Dell iDRAC 8 - Windows Management Instrumentation Providers

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.
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=DCI
M_Account
+Name=iDRAC.Embedded.
1#Users.
2+SystemCreationClass
Name=DCIM_SPComputerS
ystem
+SystemName=systemmc
wmic /namespace:\
\root\cimv2\dcim
PATH dcim_account
where
Name="iDRAC.Embedded.
1#Users.16"
Get-WmiObject -
Namespace root
\cimv2\dcim -Class
dcim_account -filter
"Name='iDRAC.Embedded
.1#Users.16'"
Get associated instances of
an instance
winrm e wmi/root/
cimv2/dcim/* -
dialect:association -
filter:
{object=DCIM_Account?
CreationClassName=DCI
M_Account
+Name=iDRAC.Embedded.
1#Users.
1+SystemCreationClass
Name=DCIM_SPComputerS
ystem
+SystemName=systemmc}
wmic /namespace:\
\root\cimv2\dcim
PATH dcim_account
where
Name='iDRAC.Embedded.
1#Users.2' ASSOC
Get-Wmiobject -
Query "ASSOCIATORS
OF
{DCIM_Account.Creatio
nClassName='DCIM_Acco
unt',Name='iDRAC.Embe
dded.1#Users.
2',SystemCreationClas
sName='DCIM_SPCompute
rSystem',SystemName='
systemmc'}" -
namespace root/cimv2/
dcim
Get references of an instance
winrm e wmi/root/
cimv2/dcim/* -
dialect:association –
associations -filter:
{object=DCIM_Account?
CreationClassName=DCI
M_Account
+Name=iDRAC.Embedded.
1#Users.
1+SystemCreationClass
Name=DCIM_SPComputerS
Not applicable
Get-Wmiobject -
Query "REFERENCES
OF
{DCIM_Account.Creatio
nClassName='DCIM_Acco
unt',Name='iDRAC.Embe
dded.1#Users.
2',SystemCreationClas
sName='DCIM_SPCompute
rSystem',SystemName='
systemmc'}" -
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