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Dell EMC iDRAC Service Module 4.1.0.0 User’s Guide

Enable WS-Man remotely

With the WMI information feature, you can connect to the host Microsoft Windows WMI namespace to monitor system hardware. The WMI interface on the host is enabled by default, and you can access it remotely. However, if you want to access the WMI interfaces using WINRM’s WMI adapter, you must enable it manually as it is not enabled by default. Using this feature, you can access the WINRM WMI namespaces remotely by enabling it during installation.

This feature can be accessed using PowerShell commands. The commands that are used are as follows:

Table 1. Enable WS-Man remotelyThe following table lists the commands that are used to enable WS-Man remotely.
Command Description
Enable-iSMWSMANRemote —Status enable —Forcereconfigure yes —Createselfsigncert yes —IPAddress <IP address> —Authmode Basic, Kerberos, Certificate Enabling and configuring the remote WS-Man feature
Enable-iSMWSMANRemote —Status get Viewing the status of remote WS-Man feature
Enable-iSMWSMANRemote —Status disable Disable remote WS-Man feature
Enable-iSMWSMANRemote —Status enable —Forcereconfigure yes —Createselfsigncert yes —IPAddress <IP address> Reconfigure the remote WS-Man feature
NOTE You must have a server authenticating certificate and an https protocol to work with this feature.

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