Dell Command | Configure Version 4.
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Contents 1 Introduction..................................................................................................................... 5 What’s New In This Release............................................................................................................................................... 5 Other documents you may need.........................................................................................................................................
Troubleshooting............................................................................................................. 21 Running Dell Command | Configure displays error messages.............................................................................................21 Running Dell Command | Configure on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows supported system......................................................21 Running Dell Command | Configure on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.
1 Introduction Dell Command | Configure is a packaged software that provides configuration capability to business client systems. You can configure the client systems using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a Command Line Interface (CLI). For more information on CLI, see Dell Command | Configure Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at Dell.com/ DellClientCommandSuiteManuals. Dell Command | Configure supports following Windows and Linux operating systems: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.
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2 Windows SMM Security Mitigations Table (WSMT) Compliance The Windows (SMM) Security Mitigations Table contains information about the ACPI table that was created for the Windows operating system, which supports Windows virtualization-based security (VBS) features. Dell Command | Configure is WSMT compatible. This is used for configuring the platform features on Dell Client Systems with WSMT enabled BIOS.
3 Dell Command | Configure graphical user interface Dell Command | Configure Graphical User Interface (Dell Command | Configure GUI) displays all BIOS configurations supported by Dell Command | Configure . Using the Dell Command | Configure GUI, you can do the following: • Create BIOS configuration for client systems. For more information, see Creating a BIOS Package using GUI. • Validate the BIOS configuration against the BIOS configuration of the host system.
Accessing the Dell Command | Configure GUI NOTE: Dell Command | Configure GUI is supported only on systems running the Windows operating system. To access the GUI, click Start → All Programs → Dell → Dell Command | Configure Wizard or double-click Dell Command | Configure Wizard on the desktop. Creating a BIOS package using the GUI Using theDell Command | Configure GUI, you can create a BIOS package containing valid settings to apply to target client systems. To create a BIOS package: 1.
Table 2. Configuration options Options Description View/Change Click to view or change the selected configuration and load a new configuration. When you click View/Change to load a new configuration, the configuration screen is displayed. After you have made the preferred modifications, click Save to save the changes, or click Cancel to return to the previous configuration. NOTE: If you try to load a new configuration without exporting the configured BIOS options, then a screen is displayed.
Configuring the setup, system, and hard disk drive passwords You can set or change the setup password (setuppwd) also known as BIOS password, the system password (syspwd), and the hard disk drive password (hddpwd). To edit the setup, system, or hard disk drive password: 1. In the Edit mode, click the Value to Set text box of the required option. The corresponding password screen is displayed. NOTE: To display the password as clear text, select Show Password.
• Open a Saved Package NOTE: To open a saved package, click Open a Saved Package, browse to the file location, and then click Open. 2. Click Edit, or double-click the option. 3. In the autoon option row, click View/Change in the Value to set column. The auto on screen is displayed. 4. Select one of the following options from Auto On screen: • Disabled — To turn off the feature. • Weekdays — To turn on the target system automatically only on weekdays.
Table 3. Options on the boot order screen Options Description Device Type Displays the type of device. Device Instance Displays a unique number to identify the device on the system. Shortform Displays the short form of the device name. If the system has many devices of the same device type, then the short form of the device is displayed with a . notation. For example, if the system has an internal HDD, eSATA HDD, and eSATA Dock HDD, then the short forms are displayed as hdd.1, hdd.
• Open a Saved Package NOTE: To open a saved package click Open a Saved Package, browse to the file location and then click Open. 2. Click Edit, or double-click the option. 3. In the primarybatterycfg option row, click View/Change in the Value to set column. The Primary Battery screen is displayed. 4. Select the mode to charge the battery in the Primary Battery screen. • Standard Charge — Charges the battery over a longer period of time.
usage period of the day. You can set a start and end time for the Peak Shift period. During this period, the system runs on battery if the battery charge is above the set battery threshold value. After the Peak Shift period, the system runs on AC power without charging the battery. The system functions normally by using AC power and recharging the battery at the specified Charge Start Time. To configure the Peak Shift Battery charging option: 1.
NOTE: • 5. You can select and enable multiple colors at a time. • If you select None, no color will be enabled. You cannot select other colors if you have selected the option None. Select the color that you want to set as an active color for the keyboard backlight from the list Active. NOTE: You can select only one active color for your keyboard backlight at a time. 6. Configure the Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) values if you have selected CustomColor1 or CustomColor2.
BIOS option validation You can validate the options of a BIOS package against the configuration of the host system using the Validate option. You can validate the settings of a multiplatform package, local system package, or a saved package. You can validate all the options except the bootorder, syspwd, and setuppwd options. Validating a multiplatform package or saved package To validate the options of a multiplatform or saved package: On the Create Multiplatform Package screen, click Validate.
Figure 1. Password Reference Table For example, 4. • If the setup password is set in the system, and you want to configure BIOS tokens/features, you need to provide setup password. • If the setup and system passwords are set in the system, and you want to configure BIOS tokens/features, you need to provide setup password.
• Dell Command | Configure installed on the client system To apply INI file or CCTK file, run cctk -i . NOTE: For systems running Ubuntu Core operating system, copy the file at var/snap/dcc/current and run, dcc.cctk i /var/snap/dcc/current/.ini Applying a shell script on Linux 1. Copy the script to a system running the Linux operation system. 2. Run dos2unix on the system. 3. Run the script as: sh Applying a SCE file NOTE: You must have Administrator privileges.
Log details in Package History You can view the details of the BIOS configuration exports in the Package History screen. The Package History displays the details such as time, date, type of export, and the location to which the file is exported. Related Links: • Viewing a log file • Deleting log details Viewing a log file Click Package History, on the Dell Command | Configure page. Deleting log details On the Package History page, click the Clear Log.
4 Troubleshooting Running Dell Command | Configure displays error messages If you get the error message, Required BIOS interface not found or HAPI load error. then uninstall and reinstall Hardware Application Programming Interface (HAPI) Running Dell Command | Configure on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows supported system Ensure that you are running cctk.exe based on the architecture of the system.
2. If not enabled, enable TPM. by typing the following command: cctk --tpm=on 3. Reboot the system. 4. To activate TPM, type the following command: cctk --tpmactivation=activate --valsetuppwd= 5. Reboot the system without interruption till the operating system loads. 6. To check the status of TPM. type: cctk --tpmactivation The status is displayed as activate.
