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Contents

Installing Dell™ OpenManage™
Client Instrumentation

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User Account Control in Windows Vista

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Local Installation

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Installing the Client

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Uninstalling the Client

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Silent Installation

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Installing the Client in the Silent Mode

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Performing a Complete Installation in
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Performing a Custom Installation in
Silent Mode

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Upgrading the Client in Silent Mode

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Uninstalling the Client in Silent Mode

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Administrative Installation

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Windows Management
Instrumentation

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WMI Overview

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WMI Security

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Retrieving Dell Information With SMS 2.0

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WMI Scripts

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Summary of Contents for OPENMANAGE 7.6

Page 1: ...Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation Version 7 6 User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...ctly forbidden Trademarks used in this text Dell the DELL logo OpenManage Latitude OptiPlex and Dell Precision are trademarks of Dell Inc Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the U S and other countries Altiris is a registered trademark of Altiris Inc Microsoft Windows and Windows Vista are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or othe...

Page 3: ...l LegacySelect 2 0 Support 11 Remote Boot Device Select 12 WMI Security 12 Event Reporting 12 Remote Shutdown 13 Remote Wake Up Configurability 13 WfM Version 2 0 Compliance 13 What s New 13 Supported Operating Systems 14 Latest Updates 14 Other Dell Documents You Might Need 15 Other Resources Which Might Be Of Interest 15 Obtaining Technical Assistance 15 ...

Page 4: ...tion 21 Installing the Client in the Silent Mode 21 Performing a Complete Installation in Silent Mode 21 Performing a Custom Installation in Silent Mode 21 Upgrading the Client in Silent Mode 22 Uninstalling the Client in Silent Mode 22 Administrative Installation 23 3 Windows Management Instrumentation 25 WMI Overview 25 WMI Security 25 Retrieving Dell Information With SMS 2 0 26 WMI Scripts 28 ...

Page 5: ...lems 48 A Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings 49 WMI Sample Scripts 49 Clear Chassis Intrusion Status 49 Disable Desktop Messages for All Alerts 51 Remote System Shutdown 54 Remote System Restart 56 Remote BIOS Update 58 Enabling PXE Boot on the Next Reboot 61 Enabling Wakeup on LAN 63 Retrieving Service Tag Asset Tag and BIOS Revision 65 Changing BIOS Password 68 BIOS Settings Supported in OMCI 7 6 ...

Page 6: ...6 Contents Glossary 75 Index 81 ...

Page 7: ...rage network and software devices CIM Overview The CIM created by the Desktop Management Task Force DMTF as part of the Web based Enterprise Management WBEM initiative provides a unified view of physical and logical objects in the managed environment CIM is a systems management protocol defined by industry standards The following are important CIM details CIM is an object oriented data model for d...

Page 8: ...cludes the CIM Object Manager CIMOM which is the interface and manipulation point for CIM objects and information It acts as a facilitator in gathering information and manipulating object properties OMCI provides data to WMI which is the common interface to WMI management applications For more information see Windows Management Instrumentation Data Sources Used by OMCI OMCI contains the underlying...

Page 9: ...ions request client information and receive client alerts through the CIMOM Dell WMI provider Lies beneath the CIMOM and contains two CIM providers which register with the CIMOM When the CIMOM receives a request for information it routes the request to the appropriate provider Both Dell and Microsoft providers exist in this layer and they provide information on system devices The providers send ma...

Page 10: ...r on the client system The CIMOM routes the request to the appropriate WMI provider which in turn routes the request through the data router layer to the disk data provider in the data provider layer The information is then returned through the same path in reverse to the management console NOTE OMCI 7 6 and later versions will not be supported by Dell OpenManage ITAssistant ITA 8 x Figure 1 1 Del...

Page 11: ...WMI Instance Method Provider Dell LegacySelect 2 0 Support LegacySelect allows a network administrator to selectively enable or disable legacy components in a Dell system It is a BIOS level interface which lets you control the level of legacy technology your varied workgroups require LegacySelect 2 0 supports the ability to enable or disable ports including USB PCI slots and disk drives The Legacy...

Page 12: ... access to CIM data and methods Access privileges are enforced by distributed component object model DCOM security and the CIMOM Event Reporting OMCI detects events on Dell systems and can alert the local user and network administrator to potential failures configuration changes and chassis intrusions These events are displayed by a system management application program such as IT Assistant OMCI a...

Page 13: ...mote wake up settings Remote wake up is a function of the client system and NIC WfM Version 2 0 Compliance OMCI is compliant with the Intel Wired for Management WfM 2 0 standard For more information on this standard and its specifications see the Intel website at www intel com What s New The following are new updates to OMCI 7 6 Support for new platforms Support for new Dell Latitude Dell OptiPlex...

Page 14: ...m indicates the file system on the logical disk property values of Dell_Logicaldisk class in the WMI inventory of the client system NOTE NTFS file system compression is not supported If NTFS file based compression is supported the Compressed property is FALSE Added support for BIOS settings BIOS settings listed in BIOS Settings Supported in OMCI 7 6 and marked with an asterisk are added in OMCI 7 ...

Page 15: ...e package or used with software deployment tools to execute remotely across an enterprise Other Resources Which Might Be Of Interest The Dell OpenManage Client Administrator OMCA an integrated suite of client management applications developed in partnership with Altiris to provide optimized client system management can be downloaded from the Altiris website Dell Client Manager DCM which includes D...

Page 16: ...16 Introduction ...

Page 17: ...eraction Administrative Installation You can use a server image to deploy OMCI to client computers on a network by using a login script Windows system policies or other methods A default OMCI uninstallation does not uninstall the driver files and the associated DLL files and they remain on the system A command line property UNINSTALL_DRIVER 1 has to be specified on the command line for a command l...

Page 18: ... was added to the local Administrators group that user was automatically granted every Windows privilege because administrator privileges provide access to all operating system resources User accounts with administrator privileges posed a security risk by providing access to operating system resources that can be exploited by malicious software or malware In Windows Vista there are two types of us...

Page 19: ...environment will affect the prompts and dialogs seen by standard users administrators or both The specific behavior of the UAC elevation prompt is dependent upon the Security Policy setting Local Installation Installing the Client 1 Click Download Now to download the installation file for example r118302_a00 exe from the Dell Support website at support dell com When the File Download window appear...

Page 20: ...nt to install OMCI Click Next 8 Click Install to begin the installation If OMCI version 6 x is installed on the system the installation program prompts you to uninstall it and then run the installation program again The InstallShield Wizard window displays the message Installing OMCI A progress bar indicates the installation status When the installation is completed the message changes to InstallS...

Page 21: ...language ID is 1031 German 1033 English 1034 Spanish 1041 Japanese 1036 French or 2052 Simplified Chinese If the installation language is not specified the installer selects the default operating system language or to English if OMCI does not support the operating system language For example the following command line installs the French version in silent mode setup exe s L1036 v qn Performing a C...

Page 22: ...Client in Silent Mode You can uninstall the client instrumentation in silent mode either using or without using the installation program To uninstall the client instrumentation without the installation program in silent mode run one of the following commands For all 32 bit Windows installations msiexec exe X 73F1BDB7 11E1 11D5 9DC6 00C04F2FC33B qn For all 64 bit Windows installations msiexec exe X...

Page 23: ...lation The InstallShield Wizard window displays the message Installing OMCI A progress bar indicates the installation status When the installation is completed the message changes to InstallShield Wizard Completed 5 Click Finish to end the installation You can use the server image to deploy OMCI to client systems on your network by using a login script Windows system policies or other methods For ...

Page 24: ...24 Installing Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation ...

Page 25: ...layer that mediates interactions between high level management applications and the lower levels of instrumentation such as OMCI and other providers The CIMOM ensures that data supplied by providers is presented to management applications in a uniform and provider independent way The CIMOM does this in part by using the Component Object Model COM Application Programming Interface API for communica...

Page 26: ...hts for both the local and the remote systems NOTE In Microsoft Windows XP the default authentication level is changed from CONNECT to PACKET level This results in a backward compatibility problem with Windows 2000 Systems running Windows 2000 need to have Service Pack 2 installed to be able to connect to WMI on systems running Windows XP Retrieving Dell Information With SMS 2 0 Due to inherent li...

Page 27: ... SystemVendor SMS_Report TRUE read ToInstance ToSubClass string SystemDescription SMS_Report TRUE read ToInstance ToSubClass string ProcessorType SMS_Report TRUE read ToInstance ToSubClass sint32 ProcessorSpeed SMS_Report TRUE read ToInstance ToSubClass string BIOSVersion SMS_Report TRUE read ToInstance ToSubClass datetime BIOSDate SMS_Report TRUE read ToInstance ToSubClass key string ServiceTag S...

Page 28: ...read sint32 ProcessorSpeed read string BiosVersion read string ProcessorType read string ServiceTag read string SystemDescription read string SystemVendor WMI Scripts WMI provides a scripting interface Using VBScript or JScript you can write scripts that connect to WMI services locally or remotely retrieve information or execute methods Because OMCI is implemented through WMI most OMCI tasks can b...

Page 29: ...provided as examples only and have not been tested nor are warranted in any way by Dell Dell disclaims any liability in connection therewith Dell provides no technical support with regard to such scripting For more information on WMI scripting see the applicable Microsoft documentation Clear Chassis Intrusion Status Disable Desktop Messages for All Alerts Remote System Shutdown Remote System Resta...

Page 30: ...30 Windows Management Instrumentation ...

Page 31: ...ed by sensors such as temperature electrical and fan probes and chassis intrusion sensors ASF also handles additional alerting in the operating system absent environment By default OMCI handles remote alerting for all events ASF 2 0 adds important security measures to the ASF standard which defines alerting and remote control interfaces to proactively manage networked devices when their operating ...

Page 32: ...ating system absent alerting techniques The standard is designed to generate an alert on potential security and fault conditions when the operating system is in a sleep state or the system is powered off ASF is designed to supersede previous operating system absent alerting technologies WMI Alerting Local alerting involves displaying user messages and writing to the Windows event log Remote alerti...

Page 33: ...NT event log Values are 0 never send 1 first occurrence only 2 first and second occurrences and so on The special value of 1 sends all occurrences The default value is 1 MaxDisplayNotifications The maximum number of event notifications sent to the local display Values are 0 never send 1 first occurrence only 2 first and second occurrences and so on The special value of 1 sends all occurrences The ...

Page 34: ...otice to the local display based on the severity level of the event OMCI recognizes the following eight WMI severity levels represented by integers 0 through 7 UNKNOWN 0 OTHER 1 INFORMATION 2 WARNING_DEGRADED 3 MINOR 4 MAJOR 5 CRITICAL 6 FATAL_NONRECOVERABLE 7 NOTE Events with CRITICAL severity will cause OMCI to shut down the local system after a 60 second delay The GlobalDisplaySeverityLevel pro...

Page 35: ...ndows Event Log Number Description Severity Level Value FanProbe 1103 A cooling device has exceeded a minor threshold MINOR 4 DiskSizeChanged The size of at least one hard drive has changed 1 WARNING_DEGR ADED 3 DiskSizeIncreased 109 The size of at least one hard drive has increased 2 WARNING_DEGR ADED 3 DiskSizeDecreased 110 The size of at least one hard drive has decreased 2 WARNING_DEGR ADED 3 ...

Page 36: ...s of both thresholds are met The first threshold expressed as an absolute value in megabytes specifies the size of drives to be monitored Drives with a capacity smaller than the specified size are ignored The second threshold is expressed as a percentage of the drive size An event is generated when available free space on one of the monitored drives falls below this percentage MINOR 4 EccMemory 14...

Page 37: ...ED 3 NumberOfProcessorsDecre ased 107 A processor has been removed WARNING_DEGR ADED 3 NumberOfProcessorsIncre ased 106 A processor has been added WARNING_DEGR ADED 3 Smart 108 A hard drive condition has occurred that may eventually lead to a drive failure MAJOR 5 ChassisIntrusion 1253 System Chassis Intrusion alert WARNING_DEGR ADED 3 TemperatureProbe 1054 A temperature probe has exceeded a criti...

Page 38: ...38 Alerts ...

Page 39: ...rovider ProgramFiles Dell Open Manage Client DellWMI dll Module that provides access to information requested by the Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation WMI Service Layer retrieves data for the attributes specified by the Managed Object Format MOF and exposes data through the Common Information Model Object Manager CIMOM Most of its functionality is devoted to provided class instances how...

Page 40: ...ialization of BIOS access and consistency of data and reduces memory and disk requirements IAP is an executable that runs as a Windows service and is the only service installed by OMCI Its purpose is to route requests from the layer above to the appropriate component provider below It also hosts the component DLLs dsmbios dll dpci dll or dsysInfo dll while they are in use WDM Driver C WINNT system...

Page 41: ... Manage Client Dell specific PCI device list System Information ProgramFiles Dell Open Manage Client dsysInfo dll Data provider DLL that provides system specific information not available through other data provider DLLs Events DLL ProgramFiles Dell Open Manage Client DEvents dll DLL that has a collection of Component Object Model COM Objects each assigned to a specific event The event modules com...

Page 42: ...tion when an event is detected It then supplies the indication to WMI which forwards it to indication consumers subscribers The Indication Provider detects events by calling the COM interfaces of event source status checkers at configurable intervals These status checkers are all implemented in DEvents dll The status checkers call the IAP for data and detect events by examining the returned data F...

Page 43: ...t mof MOF file that includes all parent classes of DellOMCI mof These classes are from Distributed Management Task Force DMTF standard CIM Schema Version 2 6 Dell OMCI MOF ProgramFiles Dell Open Manage Client Mofs DellOMCI mof MOF file that defines all the CIM classes of OMCI Dell OMCI Qualifier MOF2 ProgramFiles Dell Open Manage Client Mofs DellOMCI_Qua lifiers mof MOF file that contains declarat...

Page 44: ...nd compiled according to the selected installation language Dell Event MOF1 ProgramFiles Dell Open Manage Client Mofs dellevent mof MOF file that contains the language neutral part of the classes and instances of the OMCI 7 0 Event MOF file This file should be loaded and compiled on all the client systems regardless of the language Dell Event MFL1 ProgramFiles Dell Open Manage Client Mofs delleven...

Page 45: ...ager double click the NIC to open the NIC properties window 2 Click Configure 3 On the Advanced tab set the Wake up property to Magic Packet Remote Connection to WMI and Remote BIOS Update If Common Information Model CIM information for a remote client computer system is not available to the management application or if remote BIOS update which uses Distributed Component Object Model DCOM fails Ac...

Page 46: ...ormation If both the server and the client system are in a workgroup not in a domain perform the following steps If the client system is running the Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system and the server is running Windows 2000 verify that Service Pack 2 or later is installed on the server If the client system is running a version of Windows XP and...

Page 47: ...rom the list of discovered systems configure subnet discovery for it and then rediscover it See the IT Assistant User s Guide for information Perform the following steps in order to modify user privilege levels for connecting remotely to a system s WMI Click Start click Run type compmgmt msc and then click OK Navigate to WMI Control under Services and Applications Right click WMI Control and then ...

Page 48: ...ple 10 94 174 167 root dellomci Enter the Administrator credentials of the target remote system if prompted NOTE See the applicable Microsoft documentation at http msdn microsoft com for more information Installation Problems If you are unable to complete installation of OMCI check the following You must have administrative rights on the target system The target system must be a Dell system with S...

Page 49: ...Property Name ChassisIntrusionStatus Property Value 5 Name SampleChassisIntrusionClear vbs Purpose To clear the chassis intrusion status on a Dell OMCI client Usage cscript exe nologo SampleChassisIntrusionClear vbs systemname This sample script is provided as an example only and has not been tested nor is warranted in any way by Dell Dell disclaims any liability in connection therewith Dell provi...

Page 50: ... 11 wscript exe Or _ Wscript Arguments Count 1 Then Call Usage WScript Quit End If Initialize variables strNameSpace root Dellomci strComputerName WScript Arguments 0 strClassName Dell_SMBIOSsettings strKeyValue 0 strPropName ChassisIntrusionStatus Retrieve the instance of Dell_SMBIOSSettings class there should only be 1 instance Set objInstance GetObject WinMgmts impersonationLevel impersonate Au...

Page 51: ...t usage of the script Sub Usage Dim strMessage strMessage incorrect syntax You should run vbCRLF _ cscript exe nologo SampleChassisIntrusionClear vbs systemname WScript Echo strMessage End Sub Disable Desktop Messages for All Alerts Below is a sample VBScript that will disable the message box that is displayed on the desktop if an alert condition is detected Namespace root DellOMCI Class Name Dell...

Page 52: ...n therewith Dell provides no technical support with regard to such scripting For more information on WMI scripting refer to applicable Microsoft documentation Option Explicit Declare variables Dim objWMIService Dim strNameSpace Dim strComputerName Dim strClassName Dim ColSystem Dim objInstance Dim strPropName Dim strPropValue Check that the right executable was used to run the script and that all ...

Page 53: ...e Retrieve the instances of Dell_IndicationStaticValues class there should be 16 instances one for each alert type Set ColSystem objWMIService execquery Select from strClassName For each objInstance in ColSystem Set the value of MaxDisplayNotifications to 0 Set the new value for the property and save the instance objInstance Properties_ Item strPropName Value 0 objInstance Put_ Next If any errors ...

Page 54: ...ll OMCI client Usage cscript exe nologo SampleShutdown vbs systemname This sample script is provided as an example only and has not been tested nor is warranted in any way by Dell Dell disclaims any liability in connection therewith Dell provides no technical support with regard to such scripting For more information on WMI scripting refer to applicable Microsoft documentation Option Explicit Decl...

Page 55: ...lue Configuration strMethod Shutdown Retrieve the Dell_Configuration class Set objInstance GetObject WinMgmts impersonationLevel impersonate _ strComputerName strNameSpace strClassName Execute the Shutdown method Set ObjOutParam objInstance ExecMethod_ strMethod Let the user know whether the method returned success or not Note if return value is 0 it does not mean the system has shutdown it only m...

Page 56: ...motely Name SampleRestart vbs Purpose To restart a Dell OMCI client Usage cscript exe nologo SampleRestart vbs systemname This sample script is provided as an example only and has not been tested nor is warranted in any way by Dell Dell disclaims any liability in connection therewith Dell provides no technical support with regard to such scripting For more information on WMI scripting refer to app...

Page 57: ...trClassName Dell_Configuration strPropValue Configuration strMethod Restart Retrieve the Dell_Configuration class Set objInstance GetObject WinMgmts impersonationLevel impersonate _ strComputerName strNameSpace strClassName Execute the Shutdown method Set ObjOutParam objInstance ExecMethod_ strMethod Let the user know whether the method returned success or not Note if return value is 0 it does not...

Page 58: ...that will flash the BIOS of a Dell OMCI client remotely Name SampleFlash vbs Purpose To flash the BIOS of a Dell OMCI client Usage cscript exe nologo SampleFlash vbs systemname URL of BIOS header file This sample script is provided as an example only and has not been tested nor is warranted in any way by Dell Dell disclaims any liability in connection therewith Dell provides no technical support w...

Page 59: ...parameters were passed If LCase Right WScript FullName 11 wscript exe Or _ Wscript Arguments Count 2 Then Call Usage WScript Quit End If Initialize variables strNameSpace root Dellomci strComputerName WScript Arguments 0 strClassName Dell_Configuration strPropValue Configuration strMethod FlashBios Retrieve the Dell_Configuration class Set objClass GetObject WinMgmts impersonationLevel impersonate...

Page 60: ...turned success or not Note if return value is 0 it does not mean the system s BIOS has been flashed it only means that the flash method was initiated successfully If objOutParam ReturnValue 0 Then WScript Echo Method completed successfully else WScript Echo Method failed End If Sub used to display the correct usage of the script Sub Usage Dim strMessage strMessage incorrect syntax You should run v...

Page 61: ... and has not been tested nor is warranted in any way by Dell Dell disclaims any liability in connection therewith Dell provides no technical support with regard to such scripting For more information on WMI scripting refer to applicable Microsoft documentation Option Explicit Declare variables Dim strNameSpace Dim strComputerName Dim strClassName Dim strKeyValue Dim objInstance Dim strPropName Dim...

Page 62: ...y be 1 instance Set objInstance GetObject WinMgmts impersonationLevel impersonate _ strComputerName strNameSpace strClassName _ Chr 34 strKeyValue Chr 34 strPropValue objInstance Properties_ Item strPropName Value Set the new value for the property and save the instance but only if the current value is not already 3 Enabled If strPropValue 3 Then objInstance Properties_ Item strPropName Val ue 3 o...

Page 63: ... LAN on a Dell OMCI client Name SampleWuOLEnable vbs Purpose To enable Wakeup On LAN on a Dell OMCI client Usage cscript exe nologo SampleWuOLEnable vbs systemname This sample script is provided as an example only and has not been tested nor is warranted in any way by Dell Dell disclaims any liability in connection therewith Dell provides no technical support with regard to such scripting For more...

Page 64: ...End If Initialize variables strNameSpace root Dellomci strComputerName WScript Arguments 0 strClassName Dell_SMBIOSSettings strKeyValue 0 strPropName WakeupOnLan Retrieve the instance of Dell_SMBIOSSettings class there should only be 1 instance Set objInstance GetObject WinMgmts impersonationLevel impersonate _ strComputerName strNameSpace strClassName _ Chr 34 strKeyValue Chr 34 strPropValue objI...

Page 65: ...orrect syntax You should run vbCRLF _ cscript exe nologo SampleWuOLEnable vbs systemname WScript Echo strMessage End Sub Retrieving Service Tag Asset Tag and BIOS Revision Below is a sample VBScript that will display the Asset Tag Service Tag and the BIOS revision of a Dell OMCI client Name SampleSystemSummary vbs Purpose To display asset tag service tag and BIOS revision of a Dell OMCI client Usa...

Page 66: ...Name Dim colInstances Dim objInstance Dim strWQLQuery Dim strMessage Dim strKeyName Check that the right executable was used to run the script and that all parameters were passed If LCase Right WScript FullName 11 wscript exe Or _ Wscript Arguments Count 1 Then Call Usage WScript Quit End If Initialize variables strNameSpace root Dellomci strComputerName WScript Arguments 0 strClassName Dell_Syste...

Page 67: ...stance to retrieve asset tag service tag and BIOS version For Each objInstance in colInstances strMessage Asset Tag strMessage strMessage objInstance Properties_ Item AssetTag Value strMessage strMessage vbCRLF Service Tag strMessage strMessage objInstance Properties_ Item ServiceTag Value strMessage strMessage vbCRLF BIOS Version strMessage strMessage objInstance Properties_ Item BIOSVersion Valu...

Page 68: ...To change the BIOS password on a Dell OMCI client Usage cscript exe nologo SampleBIOSPwd vbs systemname old pwd space new pwd This sample script is provided as an example only and has not been tested nor is warranted in any way by Dell Dell disclaims any liability in connection therewith Dell provides no technical support with regard to such scripting For more information on WMI scripting refer to...

Page 69: ...0 strClassName Dell_Configuration strKeyValue Configuration strPropName Password strPassEncryptPropName PasswordEncrypted strPwd WScript Arguments 1 Retrieve the instance of Dell_Configuration class there should only be 1 instance Set objInstance GetObject WinMgmts impersonationLevel impersonate _ strComputerName strNameSpace strClassName _ Chr 34 strKeyValue Chr 34 Set the new value for the prope...

Page 70: ... You should run vbCRLF _ cscript exe nologo SampleBIOSPwd vbs systemname Chr 34 _ old pwd space new pwd Chr 34 WScript Echo strMessage End Sub BIOS Settings Supported in OMCI 7 6 NOTE Not all of the below listed BIOS settings are supported on all Dell systems The BIOS settings supported in OMCI 7 6 are AmbientLightSensor AGPSlot ASFMode AudioMode AutoOn AutoOnHour AutoOnMinute BluetoothDevices Boo...

Page 71: ...On some Dell systems the Hyperthreading property in the Dell_SMBIOSSettings class displays Enabled or Disabled even if the installed processor does not support hyperthreading technology In this case the Hyperthreading property instead of hyperthreading may toggle the multi core capability on and off IDEController IntegratedAudio IntegratedSASController IntegratedSATAController IntegratedUSBHub Int...

Page 72: ...s not support multi core technology In this case the MultiCore property is actually disabled NMIButton NoExecute NodeInterleave NumLock Onboard1394 OnboardModem OSInstallMode ParallelPortConfiguration ParallelPortMode PasswordBypass PCCard PCCardAnd1394 PCISlots PenMissingIndication PenResumeOn PointingDevice POSTF12KeySetting POSTF2KeySetting POST Help Desk Key PowerManagementSettings PrimaryPara...

Page 73: ...annel3 SerialATAChannel4 SerialATAChannel5 SerialATAChannel6 SerialATAChannel7 SerialATAChannel8 SerialCommunication SerialPort1Configuration SerialPort2Configuration SERRDMIMessage SetCMOSToDefault SingleByteECCLogging SmartCardReader SpeakerVolume SpeedStep TabletButtons TertiaryParallelATAMaster TertiaryParallelATASlave Trusted Platform Module Activation UARTPowerDown USBEmulation ...

Page 74: ... VideoMemorySize VT for Direct I O WakeupOnLAN WakeupOnLANMethod WiFiCatcherChanges WiFiLocator WirelessDevice WirelessLAN WirelessSwitchBluetoothControl WirelessSwitchCellularControl WirelessSwitchChanges WirelessSwitchWirelessLANControl NOTE BIOS settings added in OMCI 7 6 are marked with an asterisk NOTE See the Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation Reference Guide on the Dell Support website ...

Page 75: ... embedded on a chip that recognises and controls various devices that make up the system CIM Acronym for Common Information Model the CIM Schema is a conceptual schema that defines how the managed elements in an IT environment for instance Computers or Storage Area Networks are represented as a common set of objects and relationships between them CIM is extensible in order to allow productspecific...

Page 76: ...nication and dynamic object creation in any programming language that supports the technology The term COM is often used in the software development world as anumbrellatermthatencompassestheOLE OLEAutomation ActiveX COM and DCOM technologies Although it has been implemented on several platforms it is primarily used with Microsoft Windows DCOM Acronym for Distributed Component Object Model which is...

Page 77: ...ich can be parsed and which gives information about the BIOS and the system in a standardized way Previously such complete information was not available from a standardized source in the PC Due to the rapid advancement of DMTF technologies such as Common Information Model CIM the DMTF defined an End of Life process for its Desktop Management Interface DMI which ended 03 31 2005 DMTF Abbreviation f...

Page 78: ...tenance at remote locations MOF There are potentially many ways in which CIM management information could be represented to exchange information The CIM Specification defines a language based on the Interface Definition Language IDL called Managed Object Format MOF MOFisthestandardlanguageusedtodefineelementsofCIM TheMOFlanguage specifies syntax for defining CIM classes and instances Compilation o...

Page 79: ...Driver Model in computing Also known as the Win32 Driver Model the Windows Driver Model defined a unified driver model for the Windows 98 and Windows 2000 line by standardizing requirements and reducing the amount of code that needed to be written WDM drivers will not run on operating systems earlier than Windows 98 or Windows 2000 and is designed to be forward compatible but not backward compatib...

Page 80: ...on which is a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model that provides an operating system interface through which instrumented components can provide information and notification WMI is Microsoft s implementation of the Web Based Enterprise Management WBEM Standard from the Distributed Management Task Force DMTF WMI allows scripting languages like VBScript to manage Microsoft Windows personal ...

Page 81: ...e 26 D Data 8 data provider 9 data router 9 DCOM 12 45 ddisks dll 39 Dell event MOF 44 Dell instantiation MOF 44 Dell OMCI MOF 43 dellWMI dll 39 DEvents dll 41 DMTF 31 dpccard dll 41 dpci dll 41 dsmbios dll 40 dsmbios_data htm 43 dsysInfo dll 41 I iap exe 40 iap_routing_data htm 43 indiCons dll 42 indiProv dll 42 installation administrative 23 requirements 17 silent 21 instrumentation components 3...

Page 82: ...14 70 data sources 8 features 11 omci sys 40 schema 8 supported operating systems 14 P PET 32 S server image using 23 silent installation complete 21 custom 21 SMART 12 SMBIOS 9 SMS 26 U UAC 18 uninstall client 22 updates 14 upgrade client 22 user authentication 25 V VBScript 28 W WBEM 25 WDM 40 WfM 13 winmgmt 25 ...

Page 83: ...Index 83 WMI 7 8 25 34 49 alerting 32 application layer 9 control 26 overview 8 provider 9 repository 25 sample script examples 49 scripts 28 security 25 severity levels 34 ...

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