User's Manual

Command Description

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 Either report name or report name with full path is

required to access it later and to upload to Dell Technical

Support.

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.

Type -x proxy IP or type host name to use the proxy

server to upload the report to Dell Technical Support.

-y, --proxyusername Type -y user name of the proxy server used to upload the

report.

-z, --proxypassword Type -z password for the user name of the proxy server

used to upload the report.

NOTE: If -z is not included in the command, then you

will receive a prompt to type the password.

NOTE:

• Using authenticated proxy (-x, -y, and -z) option to upload the report are supported only for systems

running the Windows operating system.

• The data collected from iDRAC7 namespace is limited compared to the data collected from systems

running the Windows operating system or Linux operating systems with the Remote Provider installed.

Order Of Connection For Data Source

DSET uses the following data sources based on the namespace to collect hardware and storage information:

1. Remote Provider (Linux or Windows)

2. OpenManage Server Administrator Native (Linux or Windows)

3. ESX with SMASH profile

4. ESXi with Open Manage Server Administrator installed

5. iDRAC7 (out-of-band)