Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center Version 5.3 User’s Guide October 2020 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 5 What’s new in this release.................................................................................................................................................5 Key features and functionalities.......................................................................................................................................
Logging...........................................................................................................................................................................22 Remote provisioning......................................................................................................................................................... 23 Prerequisites for remote provisioning....................................................................................................................
1 Introduction This document describes the activities that you can perform with Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center on systems running Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. Topics: • • • • What’s new in this release Key features and functionalities Supported System Center Configuration Manager versions Supported operating systems What’s new in this release ● In the Password feature, replaced the Length option with Configure option.
Supported System Center Configuration Manager versions Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center supports the following versions of Configuration Manager: ● ● ● ● Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft System System System System Center Center Center Center 2012 Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Current Branch Configuration Manager NOTE: Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center versions 4.
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2 Install, uninstall, and upgrade Dell Command | Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center Manage install, uninstall, and upgrade procedures for Dell Command | Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center. Before conducting any of the procedures described here, review the list of Supported operating systems.
2. In the Configuration Manager console, click Administration. 3. Expand Overview > Site Configuration, and click Sites. 4. Right-click the site that you want to configure, and then select Configure Site Components > Software Distribution. The Software Distribution Component Properties screen is displayed. 5. Click the Network Access Account tab. 6. Select the Specify the account that accesses network locations option, and then click Set. 7.
Upgrading Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center Run the latest Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center installer to upgrade from previous versions of Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center. For more information, see Installing Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center.
3 Using Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center Before you begin using Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center, make sure that the target Dell client systems are registered as Configure Manager clients and present under All Systems on the Configuration Manager console. For more information on configuring clients through Configuration Manager, see the Microsoft TechNet article at technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682144.
site option to insert driver libraries into a WinPE package, you must download the driver library file before the process described below. NOTE: Ensure that Microsoft Windows Deployment Kit is installed before proceeding with this feature. 1. Launch the Configuration Manager console. 2. Click Software Library. 3. Expand Overview > Operating Systems. 4. Right-click Boot Images and click Dell Command | WinPE Driver Library Import. The WinPE Driver Library Import Wizard opens. 5.
3. Expand Overview > Operating Systems. 4. Right-click Driver Packages and click Dell Command | System Driver Library Import. The System Driver Library Import Wizard opens. 5. Select a driver library source: ● Dell Update/Support site—Select either the Use current internet proxy settings or the Use custom proxy settings option. If you choose the custom option, also enter a proxy server URL or IP address and a proxy port number.
The Dell Command | Configure Package Import Wizard screen is displayed. 5. Click Browse and browse the location of the Dell Command | Configure SCE file. NOTE: The Dell Command | Configure SCE file is generated by exporting customized settings from the Dell Command | Configure. For more information, see Dell Command | Configure User’s Guide on dell.com/support. 6.
4. Right-click Task Sequences, then click Dell Command | Integration Suite > Create Operating System Deployment Task Sequence. The Client Operating System Deployment Task Template window is displayed. 5. Enter the name of the task sequence in Task Sequence Name field. 6. Under Client Hardware Configuration, select the hardware items that you want to configure in this task sequence.
A Validation Password dialog box is displayed prompting the user to provide an optional password. If you have configured the system or setup password in the target system, type the same system or setup password in the Validation Password dialog box. ● Report — Click Export Report to export the configuration settings as aread-only *.html file. If you have configured the system or setup password in the exporting file, see Password Protection Dialog Box.
C:\Windows\DCC\SCE>""--valsyspwd= Apply operating system image NOTE: Before you begin this task, ensure that you have the required operating system image file (.wim file) under the Operating System Images tree in Configuration Manager. To apply operating system image: 1. From the left-hand side of the Task Sequence Editor, under Deploy Operating System, click Apply Operating System Image. 2.
8. Optionally, in the Select Software window, create a filter using the Operating System, Architecture, and Title criteria, then click Filter Page to apply the filter. A list of application packages matching your criteria appears. 9. Select one or more application packages for import, and click Next. NOTE: If you select an application that was already created, the existing application is recreated. 10.
4 The Dell Command | Intel vPro Out Of Band Application The Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band application provides an out-of-band management solution through a stand-alone application on the system running Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center. The application allows you remotely to manage client systems regardless of the system power or operating state.
Configuring WinRM on client systems If WinRm has not been configured on any client systems with which you are working that were not provisioned by the Remote Provisioning feature, do the following command at an administrative command prompt: NOTE: Configure the client system’s firewall to accept WinRM commands. NOTE: To retrieve the current WinRM settings, use the following command: winrm get winrm/config. If you are using a Group Policy Object-controlled setting, the command displays this information. 1.
to appear in the device collections. You must manually update the membership of the device collections or restart the Configuration Manager Admin Console to refresh the device collections. NOTE: Any Dell client systems that end up in the vPro-AMT Provisioned - Compliant device collection will also appear in the Available clients list for the operations in the Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band application.
4. Click OK. Unsubscribing all subscriptions Use the Unsubscribe All button to remove all subscriptions from all clients in cases where indications operations are negatively impacting network performance and you want to reduce congestion. 1. Launch Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band application. 2. Click the settings icon in the upper right side of the screen. On the Settings screen, the Indications tab is displayed. 3. Click Unsubscribe All.
● Debug—detailed logging for troubleshooting unexpected issues. 5. Click Browse... to choose the location where your log files are created. 6. To view existing logs, click View Folder. 7. Click OK. Remote provisioning Remote provisioning allows you to remotely perform AMT provisioning of Intel vPro-enabled clients. NOTE: Read the Remote Provisioning feature documentation in full before attempting to use Remote Provisioning.
c. Click Create CSR File. 2. Take the CSR file to a trusted third-party CA, and acquire a server certificate file from the CA. NOTE: Receipt of your server certificate file from the CA may take several days. 3. To import the acquired server certificate file once you have received it from the CA, click Create PFX File. 4. Fill out the Create a Personal Information Exchange (PFX) File form, providing the path to your server certificate file, and a PFX File Password. 5. Click Create PFX File.
1. Deploy the vPro-AMT Configure Client task sequence on the vPro-AMT Capable device collection or a custom device collection. The task sequence runs on all client systems in the targeted device collection and attempt to provision the client systems for AMT. After being provisioned, the AMT clients will eventually appear under the vPro-AMT Provisioned-Compliant device collection. It may take a few minutes for the clients to appear in the device collections. 2.
Indications allow you to monitor diagnostic events such as: ● ● ● ● Motherboard failure CPU failure Power supply failure Memory subsystem failure The indications feature has the following functionality: ● ● ● ● ● Settings — Set up configuration data for the feature Policies — Associate filters with a policy that can be applied to one or more clients Configure Subscriptions — Associate policies with clients on the network, and then apply the policies to the clients Subscription status — View and manage su
NOTE: You can only select one Optional filter to include in any given policy. 5. Click OK. The new policy appears in the Policies table. NOTE: A policy is considered “active” when it is included in one or more subscriptions. Editing a policy 1. Click Indications > Policies in the left pane. 2. Select the policy that you want to edit. NOTE: Only inactive policies can be edited. The Edit button becomes active. 3. Click the Edit button. The Edit Policy screen opens. 4. Make any required changes to the policy.
● Stopped To sort the Subscriptions table by any of its fields in ascending or descending order, click the relevant column title. Columns in the Subscriptions table are: ● ● ● ● Subscription Name Operation Modifier—Modifies the Operation. Currently Stop is the only modifier. Status—The status of the Subscription; if a single client remains in the Pending or Retry state, then the Status of the Subscription will be Complete With Errors.
3. Click the Delete button. Applying a subscription NOTE: You cannot apply a new subscription when the Listener IP Address setting is not set. Click Settings > Indications to set a Listener IP Address. NOTE: You cannot apply a new subscription that contains one or more of the same filters and one or more of the same clients as an existing, active subscription.
Stopping a subscription If one or more rows of a subscription are in the Ready, Processing, or Pending Retry state, then you can stop the subscription. Stopping a subscription does not affect any rows of a subscription that are in the Success or Failure states. Once you have stopped a subscription, you can return to the Configure Subscription screen and edit, delete, apply, or unsubscribe the subscription.
NOTE: Adding all events to the Blacklist results in all or almost all new events being discarded. Removing Events From The Blacklist To remove Message IDs from the Blacklist so that those types of events are no longer discarded: 1. Click Indications > Events in the left pane. 2. Click MANAGE BLACKLIST. The Event Blacklist screen displays. Blacklisted events are sortable by Message ID or Description fields. 3.
The Task Queue window is opened and depending on how you scheduled the task, it starts running immediately or will be queued. Configuring the Boot Order Change or configure the boot order on the targeted client-systems. On client systems with Legacy Boot Devices, the Boot Order feature allows you to make permanent or one-time boot sequence changes. NOTE: This Boot Order feature is not supported in UEFI boot mode. 1. Launch the Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band application. 2.
5. Select the Continue on unavailable BIOS Setting option to continue with the BIOS changes if a particular BIOS feature is not available on the client system. 6. Select the Reboot after applying changes option if you want to reboot after applying changes. 7. Click Next. The Select Clients tab is displayed. 8. Search for client systems to which you want to apply the Boot Order changes to. 9.
NOTE: You can launch the Task Queue to view the list of completed and pending tasks. 11. Provide a brief description of the changes you are applying and click Next. The Summary tab is displayed. 12. Click Finish. The Task Queue window is opened and depending on how you scheduled the task, it starts running immediately or will be queued. Operations This feature allows you to set up KVM sessions, turn off, turn on, and reboot Dell client systems, and remote wipe the hard drives of Dell client systems.
NOTE: You can launch the Task Queue to view the list of completed and pending tasks. 9. Provide a brief description of the changes you are applying and click Next. The Summary tab is displayed. 10. Click Finish. Wipe client data CAUTION: This operation deletes all the data on your client systems. NOTE: The remote-wipe of client hard drive may take several hours to complete. The Wipe Client Disk feature remotely erases data on supported client system's hard drives. 1.
To retrieve the status: 1. Select Retrieve and click Next. The Select Clients tab is displayed. 2. Search for client systems to which you want to retrieve the status of Wipe Client Data. 3. From the Available clients list select the client systems that you want to manage and click the button to move your selected systems or press the button to move all the discovered Dell clients into the Selected clients list. 4. Click Next. 5. The Schedule Task tab is displayed. 6.
● Run At—Schedule report task is queued in the Task Queue. NOTE: You can launch the Task Queue to view the list of completed and pending tasks. 6. Provide a name to the task and click Next. The Summary tab is displayed. 7. Click Finish. The Task Queue window is opened and depending on how you scheduled the task, it starts running immediately or gets queued. Retrieving reports NOTE: Retrieving reports requests a report for the data that are collected through Scheduled Reports. View existing reports.
5 Troubleshooting This section contains troubleshooting information for the Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center.
In order to maintain the KVM link, ME is first given control of the wireless link. The timeout is set by default to 10 minutes to provide ample time for the system to complete the reboot process. ME will maintain control even after the operating system has rebooted if the reboot completes in under 10 minutes. To give control back to the operating system immediately, the user must select Tools > Link Preference > OS owns Wireless. In that case, the KVM connection is lost during the transfer process.
10. Clear the Disable this step option. 11. Click Apply.
6 Related reference In addition to this guide, there are other product guides you should have for reference. You can find the following guides on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals. ● The Dell Command | Configure User’s Guide describes the installation and use of the Dell Command | Configure to configure various BIOS features for Dell business client platforms. ● The Dell Command | Monitor User’s Guide describes the installation and the use of the Dell Command | Monitor software.
