Users Guide

Appendix C - Enabling External Program

Tasks

For tasks provided by the Dell 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.

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 OpsMgr 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 OpsMgr 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 OpsMgr console and click Authoring.

2. In the Authoring pane, right-click Tasks under Management Pack Objects, and select Create new

task.

3. In the 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>