Dell Command | Monitor Version 9.1 User's Guide

CIM 2.17 schema support

BIOS configuration

Dell Command | Monitor provides the ability to configure a system BIOS, including management of its boot order.

WMI security

WMI provides user authentication before granting access to the CIM data and methods. Access privileges are enforced by Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) security and CIMOM. Complete or limited access, is granted to users on per-namespace basis. There is no class implementation or property-level security. By default, users who are members of the administrators group have complete local and remote access to WMI.

You can configure WMI security using the WMI Control available in the Computer Management console under the Services and Applications section. Right-click WMI Control, and then click Properties. You can configure namespace-specific security from the Security tab. You can also run WMI Control from the Start menu or from the CLI, by running wmimgmt.msc.

Event reporting

Dell Command | Monitor detects events on Dell systems and alerts the local user and network administrator about potential failures, configuration changes, and chassis intrusions. These events are displayed by a systems management application such as OpenManage Essentials (OME).

Remote shut down

Dell Command | Monitor supports remote system shut down and reboot.

Information access

Dell Command | Monitor provides access to system information such as BIOS revision and system model through WMI using CIM. The WSMAN protocol can also be used to access this information through WMI.

Detailed asset information

Dell Command | Monitor provides access to detailed inventory information such as processors, PCI devices, and batteries.

Remote wake-up configuration

Dell Command | Monitor supports configuration of remote wake-up settings. Remote wake-up is a function of the client system and Network Interface Card (NIC).

Remote modification of system settings

Dell Command | Monitor allows administrators to retrieve and set business client BIOS settings such as USB port configuration, boot order, and NIC settings.

System health and status

Dell Command | Monitor monitors the system health such as fan status, and reports the status through NT event log entries and CIM events.

RAID monitoring and alerting for Intel and LSI Controllers

Monitoring and alerting for Intel and LSI RAID controllers for its physical and logical drives.

SNMP monitoring and traps

Dell Command | Monitor confirms to SNMP v1 and supports monitoring of system attributes and traps.