Users Guide

You can perform automatic system recovery operations such as reboot, power cycle, or power off the server after a specified
time interval. This feature is enabled only if the operating system watchdog timer is disabled. If OpenManage Server
Administrator is installed, this monitoring feature is disabled to avoid duplicate watchdog timers.
Windows Management Instrumentation providers
WMI is a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model that provides an operating system interface through which
instrumented components provide information and notification. WMI is Microsoft's implementation of the Web-Based Enterprise
Management (WBEM) and Common Information Model (CIM) standards from the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)
to manage Server hardware, operating systems and applications. WMI Providers helps to integrate with Systems Management
Consoles such as Microsoft System Center and enables scripting to manage Microsoft Windows Servers.
You can enable or disable the WMI option in iDRAC. iDRAC exposes the WMI classes through the iDRAC Service Module
providing the server’s health information. By default, WMI information feature is enabled. The iDRAC Service Module exposes
the WSMAN monitored classes in iDRAC through WMI. The classes are exposed in the root/cimv2/dcim namespace.
The classes can be accessed using any of the standard WMI client interfaces. For more information, see the profile documents.
The following examples use the DCIM_account class to illustrate the capability that WMI information feature provides in iDRAC
Service Module. For the details of the supported classes and profiles, see the WSMAN profiles documentation available at Dell
TechCenter.
Table 45. Examples
CIM Interface WinRM WMIC PowerShell
Enumerate instances of a
class
winrm e wmi/root/
cimv2/dcim/
dcim_account
wmic /namespace:\
\root\cimv2\dcim
PATH dcim_account
Get-WmiObject
dcim_account -
namespace root/
cimv2/dcim
Get a specific instance of a
class
winrm g wmi/root/
cimv2/dcim/
DCIM_Account?
CreationClassName=D
CIM_Account
+Name=iDRAC.Embedde
d.1#Users.2+SystemC
reationClassName=DC
IM_SPComputerSystem
+SystemName=systemm
c
wmic /namespace:\
\root\cimv2\dcim
PATH dcim_account
where
Name="iDRAC.Embedde
d.1#Users.16"
Get-WmiObject -
Namespace root
\cimv2\dcim -Class
dcim_account -
filter
"Name='iDRAC.Embedd
ed.1#Users.16'"
Get associated instances of
an instance
winrm e wmi/root/
cimv2/dcim/* -
dialect:association
-filter:
{object=DCIM_Accoun
t?
CreationClassName=D
CIM_Account
+Name=iDRAC.Embedde
d.1#Users.1+SystemC
reationClassName=DC
IM_SPComputerSystem
+SystemName=systemm
c}
wmic /namespace:\
\root\cimv2\dcim
PATH dcim_account
where
Name='iDRAC.Embedde
d.1#Users.2' ASSOC
Get-Wmiobject -
Query "ASSOCIATORS
OF
{DCIM_Account.Creat
ionClassName='DCIM_
Account',Name='iDRA
C.Embedded.1#Users.
2',SystemCreationCl
assName='DCIM_SPCom
puterSystem',System
Name='systemmc'}" -
namespace root/
cimv2/dcim
Get references of an
instance
winrm e wmi/root/
cimv2/dcim/* -
dialect:association
–associations -
filter:
{object=DCIM_Accoun
t?
Not applicable
Get-Wmiobject -
Query "REFERENCES
OF
{DCIM_Account.Creat
ionClassName='DCIM_
Account',Name='iDRA
C.Embedded.1#Users.
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