Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band Version 3.
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Contents 1 Overview........................................................................................................................................................5 What’s New........................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Supported Operating Systems ..................................................................................................................................
Generating Reports......................................................................................................................................................... 25 Scheduling Reports....................................................................................................................................................25 Retrieving Reports.....................................................................................................................................................
1 Overview Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band for Microsoft Windows Server 2011/2012/2012 R2/2016 Essentials is an easy-to-use application that provides an out-of-band management solution. The application allows you to remotely manage client systems regardless of the system power state.
Supported Client Operating Systems • Windows 10 32-bit • Windows 10 64-bit • Windows 10 32-bit Professional • Windows 10 64-bit Professional • Windows 10 32-bit Enterprise • Windows 10 64-bit Enterprise • Windows 8.1 32-bit • Windows 8.1 64-bit • Windows 8.1 32-bit Professional • Windows 8.1 64-bit Professional • Windows 8.1 32-bit Enterprise • Windows 8.
2 Installing Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band This chapter provides steps to install, uninstall, and upgrade Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band for Microsoft Windows Server 2011/2012/2012 R2 Essentials. Topics: • Pre-requisites to Install Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band • Installing Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band • Using The Repair Option In The Installer • Upgrading From Dell Intel vPro AMT Plugin Version 1.1 Or 1.
9 Click Finish. NOTE: Select the Show the Windows Installer log option to review the installation logs. Using The Repair Option In The Installer This feature repairs any installation issues that may have occurred when you were installing Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band. 1 Open Control Panel > Programs and Features. 2 Right-click Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band, and then click Repair. 3 Run the DCIV_Setup_3_0_0.exe package from the folder to which you downloaded the package.
3 Using Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band This chapter discusses the various operations that you can perform after you install Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band for Microsoft Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2011/2012/2012 R2/2016 Essentials.
Configuring WinRM NOTE: Configure the client systems firewall to accept WinRM commands. On the client system, if WinRm has not been configured, type the following command on an administrative command prompt. 1 Enter winrm quickconfig.
NOTE: The option to configure KACE account settings is not available unless you have installed Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band on a KACE-managed network. 1 Launch Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band. 2 Click the Settings icon. 3 Click the KACE Account Setup tab. 4 Configure the following settings: 5 • KACE Server Name — The Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the server on which the KACE software is installed. • KACE Server Username — The KACE server administrator account username.
For more information, see Launching Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band. 2 Click the settings icon. 3 On the Settings screen, click KVM. The KVM tab is displayed. 4 Specify the time for the User Consent session to time out in the User consent response timeout field. 5 Specify the time for the KVM session to time out after a period of inactivity in the Session Timeout field. 6 Click OK. NOTE: Setting the value to zero disables the time out session.
Provisioning Using A USB Device The client systems on the network have to procure a digital provisioning certificate before deploying the Intel Management and Security Status application using remote configuration. To export your certificate hash to the client systems using a USB storage device: 1 Launch Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band. For more information, see Launching Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band. The USB Provisioning screen is displayed.
6 • Clear selected client systems — clears the selected client-systems from the list of discovered client system. Click Finish. NOTE: Wait until the client system is added to the DCIV database to mouse-over and view client-specific data like operating system, Service Tag.
Policies From the Policies screen, you can view the Indications policies that have been previously created, as well as perform the following tasks: • Create a new policy • Edit a policy • Delete a policy The table can be sorted by any of its field in ascending or descending order by clicking the relevant column title. Creating A Policy 1 Click Indications > Policies. 2 Click New. The Create Policy screen opens. 3 Enter a policy name.
Deleting A Policy 1 Click Indications > Policies in the left pane. 2 Select the policy you want to delete. NOTE: Only inactive policies can be deleted. The Delete button becomes active. 3 Click the Delete button. Configure Subscriptions A subscription is a collection of one policy with one or more clients selected from those on the network.
The Create Subscription screen appears. 2 Enter the name of the subscription. The name must be unique, contain only alphanumeric characters and spaces, and be no longer than 64 characters. 3 Select the policy you want to include in the subscription. 4 Click Next. The Select Client(s) screen appears. 5 Optionally, use the Search for clients filters to limit the list of available clients.
Unsubscribing A Subscription NOTE: If an Unsubscribe All task is in progress, you will not be able to subscribe, unsubscribe, or stop subscriptions. NOTE: If the Indications service (DellAweSvc) is not running, you will not be able to subscribe, unsubscribe, or stop subscriptions. Check the status of the service on the Services console. 1 Click Indications > Configure Subscriptions. 2 Select the subscription you want to unsubscribe. 3 Click Unsubscribe..
event Message ID to a Blacklist; the events will continue to occur, but they will no longer be stored until you remove them from the Blacklist. The Event list is sortable by the Date column only. Other information provided in the Event list is: • Client — The client system that generated the event.
4 Click REMOVE FROM BLACKLIST, and then click CLOSE. New events containing the removed Message IDs are no longer discarded, and will appear in the Event list. Exporting Events To export a list of events to a *.cvs file: 1 Click Indications > Events in the left pane. 2 Select the events to export by placing a check mark in the appropriate boxes. 3 Click EXPORT . . . . 4 Navigate to the location to which you want to save the event list file, and click Save. The selected events are saved to the *.
NOTE: This Boot Order feature is not supported in UEFI boot mode. 1 Launch Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band. For more information, see Launching Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band. 2 Click Client Configuration > Boot Order. 3 The table lists all the possible Boot devices. Change the boot order by: • 4 Moving the boot devices up or down the order by clicking the Up or Down arrows at the bottom of the table.
• 5 Continue to the next client, but stop processing this client on errors — The application stops applying BIOS settings to the client with the error, and moves on to the other selected clients. • Reboot client after applying changes Click Next. The Select Clients tab is displayed. 6 Search for client systems to which you want to apply the BIOS settings.
Depending on the schedule, select one of the following options: • Run now — the BIOS password configuration is immediately applied and displays the Running status in the Task Queue. • NOTE: If the Dell client systems are not connected to the network, run the task again. Run At — the BIOS password configuration is queued in the Task Queue. 11 NOTE: You can launch the Task Queue to view the list of completed and pending tasks. Provide a brief description of the changes you are applying and click Next.
7 Click Next. The Schedule Task tab is displayed. 8 You can either choose to apply the task immediately or schedule it to run later. Depending on your schedule, select one of the following options: • Run now — the power management changes are immediately applied and displays the Running status in the Task Queue. NOTE: If the Dell client systems are not connected to the network, run the task again. • Run At — the power management changes are queued in the Task Queue.
8 Click Finish. Retrieving Wipe Client Data Status NOTE: Retrieve requests the status of the Wipe Client Data operation. NOTE: After the remote hard drive wipe command has been issued from the server to the client system, the task’s status changes to Complete. The format process on the client system will begin only after the status changes to Complete. To retrieve the status: 1 Select Retrieve and click Next. The Select Clients tab is displayed.
The Select Clients tab is displayed. 2 Search for the list of client systems you want to view the reports on. 3 From the Available clients list select the client systems you want to manage and click the press the button to move all the discovered Dell clients into the Selected clients list. 4 Click Next. button to move your selected systems or The Schedule Task tab is displayed. 5 You can either choose to apply the Task immediately or schedule it to run later.
• Retrieve — executes the Retrieve (instead of the Schedule) path of a report task. • Edit — edit tasks that are pending (waiting to be run). Tasks are placed on Hold while editing is underway. • Duplicate — duplicate all pending, completed, and canceled tasks. • Cancel — cancel tasks that are not yet Completed.
