Owner's Manual

154 Managing Tasks
NOTE: If you are running the software deploy task across a wide area network
(WAN), the task could fail if the network does not have sufficient bandwidth.
However, if you want to perform this task across WAN locations, it is recommended
that you install IT Assistant locally on a system at the remote location, have the
update package/installers available locally on the IT Assistant system and access
the IT Assistant through Remote Desktop to that system.
Creating a Command Line Task
The Command Line tasks allow you to execute commands on your
management station. IT Assistant displays different screens on the wizard
depending on the tasks you choose. IT Assistant also displays different
options depending on the hardware (BMC) or the software component
(OpenManage Client Connector or BMC Utilities) that it detects on your
management station. For example, if you have installed the BMC Utilities
on your management station, then the wizard for creating the command Line
task will display the IPMI Command Line in the Task Type pull-down menu.
To create a Command Line task, perform the following steps:
1
Select Manage  Ta sk s and right-click Command Line in the left
navigation pane.
2 Select New Task .
The Task Creation wizard appears.
3 Enter a Task Name , then choose the task type from the Task Type
pull-down menu and click
Next .
4 In the Task Executable Specification window, enter the command
executable and the arguments, and click
Next .
For more information, see the
Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Online
Help.
5
In the Device Selection window, select the devices/groups on which you want
to run the command line task or provide a query.
NOTE: This window is available only if you have chosen $IP or $NAME as
arguments in the Task Executable Specification window.
6 Under Select Schedule , you can either schedule the task to run at a
specified time, or run the task immediately.