Dell Command | Configure Version 3.
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Contents 1 Introduction........................................................................................................... 4 Accessing Command | Configure installer...........................................................................................4 Installation prerequisites....................................................................................................................... 4 Installing Command | Configure on systems running Microsoft Windows................................
Introduction Dell Command | Configure (Command | Configure) is a packaged software application that provides BIOS configuration capability to business-client platforms. You can configure the client systems in two methods: Using the Graphical User Interface (GUI) or using the Command Line Interface (CLI). This guide provides the installation instructions for Command | Configure. NOTE: Dell Command | Configure was formerly Dell Client Configuration Toolkit (CCTK). After CCTK version 2.2.
Installing Command | Configure on systems running Microsoft Windows You can install Command | Configure from the downloaded DUP using the GUI or perform a silent and unattended installation. You can perform both the installations using the DUP or MSI file. NOTE: Microsoft .NET 4.0 must be installed on the client system for Command | Configure GUI installation. NOTE: If User Account Control (UAC) is enabled on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.
After you install Command | Configure, you can use the GUI or the CLI to configure the client systems. For more information on configuring the systems, see the following documents at dell.com/clientsystemsmanagement: • Dell Command | Configure Command Line Interface Reference Guide • Dell Command | Configure User’s Guide Running the installation wizard 1. Browse to the folder where you have extracted the Command_Configure.msi file. 2. Double-click the MSI file, or the DUP.
Installing Command | Configure in silent mode using the MSI file Command | Configure can be installed in silent mode in the default folder or a custom folder. • Installing in the default folder • Installing in a custom folder In the default folder 1. Browse to the folder where you have extracted the Command | Configure installer from the DUP. 2. Run the following command: msiexec.exe /i Command_Configure.
Installing Command | Configure on systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 To install Command | Configure on systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 systems using 64-bit RPMs, browse to the RHEL6 directory (\lx64\RHEL6), untar the file, and run the commands in the following order: 1. rpm -ivh srvadmin-hapi-7.4.0-4.2.8.el6.x86_64.rpm 2. rpm -ivh command_configure-linux-3.0.0-.el6.x86_64.
Uninstalling Command | Configure on systems running Microsoft Windows Perform any one of the following: • Click Start → All Programs → Dell → Command Configure → Uninstall. • Click Start → Control Panel → Programs And Features. Select Command | Configure, and then click Uninstall. Uninstalling Command | Configure on systems running Linux To uninstall Command | Configure on systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 6, or 5, you have to run different RPMs.
Upgrading Command | Configure on systems running Microsoft Windows You can upgrade Command | Configure using DUP or the MSI file. NOTE: Microsoft .NET Framework 4 must be installed on the client system for Command | Configure GUI installation. NOTE: If Microsoft Windows User Account Control (UAC) is enabled on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 systems, you cannot install Command | Configure in silent mode.
Upgrading Command | Configure on systems running Linux For minor upgrades like upgrading Command | Configure (formerly Dell Client Configuration Toolkit) version 2.2.1 to Command | Configure 3.0: 1. From dell.com/support, download the command_configure-linux--.tar.gz file and save it on your system. 2. Untar the file using the following command: tar -zxvf command_configure-linux-.tar.gz. 3. Upgrade the version of Command | Configure on the system.
bootable image that contains Command | Configure to run the Command | Configure commands on Windows PE. To create Windows PE 2.0 and 3.0 image, you can use Microsoft Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK), and to create Windows PE 4.0 image and Windows PE 5.0 image, you can use Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK). Using Windows PE 2.0, Windows PE 3.0, Windows PE 4.0, and Windows PE 5.
Creating Microsoft Windows PE 5.0 32-Bit Image 1. Browse to C:\Program Files\Dell\Command Configure\X86. 2. Open the command prompt with Administrator privileges. 3. Run the following command: cctk_x86_winpe_5.bat C:\winpe_x86 C:\Progra~1\Dell \Comman~1. NOTE: Make sure that the path mentioned in the command directs to the Command | Configure folder. 4. Browse to C:\winpe_x86\WIM and copy the ISO image. Integrating Command | Configure directory structure to an ISO file using Microsoft Windows PE 4.
Related Links: • Integrating Command | Configure directory structure to an ISO file using Microsoft Windows PE 3.0 • Integrating Command | Configure directory structure in aWIM file using Microsoft Windows PE 2.0 Integrating Command | Configure directory structure to an ISO file using Microsoft Windows PE 3.0 Command | Configure provides the cctk_x86_winpe_3.bat and cctk_x86_64_winpe_3.bat scripts to integrate Command | Configure, HAPI, and related Dell drivers to the ISO image.
NOTE: Make sure that the path mentioned in the command directs to the Command | Configure folder. 2. Browse to C:\WinPE3_32bit\WIM and copy the image. Integrating Command | Configure directory structure in WIM file using Microsoft Windows PE 2.0 Command | Configure provides the cctk_x86_winpe.bat and cctk_x86_64_winpe.bat scripts to integrate Command | Configure, HAPI, and related Dell drivers into the WIM file. To integrate the Command | Configure directory structure in a WIM file: 1.
NOTE: To prepare a bootable image for a 64-bit supported system, from the command prompt, browse to the following directory: • For 64-bit system; \Windows AIK\Tools\amd64 • For 32-bit system; \Windows AIK\Tools\i86 Otherwise, \Windows AIK\Tools\PEtools. 2. Run the command: oscdimg –n —b\etfsboot.com \ISO . For example, oscdimg –n –bc:\winPE_x86\et
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