Users Guide

Appendix C - Enabling External Program
Tasks
For tasks provided by the Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite that launch external programs have to be installed in the
default location. Create new tasks to launch the application if the program is not installed in the default location.
Topics:
• Creating Advanced Power Control and LED Identification Tasks
• Creating a Launch License Manager task
Creating Advanced Power Control and LED
Identification Tasks
Advanced power control and LED identification tasks use the default BMC credentials and install path (C:\Program Files\Dell
\SysMgt\bmc).
If the systems deviate from the default BMC credentials and install path, install BMU 2.0 or later on the management server and
create new console tasks.
CAUTION:
For the following steps, create a task and set the password in plaintext. If BMC is not installed on
management server, the Operations Manager Console may display an error with the entire command in a dialog
box, and reveal the password. If you export the created override management pack containing this task to a
disk, you can open the exported management pack in a common text editor or Operations Manager Authoring
Console and the view the password in plain text. Create a task only if necessary and consider the security
aspects before you proceed.
To create a task:
1. Launch the Operations Manager console and click Authoring.
2. In the Authoring pane, right-click Tasks under Management Pack Objects, and select Create new task.
Create Task Wizard scree is displayed.
3. In the Select a Task Type screen, select Command line under Console Tasks.
4. Select the destination management pack and click Next.
5. Enter Task name, Description, and select Dell Windows Server as the Task target and click Next.
The Command-Line screen is displayed.
6. Enter the path of the application ipmitool.exe (the path where BMU was installed on the management server) in the
Application field.
For example, C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\bmc\ipmitool.exe. For the two LED identification tasks, the
application path is C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\bmc\ipmish.exe (default BMU path may differ based on the
operating system language).
7. For power control tasks, in the Parameters field, enter the command-line parameters in the following format:
● Enter -I lanplus -H and then choose the Remote Access IP with IPMI capability from the drop-down menu.
● Enter -U <username> -P <password> -k <kgkey> <IPMI Task String>
● Replace <IPMI Task String> with one of the following options:
○ power status (for Check Power Status task)
○ power on (for Power On task)
○ power soft (for Power Off Gracefully task)
○ power off (for Force Power Off task)
○ power cycle (for Power Cycle task)
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