Users Guide
• Remote modification of system settings
• Monitoring of system health and reports status
• RAID monitoring and alerting for Intel and LSI controllers.
• SNMP monitoring and traps
CIM 2.17 schema support
Dell Command | Monitor conforms to the CIM 2.17 Schema, and includes two WMI providers:
• WMI Indication Provider or Polling Agent
• WMI Instance or Method Provider
BIOS configuration
Dell Command | Monitor provides the ability to configure a system BIOS, including management of its
boot order.
WMI security
WMI provides user authentication before granting access to the CIM data and methods. Access privileges
are enforced by Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) security and CIMOM. Complete or limited
access, is granted to users on per-namespace basis. There is no class implementation or property-level
security. By default, users who are members of the administrators group have complete local and remote
access to WMI.
You can configure WMI security using the WMI Control available in the Computer Management console
under the Services and Applications section. Right-click WMI Control, and then click Properties. You can
configure namespace-specific security from the Security tab. You can also run WMI Control from the
Start menu or from the CLI, by running wmimgmt.msc.
Event reporting
Dell Command | Monitor detects events on Dell systems and alerts the local user and network
administrator about potential failures, configuration changes, and chassis intrusions. These events are
displayed by a systems management application such as OpenManage Essentials (OME).
Remote shut down
Dell Command | Monitor supports remote system shut down and reboot.
Information access
Dell Command | Monitor provides access to system information such as BIOS revision and system model
through WMI using CIM. The WSMAN protocol can also be used to access this information through WMI.
Detailed asset information
Dell Command | Monitor provides access to detailed inventory information such as processors, PCI
devices, and batteries.
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