
Dell OpenManage Essentials v1.2 – Support For Dell Client Devices
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Command line task Figure 14.
The benefits of using remote command-line tasks against your environment include:
• Leverages the scripting capabilities within the product.
• Targets one-to-many configurations.
• Targets only specific hosts or devices groups.
• Windows power shell commands/scripts
• OMCI scripts to get/set values (PowerShell/VB Script).
Running Command-Line Tasks and Configuring Custom Scripts
OME makes use of Windows power shell scripts for a variety of purposes including, but not limited to,
software deployment and power cycling the device. For detailed information on how to make use of
windows power shell against OME, refer to:
http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20024495.aspx
OMCI supports VBScript and PowerShell based scripting. Use these scripts for:
• Remote BIOS update
• Remote system shutdown/restart
• Retrieve/set BIOS password
• Enabling/Disabling PXE boot on next reboot
To see sample OMCI scripts, refer to:
http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-
management/w/wiki/omci-sample-scripts.aspx
The section below is a step-by-step creation of generic command-line task to run one OMCI script to
fetch the Service Tag for many client devices in a single report file.
----------------------------------- Script Begins--------------------------------------------------
'**********************************************************************
'*** Name: serviceTag.vbs
'*** Purpose: To get service tag & bios version on a Dell OMCI client.
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