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Dell Command | Monitor Version 10.2 User's Guide

Dell Command | Monitor overview

  • NOTE: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is not supported for Dell Command | Monitor for Linux.

Dell Command | Monitor manages client systems using the Common Information Model (CIM) standard and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which are management protocols. This reduces the total cost of ownership, improves security, and provides a holistic approach managing all the devices in a network including clients, servers, storage, networking, and software devices.

Using CIM you can access Dell Command | Monitor through Web Services for Management Standards (WSMAN).

Dell Command | Monitor contains the underlying driver set that collects client system information from different sources including the BIOS, CMOS, System Management BIOS (SMBIOS), System Management Interface (SMI), operating system, and Application Programming Interface (APIs). Dell Command | Monitor for Windows also collects client system information from Dynamic-Link Library (DLLs), and registry settings. Dell Command | Monitor for Windows retrieves this information through the CIM Object Manager (CIMOM) interface, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) stack, or SNMP agent, where as Dell Command | monitor for Linux retrieves this information through Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) interface.

Dell Command | Monitor enables IT administrators to remotely collect asset information, modify BIOS settings, receive proactive notifications about potential fault conditions, and get alerts for potential security breaches. In the systems running Windows, these alerts are available as events in the NT event log, WMI event, or SNMP traps v1. For the systems running Linux, these alerts are received as Syslog, OMI event, or Application log.

Dell Command | Monitor for Windows can be integrated into a console such as Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager by directly accessing the CIM information, or through other console vendors who have implemented the Dell Command | Monitor integration. Additionally, you can create custom scripts to target key areas of interest. Sample scripts are available at Dell Knowledge Library Dell Command | Monitor page. You can use these scripts to monitor inventory, BIOS settings, and system health.

  • NOTE: Default installation does not enable SNMP support. For more information on enabling SNMP support for Dell Command | Monitor for Windows, see Dell Command | Monitor Installation Guide at dell.com/dellclientcommandsuitemanuals.
  • NOTE: Default installation does not enable SNMP support. For more information on enabling SNMP support for Dell Command | Monitor for Windows, see Dell Command | Monitor Installation Guide .

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