Dell External OEMR 2970 User Guide - Page 103

Adding Depreciation Information Depreciation is a set of methods for computing the devaluation of your asset over time. For example, the depreciation of a system that is expected to have a useful life of 5 years would be 20 percent. Use the omconfig system assetinfo=depreciation command to add details about how your system's depreciation is to be computed. Table 5-2 shows the valid parameters for the command. Table 5-2. omconfig system assetinfo info=depreciation Command Command Command name=value pair 1 name=value pair 2 Use level 1 level 2 level 3 omconfig system assetinfo info=depreciation duration= Number of years or months over which a system is depreciated. method= Steps and assumptions used to compute the system's depreciation. percent= Portion of 100 that an asset is devalued or depreciated. unit=months | years Unit is months or years. Example Commands for Adding Depreciation Information To provide a value for a depreciation parameter, type a command of the form: omconfig system assetinfo info=depreciation . For example, type: omconfig system assetinfo info=depreciation method=straightline The following message appears: Asset information set successfully. You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo command at the same time, as long as all of the parameters for name=value pair 2 belong to the same name=value pair 1. For an example, see "Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information." omconfig system assetinfo: Editing Cost of Ownership Values 103