Users Guide

On Systems Running Windows

To start the CLI mode, in the Start menu, navigate to DSET 3.7 → DSET CLI. The CLI command window

opens and displays the location of the installed support files as:

<InstallDirectory>\AdvDiags\DSET\bin

At the command prompt, run the following command:

DellSystemInfo.exe [Options]

On Systems Running Linux

At the command prompt, run any of the following commands:

dellsysteminfo [Options]

Change directory to /opt/dell/advdiags/dset/bin and run the command

dellsysteminfo.sh [Options]

List Of CLI Options

The -h option displays the list of available CLI options. To view the options, run the following command:

• On systems running Windows: DellSystemInfo.exe -h

• On systems running Linux: dellsysteminfo -h

Table 5. Command and Description

Command Description

-h, --help Displays the help text and exit.

-s, --server Provide the details of the server to connect to.

Use ’.’ to specify the local server details.

For local report collection, the default setting is

used and this parameter is not required.

For remote report collection, the IP address of the

remote server must be provided.

For collection from an iDRAC7 or iDRAC8 source,

provide the iDRAC IP address.

-u, --username On systems running Windows, the current user

name is used by default. On systems running Linux,

you must provide the user name.

For local report collection, this parameter is

optional.