Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Version 7.1.1 for Microsoft System Center for Operations Manager (SCOM) User's Guide

Creating Advanced Power Control and LED Identification Tasks

1. Launch the Operations Manager console and click Authoring.
2. In the Authoring pane, right-click Tasks under Management Pack Objects, and select Create new task.
   Create Task Wizard scree is displayed.
3. In the Select a Task Type screen, select Command line under Console Tasks.
4. Select the destination management pack and click Next.
5. Enter Task name, Description, and select Dell Windows Server as the Task target and click Next.
   The Command-Line screen is displayed.
6. Enter the path of the application ipmitool.exe (the path where BMU was installed on the management server) in the Application field.
   For example, C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\bmc\ipmitool.exe. For the two LED identification tasks, the application path is C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\bmc\ipmish.exe (default BMU path may differ based on the operating system language).
7. For power control tasks, in the Parameters field, enter the command-line parameters in the following format:
   • Enter -I lanplus -H and then choose the Remote Access IP with IPMI capability from the drop-down menu.
   • Enter -U <username> -P <password> -k <kgkey> <IPMI Task String>
   • Replace <IPMI Task String> with one of the following options:
     • power status (for Check Power Status task)
     • power on (for Power On task)
     • power soft (for Power Off Gracefully task)
     • power off (for Force Power Off task)
     • power cycle (for Power Cycle task)
     • power reset (for Power Reset task)
     • identify on (for LED Identification On task)
     • identify off (for LED Identification Off task)

   Example:

   -I lanplus -H $Target/Property[Type="Dell.WindowsServer.Server"]/RemoteAccessIP$ -U root -P <password> -k <kgkey> power status

8. For LED on or off tasks, enter the command-line parameters in the following format:
   • Enter -ip and choose the Remote Access IP with IPMI capability from drop-down menu.
   • Enter -u <username> -p <password> -k <kgkey> <IPMI task string>.
9. Click Create to create the task and repeat this procedure for each new BMC task.