Dell iDRAC Service Module 5.3.0.0 User’s Guide

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Windows Management Instrumentation Providers

Windows Management Instrumentation Providers available with iSM exposes hardware data through Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). WMI is a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model that provide an operating system interface through which instrumented components provide information and notification. WMI is Microsoft's implementation of the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) and Common Information Model (CIM) standards from the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) to manage server hardware, operating systems, and applications. WMI Providers help to integrate with Systems Management Consoles such as Microsoft System Center and enable scripting to manage Microsoft Windows servers.

The namespace that is used is \\root\cimv2\dcim. The supported queries are Enumeration and Get. You can use any of the WMI client interfaces such as winrm, Powershell, WMIC, WBEMTEST to query the iDRAC supported profiles through the host operating system.

NOTE:When multiple WMI classes are simultaneously enumerated, the iSM might restart communication with the iDRAC. No action that is required.

The following table lists the iDRAC firmware and iSM versions that support the WMI feature:

Table 1. WMI feature supportThe table lists the iDRAC and iSM versions that support the WMI feature.
iSM version iDRAC firmware version WMI feature support
iSM 5.2.0.0 and newer versions 7.xx.xx.xx and newer versions Not Available
iSM 5.2.0.0 and newer versions 6.xx.xx.xx and earlier versions Available
iSM 5.1.0.0 and earlier versions 7.xx.xx.xx and earlier versions Available

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