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Some tools to help manage your Dell - 2/29/2004 2:33:03 PM  3 votes
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Here are some links that may help in the management of Dell systems:

General Management

Dell OpenManage Systems Management
    This page has downloads, white papers, user guides, and case studies.

    Check out the Client Systems tab on this page to download the following tools:

  • OpenManage Client Administrator
  • Altiris Local Recovery
  • IT Assistant for clients, servers and storage
  • OpenManage Client Connector
  • OpenManage Client Instrumentation
  • Dell Client Configuration Utility
BIOS Flashing

For OMCI 6.0
Dflash Utility

For OMCI v6.x
Dflash Utility: Dell OpenManage™ Client Instrumentation Administrative Tools User' s Guide

For OMCI 7.x
SampleFlash.vbs

Dell Client Connector
Update BIOS


*I' ll be updating this information over the next few weeks so please let me know if I' m missing anything.

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RE: Some tools to help manage your Dell - 10/12/2006 4:21:49 AM   
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Good morning,
I have read your article (About Managing Dell BIOS settings and the scripts you have provided) and I thought there were really a great help.
I'm trying to make a few changes in our network (about 400-500 Dell client PC's)
What I would like to do is to remotely change all the bios settings to unable WOL. I have download the OMCI client and I have the WMI script to make these changes whowever the problem I'm coming across is that once you install the OMCI the system starts displaying warning messages (chassis intrusions etc) I think this is the dell IT assistant! My question is if you could direct me on how I could either disable this assistant or direct these messages to a server so that they are not displayed in the client??
Hope someone someone can point me in the right direction!
Thanking you in advance

Miguel Ferreira

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RE: Some tools to help manage your Dell - 10/12/2006 9:55:58 AM   
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to acknowledge chassis intrusion:

'==========================================================================
'
'
' DATE  : 11/11/2005
'
' This script can be used to set the Chassis Intrusion Status.
' The Varibles below can be adjusted for the desired values. However, Chassis Intrusion Status should only
' be cleared or set to a value of 5. All other values are not user setable.
'
' sChassisIntrusionStatusValue is set to a value of 5 to clear
' Values:
' 2 unsupported
' 3 Detected. A values of 3 generates the alert.
' 4 Not Detected. This is normal operation
' 5 Clear. This will clear a detected alert. Setting the value to 5, will result in a value of 4 or Not Detected
'
'==========================================================================
On Error Resume next
sChassisIntrusionStatusValue = "5"
sComputerName= "."
Dim sComputerName
call SetChassisIntrusionStatus

'==========================================================================
' SUB SetChassisIntrusionStatus.  Connects to WMI,  and sets
'  ChassisIntrusionStatus property to the sChassisIntrusionStatusValue variable value.
'==========================================================================
Sub SetChassisIntrusionStatus
' Declare Variables 
Dim objWMIService, objSystem
Dim ColSystem

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate,AuthenticationLevel=pktprivacy}\\" & sComputerName & "\root\dellomci")
  'Establish connection to DellOmci namespaces and retrieve all instances of Dell_Indication Configuration
 Set ColSystem=objWMIService.execquery ("Select * from Dell_SMBIOSsettings")
  
 For each objSystem in ColSystem
   objSystem.ChassisIntrusionStatus = sChassisIntrusionStatusValue     
      objSystem.put_
    Next
End Sub
'==========================================================================
' End
'==========================================================================

To disable chassis intrusion:

'==========================================================================
'
' VBScript Source File -- Created with SAPIEN Technologies PrimalSCRIPT(TM)
'
' NAME: EnableAlerts.vbs
'
' DATE  : 1/3/2006
'
' COMMENT: Can be used to set localonly reporting property to false
'
'==========================================================================
Option Explicit
Dim sComputerName
Dim bLocalOnlyValue
bLocalOnlyValue=True
sComputerName= "."
call SetLocalOnly(sComputerName, bLocalOnlyValue)

'==========================================================================
' Function Get Info.  Connects to WMI,  and sets Local Only property
'   of all dell_configuration instances to false.
'==========================================================================
Sub SetLocalOnly(sIPAddress, bLocalOnly)
' Declare Variables 
Dim objWMIService, objSystem
Dim ColSystem
' Connect to remote system.  If system is powered off, it may take up To
' 45 seconds for the connection attempt to time out 

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate,AuthenticationLevel=pktprivacy}\\" & sIPAddress & "\root\dellomci")
  'Establish connection to DellOmci namespaces and retrieve all instances of Dell_Indication Configuration
 Set ColSystem=objWMIService.execquery ("Select * from Dell_IndicationConfiguration")
  
 'set localonly property to value of blocalonly variable passed in from main()
 For each objSystem in ColSystem
  If objSystem.Name = "Dell.OMCI.Events.ChassisIntrusion" then
  objSystem.LocalOnly = bLocalOnly     
     objSystem.put_
     End if
    Next
End Sub
'==========================================================================
' End
'==========================================================================

More client scripts including WOL:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smcliins/cli74/en/ug/7app.htm#wp1052372

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RE: Some tools to help manage your Dell - 10/12/2006 12:24:45 PM   
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Hi Jay,
Thanks very much for your reply, this will sort out the events popping up on the screen which will be good. However I've read somewhere that it is possible for the events which are produced by OMCI to be logged/written to a server or network location! Do you know anything about this??
Thanks once again,

Miguel

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RE: Some tools to help manage your Dell - 10/12/2006 12:53:50 PM   
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Dell has an application called IT Assistant that communicates with OMCI.  It has a SQL back end that stores inventory information, health, BIOS settings, OS info, and some other things.  ITA communicates with OMCI via CIM.  After installing OMCI you will see the new root\dellomci namespace in the wmi repository on your desktops.  This is what is provided to ITA.

Altiris also has modules to monitor Dell Client machines.  The monitoring app is OMCA or Openmanage Client Administrator but this is not free like IT Assistant.

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/alliances/en/altiris?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz


ITA Docs:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smitasst/8.0/en/ug/index.htm 

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RE: Some tools to help manage your Dell - 10/13/2006 10:48:28 AM   
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Hi Jay,
Thanks for your help its been very helpful. I have installed the OMCC on my PC and then set it up, however the I can actually see any of the client PC's that I have the OMCI installed on!! I though that the OMCC could read/scan all the PC's on the network which had the OMCI client installed, isn't the software (OMCC) designed to do this or have I done something wrong!?
I have the OMCI client installed on 3 client PC's but when I open the OMCC the only configuration available is my own PC's configuration!
Thanks
Miguel

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RE: Some tools to help manage your Dell - 1/9/2008 2:06:27 AM   
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Thanx Dude! software development

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RE: Some tools to help manage your Dell - 1/9/2008 9:45:31 AM   
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Is anyone managing Optiplex 755 with IT Assistant?

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RE: Some tools to help manage your Dell - 1/17/2008 1:48:01 AM   
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Thanks!

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RE: Some tools to help manage your Dell - 2/4/2008 7:38:48 AM   
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I would like to make a correction. Dell doesn't charge for altiris Dell client manager software. They just require registration. opti 755 can be managed using the IT Assistant but some features may not work as IT assistant,omca, and dccu were replaced with the Dell client manager program which has the features of all 3 older programs. The updates for the IT assistant stopped around the time of the gx280 optiplex. pbruss to manage the pc's with omcc they must be listed in discovered systems. If they are listed but grey with ? mark they are not fully discovered and you need to check for issues that can block discovery. The most common is firewalls or ports in the firewall needing to be open.
1)      Make sure the computer can be pinged from the Management Station (computer/server running ITA and OMCC).
2)      Check for firewalls especially on Windows XP Service Pack 2 and later.
A.    3rd Party firewalls need port 445 opened for remote administration

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RE: Some tools to help manage your Dell - 2/8/2008 8:59:08 AM   
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What is Dell client manager ?
Where can I get it?
Is it still possible to manage the BIOS settings as flashing the BIOS without the need of installing a client or a server?  We just want to use a batch to do everything.
Is it a tool to configure AMT?

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