Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band Version 3.3 User's Guide October 2020 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Overview...................................................................................................................... 5 What’s new in this release.................................................................................................................................................5 Supported operating systems .........................................................................................................................................
Scheduling reports...................................................................................................................................................... 24 Retrieving reports....................................................................................................................................................... 25 Task queue.............................................................................................................................................................
1 Overview Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band for Microsoft Windows Server 2011/2012/2012 R2/2016/2019 Essentials is an easyto-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.
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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 Windows Server 2011/2012/2012 R2/2016/2019 Essentials.
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_3_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.
3. winrm set winrm/config/client @{AllowUnencrypted="false"} 4. winrm set winrm/config/client/auth @{Digest="true"} 5. winrm set winrm/config/client @{TrustedHosts="MANAGEMENT_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS"} The WinRM is configured.
Indications Configure indications settings such as Retention Days and Listener IP Address. 1. Launch Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band application. 2. Click the settings icon. On the Settings screen, the Indications tab is displayed. 3. Configure the following settings: ● Retention Days—The number of days client events are stored in the database, ranging from a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 180 days. Events are removed once the retention day period is met.
3. On the Settings screen, click Task Queue. The Task Queue tab is displayed. 4. Configure the following settings: ● Task Queue—To automatically refresh the task queue, click the switch to the On position. ● Refresh Period—Set the task queue refresh period between 15–900 seconds. ● History Limit—Set the number of tasks to retain in the task queue database between 7–1095 tasks. NOTE: Only completed, canceled, or aborted tasks are removed as new tasks are created. 5. Click OK.
5. Select the Enable remote configuration of user consent policy option if you want to allow the administrator to override the client system user consent policy. 6. Select the OOB Provisioning (enabling will start hello packets immediately) option if you want to send hello packets immediately. 7. Select the Consumable Records option to record the systems that are provisioned. 8. Select the type of Hash Algorithm that you used to create the certificate file. 9.
● Configure Subscriptions—Associate policies with clients on the network, and then apply the policies to the clients ● Subscription status—View and manage subscriptions ● Events—View, manage, and export events Recommended and optional filters Some indications are message intensive: when applied to a client, these filters will likely generate a large volume of messages, and they should therefore be used with extreme caution.
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. NOTE: At least one filter must be selected before the policy can be saved. CAUTION: Use the Optional Filters with great care, as they can impact network performance.
● Clients—If one client is included in the subscription, its Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) will be listed in the table. To see a list of client FQDNs included in the subscription if there are two or more, click the Multiple . . . hyperlink in the column. To refresh the Subscriptions table, click the refresh button. Creating a subscription NOTE: You must have already created at least one policy and have clients available before you can create a subscription. 1.
NOTE: You cannot apply a subscription that includes one of the Optional filters when another subscription containing one of the message intensive filters is active. NOTE: If an Unsubscribe All task is in progress, you cannot subscribe, unsubscribe, or stop subscriptions. NOTE: If the Indications service (DellAweSvc) is not running, you cannot subscribe, unsubscribe, or stop subscriptions. Check the status of the service on the Services console. 1. Click Indications > Configure Subscriptions. 2.
2. Select the subscription that you want to stop. 3. Click STOP SUBSCRIPTION. Events The Events screen displays a list of indications that are returned once a subscription has been applied. From this screen, you can not only view the list of events, but also export the list to a *.csv file. Should you no longer must track specific types of events, you can add the event Message ID to a Blacklist; the events can continue to occur, but they will no longer be stored until you remove them from the Blacklist.
3. Select the Message IDs to remove from the Blacklist by placing a check mark in the appropriate boxes. 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.
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: ● Moving the boot devices up or down the order by clicking the Up or Down arrows at the bottom of the table. ● Disabling boot devices by selecting or clearing the check-box next to the Boot Device. 4.
5. Click Next. The Select Clients tab is displayed. 6. Search for client systems to which you want to apply the BIOS settings. 7. 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. 8. Click Next. The Schedule Task tab is displayed. 9. You can either choose to apply the changes immediately, or schedule them to be applied later.
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 gets 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 Data feature remotely erases data on supported client system 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.
NOTE: If your client systems are not connected to the network, run the task again. ● 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.
