Dell OPENMANAGE 7.6 Betriebsanweisung

www.dell.com | support.dell.comDell™ OpenManage™Client Instrumentation Version 7.6User’s Guide

10 IntroductionFor example, a management console in the WMI application layer requests the available free space on the client system hard drive. The W

Introduction 11FeaturesThe following are key features of OMCI:• CIM 2.6 Schema Support• Dell LegacySelect 2.0 Support• Remote Boot Device Select• WMI

12 IntroductionA network administrator can change the settings of these components either through the computer's system setup or by using a WMI m

Introduction 13processes that may be running. If the temperature increases too quickly and OMCI does not poll the system in time, it will not generate

14 Introduction•Additional Display Device Information: Earlier OMCI releases provided limited display device information. OMCI 7.6 also provides the m

Introduction 15Other Dell Documents You Might NeedIn addition to this User's Guide, you can find the following guides either on the Dell Support

16 Introduction

Installing Dell™ OpenManage™ Client Instrumentation17Installing Dell™ OpenManage™ Client InstrumentationDell OpenManage Client Instrumentation (OMCI)

18 Installing Dell™ OpenManage™ Client Instrumentation NOTE: You cannot upgrade from OMCI 6.x to OMCI 7.6 using the OMCI 7.6 installer if the target

Installing Dell™ OpenManage™ Client Instrumentation 19or to click Cancel when performing functions that may entail a security risk. With UAC, you can

Notes and Notices NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either pot

20 Installing Dell™ OpenManage™ Client Instrumentation5When the InstallShield Wizard window displays the Welcome message, click Next.The InstallShield

Installing Dell™ OpenManage™ Client Instrumentation 21Silent InstallationInstalling the Client in the Silent ModeIn the silent mode (no dialog boxes a

22 Installing Dell™ OpenManage™ Client InstrumentationUpgrading the Client in Silent ModeTo upgrade from one version of OMCI 7.x to a later version of

Installing Dell™ OpenManage™ Client Instrumentation 23Administrative InstallationTo create a server image of OMCI on your network using an administrat

24 Installing Dell™ OpenManage™ Client Instrumentation

Windows Management Instrumentation 25Windows Management InstrumentationWMI OverviewMicrosoft® Windows® Management Instrumentation (WMI) is Microsoft’s

26 Windows Management Instrumentationor limited, can be granted to users on per-namespace basis. There is no implementation of class or property-level

Windows Management Instrumentation 27To retrieve these Dell attributes, edit the sms_def.mof file available on the SMS server in the sms\inboxes\clifi

28 Windows Management Instrumentationinstance of __InstanceProviderRegistration{Provider = $Q;SupportsGet = TRUE;SupportsPut = TRUE;SupportsDelete = T

Windows Management Instrumentation 29The following text files contain sample scripts. To execute any of the scripts, save the script with a .vbs exten

Contents 3Contents1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7CIM Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7WMI Ov

30 Windows Management Instrumentation

Alerts 31AlertsOverviewAlerts are generated when a system’s state of interest changes. There are two basic types of alerting: local alerting to the cu

32 AlertsThe system network interface card (NIC) and basic input/output system (BIOS) support ASF 2.0. If the BIOS allows for any ASF 2.0 configuratio

Alerts 33You are also provided with an option to receive either a single alert or a limited number of alerts of the occurrence of an event, of a given

34 AlertsThe following properties in the Dell_Configuration class allows you to control the notices sent to the NT event log and to the local display

Alerts 35The lowest WMI severity level that OMCI sends is WARNING_DEGRADED and the highest is CRITICAL. The severities of OMCI 7.x events are listed i

36 AlertsDiskCapacity(105)One of the hard drives is running out of free space.In OMCI 7.0, only one user-defined threshold is used. The threshold is e

Alerts 371 The event is specific to OMCI 7.0.2 The event is specific to OMCI 7.1 and later versions.MemorySizeIncreased(103)The memory size has been i

38 Alerts

Component Descriptions 39Component DescriptionsTable 5-1 lists the Dell™ instrumentation components, their functions, their default installation locat

4 Contents2 Installing Dell™ OpenManage™ Client Instrumentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17User Account Control in Windows Vista . . . . . . . .

40 Component DescriptionsSMBIOS %ProgramFiles%\Dell\OpenManage\ Client\dsmbios.dllComponent that retrieves data from the system management basic input

Component Descriptions 41PC Card %ProgramFiles%\Dell\OpenManage\ Client\dpccard.dllData-provider DLL that gives information about the PC Cards (remova

42 Component DescriptionsIndication Consumer%ProgramFiles%\Dell\OpenManage\ Client\IndiCons.dllDLL that subscribes to the CIMOM for indications of int

Component Descriptions 43DSMBIOS Data Routing File%ProgramFiles%\Dell\OpenManage\ Client\dsmbios_data.htmHTML file that contains configuration informa

44 Component Descriptions1 The component is specific to OMCI 7.0.2 The component is specific to OMCI 7.1 and later.Dell Instantiation MOF2%ProgramFile

Troubleshooting 45TroubleshootingWakeup on LANIf Wakeup on LAN does not function on a client computer system, perform the following checks: • Use eith

46 Troubleshooting• If both the server and the client system are in a domain, perform the following steps:– Verify that the domain administrator accou

Troubleshooting 47– Create an account on the client system with the same user name and password as an administrator account on the system running your

48 Troubleshooting–Set the Local Security setting to Classic - local users authenticate as themselves for Network access: Sharing and security model f

Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings 49Sample Scripts and BIOS SettingsWMI Sample ScriptsClear Chassis Intrusion StatusBelow is a sample VBScript that wil

Contents 54Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31ASF Alertin

50 Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings'*** Declare variablesDim strNameSpaceDim strComputerNameDim strClassNameDim strKeyValueDim objInstanceDim str

Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings 51'*** Set the value of ChassisIntrusionStatus to'5' '***("Clear")'***Set the new

52 Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings'*** Purpose: To disable the desktop message box for '***all alerts on a Dell OMCI client. '***Usage

Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings 53'*** Initialize variablesstrNameSpace = "root/Dellomci"strComputerName = WScript.Arguments(0)strClas

54 Sample Scripts and BIOS SettingsstrMessage = "incorrect syntax. You should run: " & vbCRLF & _ "cscript.exe /nologo SampleDi

Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings 55'*** Check that the right executable was used to run the script'*** and that all parameters were passedIf

56 Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings'*** Sub used to display the correct usage of the scriptSub Usage()Dim strMessagestrMessage = "incorrect

Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings 57Dim objInstanceDim ObjOutParamDim strMethod'*** Check that the right executable was used to run the script&apo

58 Sample Scripts and BIOS SettingsWScript.Echo "Method failed."End If'*** Sub used to display the correct usage of the scriptSub Usage

Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings 59'*** Declare variablesDim strNameSpaceDim strComputerNameDim strClassNameDim strPropValueDim objInstanceDim Ob

6 ContentsGlossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

60 Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings'*** Set the In parameter of the method to the URL of BIOS header fileSet objInParam = objMethod.inParameters.

Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings 61Enabling PXE Boot on the Next RebootBelow is a sample VBScript that will force a Dell OMCI client to boot to PXE on

62 Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings(Wscript.Arguments.Count < 1) ThenCall Usage()WScript.QuitEnd If'*** Initialize variablesstrNameSpace = &qu

Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings 63'*** Sub used to display the correct usage of the scriptSub Usage()Dim strMessagestrMessage = "incorrect

64 Sample Scripts and BIOS SettingsDim strComputerNameDim strClassNameDim strKeyValueDim objInstanceDim strPropNameDim strPropValue'*** Check tha

Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings 65'*** Set the new value for the property and save the instanceobjInstance.Properties_.Item(strPropName).Value =

66 Sample Scripts and BIOS Settingsdisclaims any'*** liability in connection therewith. Dell provides no technical'*** support with regard t

Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings 67WHERE " & _strKeyName & "=" & Chr(34) & strComputerName & Chr(34)'*** Retri

68 Sample Scripts and BIOS SettingsSub Usage()Dim strMessagestrMessage = "incorrect syntax. You should run: " & vbCRLF & _"cscr

Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings 69Dim strPropNameDim strPwd'*** Check that the right executable was used to run the script'*** and that all

Introduction 7IntroductionThe Dell™ OpenManage™ Client Instrumentation (OMCI) software enables remote management application programs to access client

70 Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings'*** If any errors occurred, let the user knowIf Err.Number <> 0 ThenWScript.Echo "Setting the BIOS

Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings 71• CellularRadio• ChassisIntrusion• ChassisIntrusionStatus• ClearSystemEventLog*• Cool and Quiet*• CPUVirtualization

72 Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings• Microphone*• ModuleBayDevice*• MonitorToggling*• MultiCore NOTE: On some Dell systems, the MultiCore property in

Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings 73• PrimaryVideo• RadioTransmission• Safe USB*•SATADIPM*• SecondaryParallelATAMaster• SecondaryParallelATASlave• Seri

74 Sample Scripts and BIOS Settings• USBFlashDriveEmulation*• USBFrontPanelPorts• USBPorts• USBPort00*, USBPort01*, USBPort02*, USBPort03*, USBPort04*

Glossary 75GlossaryThe following list defines or identifies technical terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used in this guide.ASFAbbreviation for Alert

76 GlossaryCLIAbbreviation for command line interface. A CLI displays a prompt, the user types a command on the keyboard and terminates the command (u

Glossary 77DLLAbbreviation for Dynamic Link Library which is Microsoft's implementation of the shared library concept in the Microsoft Windows op

78 GlossaryfirmwareSoftware (programs or data) that has been written onto read-only memory (ROM). Firmware can boot and operate a device. Each control

Glossary 79SMARTAcronym for Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology, which is a monitoring system for system hard disks to detect and repo

8 Introduction• The CIM data model abstracts and describes all elements in a network environment. The CIM schema provides the actual data model descri

80 Glossaryto diagnose and upgrade a remote system while the user of that system continues working on other tasks. It also allows software upgrades in

Index 81IndexAalerts, 31events polled, 35local, 32remote, 31-32ASF, 31alerting, 32CCIM, 7cim_iap_data.htm, 42cim_win32_data.htm, 42overview, 7schema,

82 IndexJJScript, 28Llanguage, specifying, 19, 21LegacySelect, 11MMOF, 8OOMCI, 7, 9architecture, 9BIOS tokens, 14, 70data sources, 8features, 11omci.s

Index 83WMI, 7-8, 25, 34, 49alerting, 32application layer, 9control, 26overview, 8provider, 9repository, 25sample script examples, 49scripts, 28securi

84 Index

Introduction 9OMCI uses a variety of data sources resident on the client system which includes:• Microsoft Win32 WMI providers•SMBIOS• Device drivers•