Users Guide

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Introduction
Client Instrumentation refers to software applications that enable remote management of a client system.
The Dell Command | Monitor software application enables remote management using application
programs to access the enterprise client system information, monitor the status, or change the state of
the system such as remotely shutting down the system. Dell Command | Monitor uses key system
parameters through standard interfaces allowing administrators to manage inventory, monitor system
health, and gather information of deployed enterprise client systems. This document provides an
overview of Dell Command | Monitor and its features.
NOTE: Dell Command | Monitor was formerly Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation (OMCI).
After the OMCI version 8.2.1, OMCI is rebranded as Dell Command | Monitor.
Dell Command | Monitor overview
Dell Command | Monitor manages client systems using the Common Information Model (CIM) standard
and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which are management protocols. This reduces the
total cost of ownership, improves security, and provides a holistic approach managing all the devices in a
network including clients, servers, storage, networking, and software devices.
Using CIM you can access Dell Command | Monitor through Web Services for Management Standards
(WSMAN).
Dell Command | Monitor contains the underlying driver set that collects client system information from
different sources including the BIOS, CMOS, System Management BIOS (SMBIOS), System Management
Interface (SMI), operating system, Application Programming Interface (APIs), Dynamic-Link Library (DLLs),
and registry settings. Dell Command | Monitor retrieves this information through the CIM Object Manager
(CIMOM) interface, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) stack, or SNMP agent.
Dell Command | Monitor enables IT administrators to remotely collect asset information, modify CMOS
settings, receive proactive notifications about potential fault conditions, and get alerts for potential
security breaches. These alerts are available as events in the event log, CIM Indication, or received as
SNMP traps after importing the Management Information Base (MIB) file and monitoring it.
Dell Command | Monitor is used to gather asset inventory from the system including BIOS settings,
through CIM implementation or SNMP agent. It can be integrated into a console such as Microsoft
System Center Configuration Manager by directly accessing the CIM information, or through other
console vendors who have implemented the Dell Command | Monitor integration. Additionally, you can
create custom scripts to target key areas of interest. You can use these scripts to monitor inventory, BIOS
settings, and system health.
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