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Dell Command | Configure, Command | Power, Command | Monitor and Command | Update are packaged software utilities that provide configuration capability to business client computers. These products consist of a Command Line Interface (CLI) and Graphical User Interface (GUI) to configure various BIOS features.
You can use the Utilities on the following Operating Systems:
This article is only an overview of this particular software. Use the link below to go to the portal on the Dell support site where you can get further information:
Dell Command | Configure is a packaged software that provides configuration capability to business client computers. You can configure the client computers using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a Command Line Interface (CLI).
For more information about CLI, read the Dell Command | Configure Command Line Interface Reference Guide.
You can use Dell Command | Configure in the following Environments:
Dell Command | Power Manager software provides simplified and efficient power management capabilities for Dell laptops and tablets running:
Dell Command | Monitor manages client computers using the Common Information Model (CIM) standard and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which are management protocols. This reduces the total cost of ownership, improves security. It provides a holistic approach managing all the devices in a network including the following devices:
Using CIM you can access Dell Command | Monitor through Web Services for Management Standards (WSMAN).
Dell Command | Monitor contains the underlying driver set that collects client computer information from different sources.
These include:
Dell Command | Monitor retrieves this information through the CIM Object Manager (CIMOM) interface, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) stack, or SNMP agent.
Dell Command | Monitor enables IT-Administrators to remotely collect asset information. They can modify CMOS settings, receive proactive notifications about potential fault conditions, and get alerts for potential security breaches. These alerts are available as events in the event log, CIM Indication. They are received as SNMP traps after importing the Management Information Base (MIB) file and monitoring it.
Dell Command | Monitor is used to gather an asset inventory from the computer including BIOS settings, through CIM implementation or SNMP agent. It can be integrated into a console such as Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager by directly accessing the CIM information. Alternatively, through other console vendors who have implemented the Dell Command | Monitor integration. You can create custom scripts to target key areas of interest. You can use these scripts to monitor inventory, BIOS settings, and system health.
Dell Command | Update is an easy-to-use Graphical User Interface (GUI) and Command Line Interface (CLI) tool. You can use it to update Dell client computers with the latest drivers, BIOS, and firmware. It is a one-to-one stand-alone utility.
The advantages of using Dell Command | Update are:
Inspiron, Latitude, Vostro, XPS, Legacy Laptop Models
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