supports Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) for monitoring and

managing client systems such as notebooks, desktops, and workstations. The Management Information

Base (MIB) file is shared between Command | Monitor and Server Administrator.

Command | Monitor from version 9.0 has been modified to use an OID that is specific to client OID

(10909) for consoles to identify client systems.