Users Guide

Installing Group Policy Templates
Before creating, applying, or changing Group Policy Templates, an administrator must rst make the templates available in the Group
Policy Management Console (GPMC).
1. Obtain and extract the Dell Command | Power Manager DUP.
• You can download the Dell Command | Power Manager DUP for your system from dell.com/support.
• Once you have downloaded the package, run it and choose the Extract option to extract the les.
2. On the domain server, go to the directory where you have extracted Dell Command | Power Manager in previous step.
3. Open the PolicyDefinitions folder.
4. Copy the .admx les in the PolicyDefinitions folder to the default Windows PolicyDefinitions folder—typically,
the default path is C:\Windows\PolicyDenitions\.
5. Copy the .adml les in the PolicyDefinitions\<language>\ folder (for example, PolicyDefinitions\En\) to C:
\Windows\PolicyDenitions\<language>\.
The Group Policies will now be available in the GPMC under Administrative Templates.
Customizing A Group Policy
Dell Command | Power Manager includes a number of Group Policy settings that administrators can customize based on their
domain and environment requirements. To congure Dell Command | Power Manager Group Policy settings:
1. Open the Group Policy Management Editor.
a. Click Server Manager → Features → Group Policy Management → Forest:<DomainName> → Domains →
<DomainName>
b. Right-click the Default Domain Policy and select Edit.
2. In the left pane, expand Computer Conguration → Policies → Administrative Templates → System → Dell → Command
Power Manager.
3. In the left pane, select one of the categories to congure the settings you want to apply to the domain.
For a complete list of available group policy settings and their values, see the Group Policy Management Editor on your domain
server.
Applying A Group Policy
Administrators can apply a Group Policy to specic systems, groups, or users by associating the Group Policy Object (GPO) with an
Active Directory Organizational Unit (OU) in the Group Policy Management Editor.
1. Create a new Group Policy Object (GPO).
a. In Group Policy Management for your domain, expand the tree to Group Policy Objects.
b. Right-click the Group Policy Objects group and create a new GPO.
c. Enter a Name for the GPO, and then click OK.
2. Add a policy to the new GPO.
a. In Group Policy Management for your domain, right-click on the new GPO you created in previous step and select Edit.
b. In the left-hand pane, select Computer Conguration → Policies → Administrative Templates → System → Dell
Command | Power Manager.
c. Set the desired policy.
3. Create an Active Directory OU, if one does not already exist.
a. In Active Directory, right-click the domain, and then select New → Organizational Unit.
b. Enter a Name for the organizational unit, and then click OK.
c. In the right pane, right-click the new OU, select New, and then select the system, group, or users to which this policy will
apply.
4. Link the GPO to the OU.
a. Close Active Directory and the Group Policy Management Editor, if they are open.
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