Dell System E-Support Tool (DSET) Version 3.6 User's Guide

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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 1. 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 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. For remote report collection, the user name for the remote server must be provided and the user must have administrator privileges on the remote server. For collection from an iDRAC7 source, provide the iDRAC login user name.
`-p`, --password	On systems running Windows, the current user password is used by default. On systems running Linux, specify the password. For local report collection, this parameter is optional for system running Windows but required for system running Linux. For collection from an iDRAC7 source, provide the iDRAC login password. NOTE: If `-p` is not included in the command, then you will receive a prompt to type in the password.
`-d`, --collect	Specify the type of data to be collected (one or more of the following) separated by a comma without any space: `hw`— Server `st`— Storage `sw`— Software `lg`— Logs `ad`— Advanced logs NOTE: If not specified, the default value for `-d` is `hw`, `st`, `sw`, and `lg`. If `ad` is specified, by default, all the logs are collected and this may result in large size reports. For iDRAC namespace only hardware and storage information is collected.
`-n`, --namespace	Specify the namespace to connect. If left blank, the program selects the best available namespace or specify one of the following options: `root/dsetcim` for DSET — This is the default namespace that is installed with the Remote Provider component. Remote DSET receives information from this namespace even if Server Administrator is installed on the system. `omsa` for OpenManage Server Administrator — Use this namespace instead of using the default namespace. In this case, install Server Administrator before running this command. `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 system. NOTE: The collection is supported for systems only with an iDRAC7 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. 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.
`-m`, --validate	Option to validate whether the report can be collected or not. When this option is used with `DellSystemInfo.exe`, `-a` , `-x`, `-y`, and `-z` are not included. If the validation is successful, then Connection authentication test to device is successful. message is displayed. If the validation is not successful, then Dell System E-Support Tool is unable to connect to the system using any of the supported protocols. message is displayed.

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.