Users Guide

• If you selected Remote Server Administrator Command, then provide command, SSH port number, and select Generate
Trusted Key for Linux if you want to generate a trusted key.
• If you selected Generic Command, RACADM Command Line, or IPMI Command then provide command and append
output information. Providing the append output information is optional.
5. On Task Target, do one of the following:
• Select a query from the drop-down list or create a new query by clicking the New button.
• Select server targets for running the commands. Only applicable targets are displayed by default. For more information, see
the Device Capability Matrix.
6. On Schedule and Credentials, provide user credentials, and set schedule for the tasks from available options, and then click
Finish.
For information about the fields in the Create a Command Line Task wizard, see Command Line Task.
Related links
Remote Tasks
Remote Tasks — Reference
Remote Tasks Home
Command Line Task
All Tasks
Device Capability Matrix
Managing RACADM Command Line Tasks
RACADM command line tasks are used to run commands on remote DRACs and iDRACs. For example, run a RACADM task to
configure iDRAC through out of band (OOB) channel. To manage RACADM Command line tasks:
1. From OpenManage Essentials, click Manage → Remote Tasks → Common Tasks → Create Command Line Task.
2. On General, choose RACADM Command Line and enter a name for the task.
3. Enter the RACADM sub-command (for example, getsysinfo.) For a list of RACADM commands, go to dell.com/support.
4. (Optional) Choose Output to file to capture task output from multiple targets. Enter path and file name.
• To log the information from all selected targets, select Append.
• To write all the detected errors to the log file, select Include errors.
5. On Task Target, do one of the following:
• Select a query from the drop-down list or create a new query by clicking the New button.
• Choose target servers or DRACs/iDRACs. Only applicable targets are displayed by default. For more information, see the
Device Capability Matrix.
6. On Schedule and Credentials, set the schedule parameters, provide target credentials and then click Finish.
Related links
Remote Tasks
Remote Tasks — Reference
Remote Tasks Home
Command Line Task
All Tasks
Device Capability Matrix
Managing Generic Command Line Task
Using Generic command line task, you can run different types of tasks such as, a batch file, a script file such as a Powershell or VBS
script, an executable, or a command, on the local OpenManage Essentials system. While the task always runs on the local
OpenManage Essentials system, you can structure the local task to interact with or act upon a variety of remote devices or servers.
You can enter tokens (substitution parameters) in the command line task to be passed to the script file, executable, command, or
batch file and execute local scripts on devices that are discovered in OpenManage Essentials.
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