Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Command | Monitor Version 10.2.1 User's Guide
- Introduction to Dell Command | Monitor 10.2.1
- Windows SMM Security Mitigations Table (WSMT) Compliance
- Standards and protocols for Dell Command | Monitor 10.2.1
- Use case scenarios using Dell Command | Monitor 10.2.1
- Using Dell Command | Monitor 10.2.1
- Polling interval setting
- RAID status reporting
- Monitoring the Dell client systems
- Application log for Dell Command | Monitor for Linux
- Detecting advance format drives
- Boot configurations
- Changing the system settings
- Managing Dell client systems locally using Dell Command | Monitor 10.2.1
- Managing Dell client systems remotely using Dell Command | Monitor 10.2.1
- Frequently asked questions for Dell Command | Monitor 10.2.1
- Troubleshooting steps using Dell Command | Monitor 10.2.1
- Unable to remotely connect to Windows Management Instrumentation
- Installation failure on systems running Windows
- BIOS setting enumeration value appears as 1
- Hapi installation fails due to the dependency of libsmbios
- CIM resources not available
- Unable to execute the commands using DCM on the systems running Ubuntu Core 16
- Third-party licenses
- Other documents you may need
- Contacting Dell
Introduction to Dell Command | Monitor
10.2.1
The Dell Command | Monitor software application enables remote management of client systems using application programs to
access the 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 enabling administrators to manage
inventory, monitor system health, and gather information of deployed Dell client systems. Dell Command | Monitor is designed
for Dell Enterprise client systems, Dell IoT Gateway systems, and for Dell Embedded PCs.
This document provides an overview of Dell Command | Monitor and its features. For more information about supported Dell
systems see Release notes available at dell.com/dellclientcommandsuitemanuals.
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.
Topics:
• What's new in this release for Dell Command | Monitor 10.2.1
• Dell Command | Monitor overview
What's new in this release for Dell Command |
Monitor 10.2.1
● Support for determining the status of the Warranty.
● Dell Command | Monitor Improvement program is now available. It helps to improve the performance of Dell Command |
Monitor.
For more information about BIOS attributes, see the Dell Command | Monitor Reference Guide at dell.com/
dellclientcommandsuitemanuals.
Dell Command | Monitor overview
NOTE: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is not supported for Dell Command | Monitor for Linux.
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 system 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, and
Application Programming Interface (APIs). Dell Command | Monitor for Windows also collects client system information from
Dynamic-Link Library (DLLs), and registry settings. Dell Command | Monitor for Windows retrieves this information through the
CIM Object Manager (CIMOM) interface, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) stack, or SNMP agent, whereas Dell
Command | monitor for Linux retrieves this information through Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) interface.
Dell Command | Monitor enables IT administrators to remotely collect asset information, modify BIOS settings,
receive proactive notifications about potential fault conditions, and get alerts for potential security breaches. In the
systems running Windows, these alerts are available as events in the NT event log, WMI event, or SNMP traps v1. For the
systems running Linux, these alerts are received as Syslog, OMI event, or Application log.
Dell Command | Monitor for Windows 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 |
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