Users Guide

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User scenarios
This chapter describes the various user scenarios of Dell Command | Monitor.
You can use Dell Command | Monitor for:
• Asset management
• Configuration management
• Health monitoring
• Profiles
Scenario 1: Asset management
A company that uses 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 Microsoft Windows latest versions. This requires an
assessment of the 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 Windows
latest versions.
You can also get asset inventory through script or any Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
command line.
SCCM integration
You can integrate SCCM with Dell Command | Monitor 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
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