Reference Guide

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Dell Command | Congure options
This chapter provides an overview of the Dell Command | Congure options. It describes the general and BIOS options to congure
settings for the client systems.
Dell Command | Congure options can be divided into:
• General options — Applicable to all systems.
• BIOS options — Applicable only if the BIOS of the system supports.
NOTE: If you are running Dell Command | Congure commands on systems running Windows 7 or later, run the
commands with the administrator rights. Running the command displays a pop-up window where you can enter the
administrator ID and password.
NOTE: If you run Dell Command | Congure commands on systems running Windows 7 or later without administrator
rights, the following error message is displayed: 'admin/root' privileges required to execute this
application.
General options
The following are the general options of Dell Command | Congure .
NOTE: Some of the options in Dell Command | Congure are followed by an asterisk. These options do not accept any
suboptions or arguments. The values associated with these options are reported by the Basic Input Output System
(BIOS). You cannot modify these values.
-h or --help
Valid Argument
none or <valid option name>
Description Without an argument, this option displays general usage information for the utility. If the argument
matches a valid option, the usage information of the option is displayed. If the option has
arguments, the arguments are displayed, separated by a | character. If the argument is supported
on the system, a + symbol is displayed with the argument. If the option has suboptions, all
suboptions, valid arguments, and a description are listed. If the argument does not match a valid
option, a usage error is given (and usage information is displayed).
Example
C:\>cctk -h asfmode
asfmode: Sets the asf (alert standard format)mode. DASH and ASF 2.0
set enables LOM to have DASH and ASF 2.0 functionality.
Arguments: off+ | on+ | alertonly+
-i or --inle
Valid Argument
<lename>
Description
Directs the Command Congure utility to take input from an INI le. The utility searches the le for
a Command Congure heading identical to the utility name. An error is returned if the le or
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