Dell Command | Monitor Version 9.1 User's Guide

A company that uses many Dell systems was not able to maintain accurate inventory information because of changes in the business and IT staff. The Chief Information Officer (CIO), requests a plan for identifying the systems that can be upgraded to Microsoft Windows latest versions. This requires an assessment of the deployed systems to determine the size, scope, and financial impact of such a project. The information collection involves a significant effort. Deploying IT staff to each client system is expensive, in terms of man-hours and end-user interruptions.

Using Dell Command | Monitor on each Dell system, the IT manager can quickly collect information remotely. Using tools such as Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), the IT manager queries each client system over the network and collects information such as CPU type and speed, memory size, hard-drive capacity, BIOS version, and current operating system version. Once the information is collected, it can be analyzed to identify the systems that can be upgraded to Windows latest versions.

You can also get asset inventory through script or any Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) command line.