Reference Guide

Case sensitivity
Command line options, pre-defined and user-defined arguments, and filenames given as arguments are
all case-sensitive. Unless specified otherwise, enter all commands, options, arguments, and command
line switches in lowercase letters.
Command line option delimiters
The following table lists some examples of valid and invalid Dell Command | Configure command line
options.
Table 2. Valid and invalid command line options
Valid or
Invalid
Dell Command | Configure Command
Line
Example
valid
cctk --option1 --option2 cctk --asset --mem
invalid
cctk --option1=[argument]
--option2 --option3
cctk --asset=1750 --floppy --
biosromsize
valid
cctk -o=filename --option1
--option2
or
cctk -o filename --option1 --
option2
cctk -o=/tmp/myfile.txt --mem
--sysname
or
cctk -o /tmp/myfile.txt --mem --
sysname
valid
cctk -l=filename--option1 --
option2
or
cctk -l filename
--option1 --option2
cctk -l=/tmp/myfile.txt--mem --sysname
or
cctk -l /tmp/myfile.txt--mem --sysname
invalid
cctk -i=filename
--option1 --option2
or
cctk -i filename
--option1 --option2
cctk -i=/tmp/myfile.txt --mem --
sysname
or
cctk -i /tmp/myfile.txt --mem --
sysname
valid
cctk --option=argument cctk --embnic1=on
Read and write options
You cannot combine the options that specify read and write actions in a command line instance. The
following table provides examples for read and write commands.
Table 3. Read and write options
Valid or Invalid Example
valid
cctk --option1 --option2
valid
cctk --option1=arg --option2=arg
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