Users Guide

Command Description
• root/cimv2 for ESX or ESXi default providers—
Use this namespace on systems running ESX or
ESXi.
• root/dcim/sysman for OpenManage Server
Administrator on ESXi — Use this namespace
for connecting to the Server Administrator
installed on the target ESXi system.
• root/dcim — Use this name space for
collecting data from an iDRAC7 or iDRAC8
system.
NOTE: The collection is supported for
systems only with an iDRAC7 or iDRAC8
system with express or enterprise license.
-c, --className Provide the class name to retrieve the data for a
specific component. If class name is provided,
specify the namespace. For example, to retrieve
data for CPU:
On systems running Windows:
DellSystemInfo.exe -n root/dsetcim -c
DCIM_CPUViewExt
On systems running Linux:
dellsysteminfo -n root/dsetcim -c
DCIM_CPUViewExt
-r, --reportname Specify the default location for the generated
report (.zip) file. The default location is desktop for
Windows and /root for Linux. The default file name
is DSET appended with the host name, service tag,
and time stamp.
Either report name or report name with full path is
required to access it later and to upload to Dell
Technical Support.
-v, --privacy Use this option to filter the critical information
mentioned in the Report Filtering section.
Type yes to enable this option.
Default option is no.
-a, --upload Upload the report to the Dell Technical Support.
Type -a auto to upload the generated report
automatically to the Dell Technical Support.
Type -a manual and include the (-r) filename to
manually upload the report to the Dell Technical
Support.
-x, --proxyhost Upload the report to Dell Technical Support
specifying proxy details.
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