Dell Command | Monitor Version 10.5 Installation Guide May 2021 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to Dell Command | Monitor 10.5............................................................... 4 Supported Windows operating systems.........................................................................................................................4 Downloading Dell Command | Monitor........................................................................................................................... 5 Chapter 2: System requirements for Dell Command | Monitor 10.5...
1 Introduction to Dell Command | Monitor 10.5 This guide provides instructions on how to install Dell Command | Monitor on Dell enterprise client systems and on Dell IoT Gateway systems and Embedded PCs. For more information about supported systems, see Release notes available at dell.com/ support. NOTE: Dell Command | Monitor was formerly Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation (OMCI). After the OMCI version 8.2.1, OMCI is rebranded as Dell Command | Monitor.
● Ubuntu Server 18.04 (64-bit) ● Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 (64-bit) Downloading Dell Command | Monitor 1. Go to dell.com/support. 2. Click the Support tab, and under Support by Product option, click Drivers & Downloads. 3. Enter the Service Tag or Express Service Code and click Submit. If you do not know the service tag, then click Detect My Product and follow the instructions on the screen. The Product Support page for your system type is displayed. 4. Click Drivers & downloads. 5.
2 System requirements for Dell Command | Monitor 10.5 This section provides information about the hardware requirements of Dell Command | Monitor. Hardware requirements ● Supported enterprise client system with SMBIOS 2.3 or later ● Supported systems that are compatible with WMI-ACPI compliant BIOS NOTE: For more information about the hardware requirements, see Supported Platforms. 6 System requirements for Dell Command | Monitor 10.
3 Prerequisites for Dell Command | Monitor 10.5 Before installing Dell Command | Monitor, ensure that your system meets the following requirements. Topics: • • Prerequisites for systems running on Windows Prerequisites for systems running on Linux Prerequisites for systems running on Windows ● Systems must be compatible with a WMI-ACPI compliant BIOS. If a system does not have a WMI-ACPI compliant BIOS over which to install Dell Command | Monitor, update the BIOS with a compatible version.
Prerequisites for Dell Edge Gateway systems ● Active Dell EDM subscription. Go to cloudclientmanager.com and click Trial and Licensing for more details on subscriptions. ● EDM agent must be installed in order to discover the features offered by Dell Command | Monitor. NOTE: You must install Dell Command | Monitor before installing EDM agent in order for EDM to manage the parameters exposed by Dell Command | Monitor.
4 Installing Dell Command | Monitor 10.5 for systems running on Windows You can install Dell Command | Monitor using one of the following methods: ● Using the Graphical User Interface, also known as the Dell Command | Monitor installation wizard ● Using Command Line Interface (CLI) for silent Installation NOTE: The Dell Command | Monitor installation file is available as a Dell Update Package (DUP) at dell.com/support. For more information, see Downloading Dell Command | Monitor.
The Update Package screen is displayed. 4. Click Install. The Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Dell Command | Monitor screen is displayed. 5. Click Next. The License Agreement screen is displayed. 6. Read the software license agreement, select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and then click Next. The Improvement Program Consent screen is displayed. 7.
6. If you have selected Custom installation, in the custom setup screen, you can now select additional features that you want to install: ● Standards-based Instrumentation—The Standards-based Instrumentation provides instrumentation available in the root/DCIM/sysman. This namespace complies with the DMTF DASH standards. ● Enable SNMP—Enable SNMP supports Simple Network Management Protocol for client systems. ● Specify the installation directory. 7. Click Next.
Table 1. Commands for installation (continued) Operation Command Example and Comments Management_Application_XXXXX_WIN32__.EXE /s Silent or unattended installation For 32-bit systems, type: msiexec /i Command_Monitor_x86.msi /qn For 64-bit systems, type: msiexec /i Command_Monitor_x64.msi/qn For 32–bit Windows, use . For 64–bit Windows, use
Table 1. Commands for installation (continued) Operation Command Example and Comments Program, see https:// downloads.dell.com/manuals/allproducts/esuprt_software_int/ esuprt_software_client_systems _mgmt/command-monitorv102_reference-guide2_enus.pdf Installing Dell Command | Monitor 10.
5 Installing Dell Command | Monitor 10.5 for systems running on Linux You can install Dell Command | Monitor on a system running Linux using one of the following methods: ● For systems running Ubuntu Desktop, see Installing Dell Command | Monitor using the Deb package. ● For systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), see Installing Dell Command | Monitor using RPM package. ● For Dell Edge Gateway 5000/3000 series systems running Ubuntu Core 15.04, see Installing Dell Command | Monitor 9.1 or 9.1.
4. To verify that the driver module is loaded, run lsmod | grep dcdbas lsmod | grep dell_smbios NOTE: If the driver module is not available, a. Retrieve the driver details by running modinfo dcdbas modinfo dell_smbios b. Load the driver module by running modprobe dcdbas modprobe dell_smbios 5. To install Dell Command | Monitor, run dpkg -i command-monitor_-._.deb 6. To verify that the Dell Command | Monitor is installed in your system, run.
5. To verify that the Dell Command | Monitor is installed in your system, run rpm -qa | grep command-monitor-linux If Dell Command | Monitor details are displayed, and then the installation is successful. Installing Dell Command | Monitor on the systems running Ubuntu Core 16 using Snap package To install Dell Command | Monitor on systems running Ubuntu Core 16 from the Dell Canonical store using snap package: 1. Log in to the Gateway system. The default username and password is admin 2.
6 Upgrading Dell Command | Monitor 10.5 for systems running on Windows You can upgrade Dell Command | Monitor on a system running Windows using one of the following methods: ● Using DUP, see Upgrading Dell Command | Monitor using DUP ● Using MSI file, see Upgrading Dell Command | Monitor using the MSI file ● Using CLI, see Upgrading Dell Command | Monitor in CLI or silent mode NOTE: Only users with Administrator privileges can install, upgrade, or uninstall Dell Command | Monitor.
Upgrading Dell Command | Monitor in CLI or silent mode You can upgrade from the previous version of Dell Command | Monitor using CLI without restarting the system. Table 2. Commands used for upgrade Operation Command Upgrade from previous version (major upgrade) msiexec /i Command_Monitor_.msi REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vmous /qn To upgrade without reboot msiexec /i Command_Monitor_.
7 Upgrading Dell Command | Monitor 10.5 for systems running on Linux You can upgrade Dell Command | Monitor on a system running Linux using one of the following methods: ● For systems running Ubuntu Desktop operating system, see Upgrading Dell Command | Monitor using Deb package.
Upgrading Dell Command | Monitor using Snap package To upgrade Dell Command | Monitor from a canonical store: 1. Log in to the Gateway system. The default username and password is admin. 2. Run the following command: snappy update dcm 20 Upgrading Dell Command | Monitor 10.
8 Uninstalling Dell Command | Monitor 10.
Table 3. Commands for uninstallation Operation Command Remove Dell Command | Monitor using MSI msiexec /x Command_Monitor_.msi /qn Remove Dell Command | Monitor using upgrade code For 64–bit Windows operating systems, type: msiexec /x {91E79414DB41-4030-9A13-E133EE30F1D5} /qn 22 Uninstalling Dell Command | Monitor 10.
9 Uninstalling Dell Command | Monitor 10.5 for systems running on Linux You can uninstall Dell Command | Monitor from a system running Linux using one of the following methods: ● For systems running Ubuntu Desktop, see Uninstalling Dell Command | Monitor using Deb Package ● For systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), see Uninstalling Dell Command | Monitor using RPM Package ● For Dell Edge Gateway 5000/3000 series systems running Ubuntu Core 15.04, see Uninstalling Dell Command | Monitor 9.1 or 9.
NOTE: You must uninstall Dell Command | Monitor before uninstalling the dependent packages. 1. To uninstall Dell Command | Monitor and remove configuration files and temporary files, run rpm –e command-monitor 2. To uninstall Hapi and remove configuration files and temporary files, run rpm –e srvadmin-hapi 3. To uninstall OMI and remove configuration files and temporary files, run rpm –e omi 4.
