Users Guide

WSMAN is a protocol that provides an abstraction layer to access the CIM information. The reason is that

the console can use WSMAN to communicate with in-band or out-of-band systems to gather asset

inventory and to set information or run methods. In in-band systems, the WSMAN layer also abstracts the

operating system present underneath. However, Dell Command | Monitor does not require WSMAN and

it does not directly enable WSMAN as it is only a protocol.

For more information on managing WSMAN from DMTF, see dmtf.org/standards/wsman.

For more information on enabling WSMAN based management of WMI on a system running the Windows

operating system, see msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384426%28v=VS.85%29.aspx.

For more information on the DMTF profiles used in Dell Command | Monitor, see Dell Command |

Monitor Reference Guide at dell.com/dellclientcommandsuitemanuals.

PowerShell

Windows PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft.

PowerShell consists of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET

Framework. PowerShell provides full access to COM and WMI, enabling administrators to perform

administrative tasks such as configuration and monitoring on both local and remote systems running the

Windows operating system using the services of Dell Command | Monitor.

Administrators can write custom PowerShell scripts (files suffixed by .ps1) that connect to the DCIM

namespace and allows monitoring custom actions on the system.