Dell Command | Configure Version 4.1.
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Contents 1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................. 15 What’s new in this release............................................................................................................................................... 15 Supported systems and operating systems..................................................................................................................
--AmdThreadControl................................................................................................................................................. 29 --AmdTurboCore........................................................................................................................................................ 29 --AmdViEnable...........................................................................................................................................................
--BusRatio...................................................................................................................................................................40 --Camera.....................................................................................................................................................................40 --CanBus........................................................................................................................................................
--ExpressCharge........................................................................................................................................................ 49 --ExternalHotKey....................................................................................................................................................... 49 --ExtPostTime............................................................................................................................................................
--IntegratedUsbHub...................................................................................................................................................57 --IntegratedVideoSize................................................................................................................................................57 --IntelVMDTechnology...............................................................................................................................................
MemTest..................................................................................................................................................................... 67 --MfgDate................................................................................................................................................................... 67 --Microphone....................................................................................................................................................
--PciSlots.....................................................................................................................................................................74 --Pcmcia...................................................................................................................................................................... 74 --PeakShiftBatteryThreshold.................................................................................................................................
--Scsi3......................................................................................................................................................................... 83 --SdCardBoot............................................................................................................................................................. 83 --SdCardReadOnly...............................................................................................................................................
--SysFanSpeed...........................................................................................................................................................92 --SysId......................................................................................................................................................................... 92 --SysLogoOnIrst..................................................................................................................................................
--USbPortsRear7......................................................................................................................................................100 --UsbPort07..............................................................................................................................................................100 --UsbPort08..............................................................................................................................................................
--Virtualization...........................................................................................................................................................107 --VtForDirectIo..........................................................................................................................................................107 --VmdNvmePcie0.....................................................................................................................................................
Dell Command | Configure error codes and messages...............................................................................................
1 Introduction Dell Command | Configure is a packaged software application that provides configuration capability to business client platforms. This product consists of a Command Line Interface (CLI) and Graphical User Interface (GUI) to configure various BIOS features. Dell Command | Configure supports following Windows and Linux operating systems: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.
• The Dell Command | Configure Installation Guide provides information about installing Dell Command | Configure on supported client systems. The guide is available as part of the Dell Command | Configure download. • The Dell Command | Configure Command Line Interface Reference Guide provides information about configuring the BIOS options on supported Dell client systems. Additionally, the Release Notes file, which is available as part of the Dell Command | Configure download and at dell.
2 Command line interface This chapter provides a general overview of the Command Line Interface (CLI) utility. It explains how to run the commands and the syntax details of the command line options used to configure BIOS settings for client systems. Topics: • Running Dell Command | Configure commands • Command syntax overview Running Dell Command | Configure commands You can run the Dell Command | Configure commands in two ways: • Using the command prompt.
Command syntax overview Syntax refers to the way a command and its parameters are entered. Command Line Interface (CLI) commands can be arranged in any order in a command line instance as long as they conform to the basic command line syntax. Command line syntax The general usage models of the Dell Command | Configure utilities are as follows: CCTK --option1=[arg1] or cctk --option1=[arg1]...--optionX=[argX] NOTE: Some of the options in Dell Command | Configure are followed by an asterisk.
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 delimiter The following table lists some examples of valid and invalid Dell Command | Configure command line options. Windows path: • For 32-bit systems — C:\Programfiles (x86)\Dell\Command Configure\X86 • For 64-bit systems — C:\Progra
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 4. Read and write options Valid or Invalid Example valid cctk --option1 --option2 valid cctk --option1=arg --option2=arg NOTE: You have to provide the setup password, if it is already set on the system.
3 Dell Command | Configure options This chapter provides an overview of the Dell Command | Configure options. It describes the general and BIOS options to configure settings for the client systems. Dell Command | Configure options can be divided into: • General options — Applicable to all systems. • BIOS options — Applicable only if the BIOS of the system supports.
-I or --Infile Valid Argument Description Directs the Command Configure utility to take input from an INI file. The utility searches the file for a Command Configure heading identical to the utility name. An error is returned if the file or section is not found. If the section is found, each name/value pair is applied to the system. The names must match a valid option, and the arguments must be in the proper format for the option.
No Option Valid Argument NA Description If an option is not given, the Dell Command | Configure utility outputs usage information. The usage information is displayed in the format shown below. Example C:\>cctk Usage error. cctk Version 3.1.0 258 (Windows - Feb 25 2015,14:38:43) Copyright (c) 2014 Dell Inc. Usage: cctk --option[=argument] For more information about a particular command, use the option '-h' followed by the command name.
--Version Valid Argument Read-only Description Displays the version information, current time, and date for the utility. This is a read-only option. BIOS options The following list describes Dell Command | Configure options and arguments along with a description of their expected behavior. Options and arguments are case sensitive. All options and predefined arguments are lowercase unless stated otherwise.
NOTE: The AddDevice option is not supported on the systems with UEFI-based BIOS. Example C:\>cctk --AddDevice=Usb --AdiModeChannel1 Valid Argument Unused, AdcInput, DacOutput, DacAndAdc, Gpio Description Sets the defined Analog/Digital Interface mode for channel 1. • • • • • Unused - Channel is unused. AdcInput - Sets the channel mode as Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) input. DacOutput - Sets the channel mode as Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) output.
• • DacAndAdc - Sets the channel mode as DAC output, but can be monitored through ADC input. Gpio - Sets the channel mode as General Purpose Input or Output. --AdiModeChannel5 Valid Argument Unused, AdcInput, DacOutput, DacAndAdc, Gpio Description Sets the defined Analog/Digital Interface mode for channel 5. • • • • • Unused - Channel is unused. AdcInput - Sets the channel mode as Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) input. DacOutput - Sets the channel mode as Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) output.
• Gpio - Sets the channel mode as General Purpose Input or Output. --AdjCachePrefetch Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the adjacent cache line prefetch. • • Enabled — The processor fetches the cache line containing the currently requested data, and prefetches the following cache line. Disabled —The processor fetches only the cache line containing the currently requested data.
--AgpApertureSize Valid Argument 8M, 16M, 32M, 64M, 128M, 256M Description Sets the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture size of Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) address space. NOTE: The Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) must be cleared after the aperture size is changed. --AgpSlot Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables on-board AGP slot.
NOTE: One of the methods of enabling the AllowBiosDowngrade feature is from the BIOS setup screen. --AmbLightSen Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the ambient light sensor. --AmdCpuCore Valid Argument Coreall, Core1p0, Core1p1, Core2p0, Core3p0, Core2p2, Core4p0, and Core3p3 Description Specifies whether the processor has one or more cores enabled. --AmdThreadControl Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Each processor core contains two threads.
--AsfMode Valid Argument On, Off, AlertOnly, Dash Description Sets the alert standard format. • • • • On — Turns the ASF mode on. Off — Turns the ASF mode off. AlertOnly — Enables only error messages. Dash — Enables LOM to have both DASH and ASF 2.0 functionality. --Aspm Valid Argument Auto, Disabled, L1 Description Set the Active State Power Management (ASPM) level. • • • Auto — There is handshaking between the device and PCI Express hub to determine the best ASPM mode supported by the device.
--AttemptLegacyBoot Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Determines if BIOS should attempt to boot from the legacy boot list when the UEFI boot list fails. • • Enabled — If the UEFI boot list fails, then BIOS attempts to boot from the Legacy boot list. Disabled — BIOS discontinues the booting process if the UEFI boot list fails.
--AutoOnMn Valid Argument integers ranging from 0 to 59 Description Sets the auto on configuration in minutes. Example C:\>cctk --AutoOnMn=30 AutoOnMn=30 --AutoOSRecoveryThreshold Valid Argument OFF, 1, 2, 3 Description Sets the threshold value for auto OS recovery. Controls the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System Resolution console and for Dell OS Recovery Tool.
--BiosAutoRcvr Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables BIOS auto recovery feature. • • Enabled — If BIOS corruption is detected, the system automatically recovers BIOS without any user interaction. Disabled — Disables BIOS auto recovery feature. NOTE: This feature is effective only if the biosrecovery option is enabled. --BiosCharacteristics Valid Argument Read-only Description Displays the features supported by the specific version of the BIOS.
--BiosConnectActivation Valid Argument Deactivate, FullActivation, LaunchpadActivation Description Configures the state of the available BiosConnect boot paths. • • • Deactivate — BIOS setup options are not available and all BiosConnect boot paths are disabled. FullActivation — BIOS Setup options are enabled and all BiosConnect boot paths are enabled. LaunchpadActivation — BIOS setup options are enabled and only launchpad code path is enabled.
--AdvancedMode Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enabling BIOS Setup Advanced Mode makes all BIOS settings visible. --BiosRcvrFrmHdd Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the system BIOS Recovery option. This feature saves a recovery image to a primary hard disk drive storage, or to an external USB, and uses this recovery image to recover BIOS image when system BIOS fails. • • Enabled — BIOS stores the recovery image on a primary hard disk drive storage.
--BlinkPsu1Led Valid Argument Enabled Description Sets the first Power Supply (PSU 1) status LED to blink. Enabling the LED to blink helps to recognize the power supply probe in use while using ASM feature. For more details, see Advanced System Management. NOTE: This option is supported only on systems that support ASM. --BlinkPsu2Led Valid Argument Enabled Description Sets the second Power Supply (PSU 2) status LED to blink.
--BluetoothDevice Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables bluetooth device. --BluetoothStealthMode Valid Argument Unchanged, TurnOff Description Configures the state of bluetooth radio depending on whether the Stealth mode is enabled or disabled. • • Unchanged — Retains the current state of the bluetooth. TurnOff — Turns off the bluetooth radio if the stealth mode is enabled.
NOTE: While changing the bootorder sequence, if the system is set with a setup password, specify the setup password as the -- valsetuppwd argument. If the system has a system password set and no setup password is set, specify the system password as the -valsyspwd argument. Sub Options The following are the sub options of bootorder. --ActiveBootList Description Changes the active boot list in BIOS. Example C:\>cctk BootOrder --ActiveBootList=uefi C:\>cctk BootOrder --ActiveBootList=legacy --BootListTyp
--Sequence Description Gets and Sets the Boot order sequence. The supported devices are hdd (hard disk), cdrom (CDROM), floppy (Floppy Disk), usbdev (USB device), embnic (Embedded NIC), pcmcia (PCMCIA device), bev (BEV device), and so on. See the system user guide for more information. Example C:\>cctk BootOrder --Sequence=embnic,cdrom,hdd.1 --EnableDevice=floppy --DisableDevice=cdrom or C:\>cctk BootOrder --Sequence=3,4,7,1 --EnableDevice=3,4 -DisableDevice=7,1 (DeviceNumber) The above example changes t
--BroadcomTruManage Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the BroadcomTruManage technology. --BrightnessAc Valid Argument Integers ranging from 0 to 15 Description Sets the panel brightness to be used when the system is using AC power. 0 sets the panel brightness to 0%, and 15 sets the panel brightness to 100%. --BrightnessBattery Valid Argument Integers ranging from 0 to 15 Description Sets the panel brightness to be used when the system is using battery power only.
--ChassisIntruStatus Valid Argument DoorOpen, Tripped, DoorClosed, TripReset Description Displays the status of chassis intrusion. All the values are read-only except tripreset. • • • • DoorOpen — Indicates chassis door is opened. Tripped — Indicates the chassis door is opened since the last time the sensor detection logic was reset. DoorClosed — Indicates chassis door is closed. TripReset — Resets the sensor detection logic to detect the next closed-to-open transition on the chassis door.
--CoolnQuiet Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables AMD cool and quiet processor feature. --CpuCore Valid Argument CoresAll, Cores1, Cores2, Cores3, Cores4, Cores5, Cores6, Cores7, Cores8, Cores9, Cores10, Cores11, Cores12, Cores13, Cores14, Cores15, Cores16, Cores17, Cores18, Cores19, Cores20, Cores21, Cores22, Cores23, Cores24, Cores25, Cores26, Cores27, Cores28 Description Enables the number of cores in each processor.
--CpuCores Valid Argument 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, All Description Controls the number of enabled cores in each processor. By default, maximum number of cores per processor are enabled. --CpuCount Valid Argument Read-only Description Displays the number of processors in the system. --CpuRSA Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the Reliability Availability Serviceability (RSA) support on CPUs.
--CStatesCtrl Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the C states. • • Enabled — Processor can operate in all available Power C states. Disabled — No C states available for the processor. --DashSupport Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables and disables the support for Desktop and Mobile Architecture for System Hardware (DASH) management through Platform Level Data Model (PLDM) exchanges.
--DisGpuExtDisplay Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the platform external displays. NOTE: Embedded Display Port (eDP) will be enabled by Integrated Graphics Processing Unit (iGPU). • • Enabled — Allows discrete Graphics Processing Unit (dGPU) to enable the platform external displays such as HDMI, NB DP, Type-C, and so on with the purpose of enabling discrete graphic features such as Eyefinity, Mosaic, 10bit DP displays, etc..
• External — Uses the external video controller as video source. --DockSupportOnBattery Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enabling this feature allows you to use the docking station when AC power is absent, but only when the battery is preceding a certain charge percentage. The percentage may change per battery and per platform.
--EmbIdeRaid2 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the second embeded IDE RAID controller. --EmbNic1 Valid Argument EnabledPxe, Enabled, Disabled, OnWithIscsi, OnWithRplBoot, OnWithImageServerBoot Description Defines the state of the built-in NIC. NOTE: Onwithimageserverboot is used in the deployment of Dell SmartClient products.
--EmbVideoCtrl Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the embedded video controller. --EMMCDevice Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the eMMC drive. --EnclaveSize Valid Argument 31MB, 64MB, 128MB Description Displays the memory allocation size for the Intel Software Guard Extension (SGX) processor reserved memory. NOTE: You cannot set the Enclave Reserve Memory Size using the Dell Command | Configure user interface.
--ExpressCard Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the express card port that allows the user to insert an express card to configure it. --ExpressCharge Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled, Once Description Enables or disables the express charge battery charge algorithm. The once argument enables the system to use express charge algorithm for one charge cycle.
--FanSpeed Valid Argument Auto, High, Medium, MedHigh, MedLow, Low Description Sets the speed of the fan. If set to auto the system run-time sets the speed of the fan. --FanSpdAutoLvlonCpuZone Valid Argument 0 to 100 Description --FanSpdAutoLvlonPsuZone Valid Argument 0 to 100 Description --FanSpeedLvl Valid Argument Integers ranging from 0 to 100 Description Configures the fan speed control if the fan speed is set to Auto using fanspeed attribute.
--FirstPowerOnDate Valid Argument Read-only Description Displays the date on which the system was first turned on. --FlashCacheModule Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the Ready Boost and Ready Cache functionality. --Floppy Valid Argument On, Off, Auto, ReadOnly, Usb Description Configures the floppy diskette controller. • • • Auto — Enables the auto-configuration of the built-in floppy controller of the system.
--ForcePxe Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) as the first boot device on all subsequent boots. --ForcePxeOnNextBoot Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables Force PXE on next boot in BIOS. If enabled, when the BIOS boots next time, the first PXE-capable device is inserted as the first device in the boot sequence.
--FullScreenLogo Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the full screen logo that appears during BIOS POST. --GenEncryption Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables general purpose encryption. --GpsWwan Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables GPS WWAN Radio. --GpsRadio Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the internal Global Positioning System (GPS) radio.
--Hdd2FanEnable Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the error checking on the FAN_HDD2 fan controller. --Hdd3FanEnable Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables error checking on the FAN_HDD3 fan controller. NOTE: If the fan controller detects a fan, it automatically enables it. --HddAcousticMode Valid Argument Bypass, Quiet, Suggested, Performance Description Sets the hard disk acoustic mode.
--HddProtection Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Turns the HDD protection feature on or off. The Hard Disk Protection is an advanced feature intended to keep the HDD data secure and unchangeable. For more details on this feature, see the documentation provided with your system. --HddPwd Valid Argument Description Sets the hard disk drive password. The password cannot be reported. To set the password an argument is required.
--HwPrefetcher Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the CPU hardware prefetcher. --HwSwPrefetch Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables hardware prefetcher from considering software prefetches when detecting strides for prefetch requests. --IdeCdrom Valid Argument Auto, Off Description Turns the CD drive on or off. • • Auto — Enables the auto-configuration of the system built-in IDE controller.
--IntegratedAudio Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled, Auto Description Sets the status of the integrated sound device of the system. --IntegratedRaid Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the integrated RAID. --IntegratedSas Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the integrated Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller. --IntegratedUsbHub Valid Argument Compatible, HighSpeed Description Sets the integrated USB hub to compatible or high speed.
--UsbPortsInternal Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Turns the internal USB ports on or off. --Interrupt13hDma Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the interrupt 13h Direct Memory Access (DMA) on boot. --IntelRapidStart Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the Intel Rapid Start Technology feature within the BIOS.
--IrstTimer Valid Argument integers ranging from 0 to 999 Description Configures the timeout value (in minutes) for Intel Rapid Start Technology (IRST) mode. After the set timeout, the system enters IRST mode from the S3 system sleep mode. The acceptable values are in the range 0-999. --IntelReadyModeEn Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables Intel Ready Mode Technology (iRMT).
--KbdBacklightTimeoutBatt Valid Argument 5s, 10s, 15s, 30s, 1m, 5m, 15m, Never Description Configures the timeout value for the keyboard backlight when the system is running only on battery power. • • • • • • • • 5s — Keyboard backlight stays on for 5 seconds. 10s — Keyboard backlight stays on for 10 seconds. 15s — Keyboard backlight stays on for 15 seconds. 30s — Keyboard backlight stays on for 30 seconds. 1m — Keyboard backlight stays on for 1 minute. 5m — Keyboard backlight stays on for 5 minutes.
--CustomColor1 Valid Argument Value range from 0 to 255 in an ‘R,G,B’ format Description Displays and configures the CustomColor1 by specifying the Red, Green and Blue (RGB) values. The color can be selected using RGB components by mentioning it in ‘R,G,B’ format. Each color component value ranges from 0 to 255.
• 75 — Sets the illumination to 75 percent. C:\>cctk --KeyboardIllumination=on KeyboardIllumination=on Example --Keypad Valid Argument EnabledByNumLock, EnabledByFnKey Description Enables the keypad in two different ways — numlock and function key. --LastBiosUpdate Valid Argument Read-only Description Identifies the major release of the system BIOS. --LatitudeOn Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables booting to Latitude ON.
• TurnOff— Turns off the system LEDs if the stealth mode is enabled. --LegacyOrom Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the BIOS detection and the usage of Legacy expansion ROMs. NOTE: You cannot enable legacyorom with Secure boot. Table 5.
--LiquidCooler2 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the liquid cooler 2. • • Enabled — Enables the liquid cooler 2. Disabled — Disables the liquid cooler 2. --LogicProc Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables hyper threading on the next system boot. On some Dell platforms that support multi-core processor technology, this is enabled or disabled though the platform does not support hyper threading.
--M2PcieSsd0 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables M2 PCIE SSD 0. --M2PcieSsd1 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables M2 PCIE SSD 1. --MacAddrPassThru Valid Argument SystemUnique, IntegratedNic1, Disabled Description This feature replaces the external NIC MAC address (in a supported dock or dongle) with the selected MAC address from the system. The default value is the System Unique MAC Address.
--MediaCardAnd1394 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the media card and 1394 devices. --Mem Valid Argument Read-only Description Displays the amount of system memory physically installed in the system, not the amount of memory available to an operating system. The last two characters of the memory value indicate the order of magnitude used (Kilo Byte (KB) or Mega Byte (MB)).
--MEMSSensors Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the Micro Electro Mechanical Sensors. MemTest Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables Power-on Self Test (POST) extended memory test. --MfgDate Valid Argument Read-only Description Displays the manufacturing date of the system. --Microphone Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the internal or external microphone.
--Minisas2 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the Minisas drive 2. --Minisas3 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the Minisas drive 3. --MinSizeOfContigMem Valid Argument read-only Description Displays the size of the minimum contiguous memory block. --MmioAbove4Gb Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Configures the memory mapped IO above 4GB.
--MonitorToggling Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables monitor toggling. --Mouse Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Turns the mouse controller on or off. --MpmCfg Valid Argument Off, Low, Med, and High Description This feature controls the level of monitoring of Memory Performance Monitor (MPM). MPM monitors the memory for faults and performs fault recovery when possible.
--NumLock Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the keyboard number lock. --OnBoard1394 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables onboard 1394 controller on the next boot. --OnboardModem Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the onboard modem. --OnboardSoundDevice Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the onboard sound devices.
--OpticalDriveCtrl Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the optical Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CDROM) controller. --Optimus Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the Optimus feature. If enabled, the feature automatically turns off the power of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) when not required and turns it on when required.
--OsMode Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Turns operating system installation mode on or off. OsWatchdogTimer Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description The watchdog-timer aids in the recovery of the operating system if the system stops responding. --OvrWrt Valid Argument Read-only Description This option is only used with the -o option to cause the output file to be overwritten if a file of the same name already exists.
--PasswordBypass Valid Argument Disabled, RebootBypass, ResumeBypass, RebootAndResumeBypass Description Sets the password bypass feature. --PcCard Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the PC card. --PcCardAnd1394 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the PC card and 1394 devices.
Gen1 - The PCIe link speed is configured in gen1. Gen2 - The maximum PCIe link speed allowed is limited to gen2. Description Configures PCIe LinkSpeed. --PciMmioSpaceSize Valid Argument Small, Large, Dynamic Description Allocates a part of the memory to the PCI Memory Mapped I/O. It allows you to reserve large or small device-specific memory regions to decrease or increase the usable memory on systems with a 32-bit operating system.
--PeakShiftBatteryThreshold Valid Argument integers ranging from 15 to 100 Description Sets the value of Peak Shift battery threshold. When the Peak Shift battery threshold level is reached, the system starts using AC power. Setting the value to 00 percent allows the system to use power only from the battery during Peak Shift duration (Peak Shift Start time and Peak shift End time). Example C:\>cctk --PeakShiftBatteryThreshold=50 PeakShiftBatteryThreshold=50 --PeakShiftCfg Valid Argument Enabled, Dis
--PenResumeOn Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the resume on pen setting. --PntDevice Valid Argument SerialMouse, Ps2Mouse, Touchpad, SwitchToExternalPs2 Description Sets the pointing device. • • • • SerialMouse — Sets the pointing device to external serial only. Ps2Mouse — Sets the pointing device to external ps2 only. Touchpad — Sets the pointing device to switch to touch pad. SwitchToExternalPs2 — Sets the pointing device to switch to external ps2.
--PowerButton Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the power button. --PowerLogClear Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Prevents or allows the power event log to be cleared on the next boot. • • Enabled — Clears the power event log on the next boot. Disabled — Does not clear the power event log on the next boot. --PowerMgmt Valid Argument Disabled, Minimum, Regular, Maximum Description Sets the power management settings.
--PpiBypassForBlockSid Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description When there is no drive ownership and the ppibypassforblocksid is enabled, BIOS requires user input while sending the Block SID authentication command to SED drives. When ppibypassforblocksid is disabled, BIOS does not require user input while sending the Block SID command. --PrimaryBattChargeCfg Valid Argument Standard, Express, PrimAcUse, Adaptive, Custom Description Configures the primary battery charging.
--PrimIdeMast Valid Argument Auto, Off Description Enables or disables primary IDE master channel. --PrimIdeSlav Valid Argument Auto, Off Description Enables or disables primary parallel IDE slave channel. --PromptOnErr Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the BIOS from prompting for F1 or F2 on error. --PasswordLock Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Controls the ability to set the system password. If the password is locked, it cannot be changed.
--UsbPortsRear Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables configuring the USB ports available at the back of the system. • • Enabled — Enables the USB ports available at the back of the system. Disabled — Disables the USB ports available at the back of the system. --RecoveryTool Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the Dell recovery tool. • • Enabled — Enables the Dell recovery tool. Disabled — Disables the Dell recovery tool.
--RuggedDeskDockNicPxe Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the support for PXE Boot from the Rugged Desk Dock NIC device. --SafeUsb Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables selective USB feature to disable all USB ports except the two selective USB ports. This option allows only the keyboard or mouse connected to the selective USB ports for the boot process to continue.
--Sata5 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Sets the SATA port 5 to off or auto. --Sata6 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Sets the SATA port 6 to off or auto. --Sata7 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Sets the SATA port 7 to off or auto. --Sata8 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Sets the SATA port 8 to off or auto. --SataCtrl Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables all the SATA controllers.
--ScndIdeSlav Valid Argument Auto, Off Description Sets the secondary parallel IDE master channel to off or auto. --Scsi3 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the third built-in SCSI controller. --SdCardBoot Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the system to boot from SD card. • • Enabled — Allows the system to boot from SD card. Disabled — Restricts the system to detect SD card and boot from the SD card.
--SecureBootMode Valid Argument DeployedMode, AuditMode Description Allows the modification of secure boot operational mode. Deployed mode is the normal mode of operation for measuring the UEFI executable images. Audit Mode enables the evaluation of changes to the Secure Boot key database. NOTE: Attempting the transition to Audit Mode by writing '1' to the DA Token may fail if the system is not in OSMM.
--Serial5 Valid Argument Disabled, Auto Description Configures the 5th serial port of the system. --Serial6 Valid Argument Disabled, Auto Description Configures the 6th serial port of the system. --SerialComm Valid Argument Off, On, Com1Cr, Com2Cr Description Sets the behavior of the serial port communication. • • • • Off — Disables the COM port 1 and COM port 2. On — Enables the COM port 1 and COM port 2. These ports are made available for use by the operating system or applications.
To remove the password: C:\>cctk --SetupPwd= --ValSetupPwd= --SfpNic Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled, EnabledPxe Description Enables or disables SfpNic (Small Formfactor Pluggable) device. • • • Enabled — Enables the SFP device. Disabled — Disables the SFP device. EnabledPxe — Enables the SFP device with PXE support. NOTE: SfpNic device is listed as boot device only if this attribute is enabled with PXE.
--SignOfLifeIndication Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description During POST, system acknowledges that the power button has been pressed in a manner that the user can either hear or feel. --SignOfLifeByAudio Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description This option allows the system to indicate that the power button has been pressed during POST with an audible tone.
• • • • Express — Charges the battery in Express Charge mode using the express charging algorithm, Dell's fast charging technology. PrimAcUse — Recommended setting for a user who primarily operates battery while plugged in. Adaptive — Charges the battery in Express Charge mode using the express charging algorithm, Dell's fast charging technology. Custom — Charges the battery in Express Charge mode using the express charging algorithm, Dell's fast charging technology.
--InternalSpeaker Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled, Low, Medium, High Description Turns the built-in speakers on or off. • • • • • Enabled — turns on the built-in speaker. The speaker is enabled at the single system-supported volume. NOTE: This should be used only if low/medium/high attributes are not supported by the system. Disabled — turns off the built-in speaker. Low — Sets the volume of the built-in speaker to low. Medium — Sets the volume of the built-in speakers to medium.
--Sriov Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables BIOS support for Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) devices. --StandbyState Valid Argument S1, S3 Description Sets the system to ACPI S1 or S3 sleeping state when the systems enters standby mode. --StealthMode Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Sets the operation mode of the system elements. If enabled, the system elements operate in the preprogrammed stealth mode.
--SurroundView Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables SurroundView to use an additional AMD PCIE video card in conjunction with the onboard graphics card that allows to use multiple monitors concurrently. It is applicable only on the AMD platform. --SvcOsClear Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Deletes the service OS non-volatile region. • • Enabled - Deletes the service OS non-volatile region and changes the token status to Disabled.
--SysFanSpeed Valid Argument FullSpeed, NoiseReduce Description Sets the system fan speed. • • FullSpeed — Sets the speed for normal cooling. NoiseReduce — Sets the speed to slow to reduce noise. --SysId Valid Argument Read-only Description Displays the Dell System’s ID byte for systems that support it. The value of this feature is -1 if the system does not support it.
To change the password: C:\>cctk --SysPwd= --ValSysPwd= To remove the password: C:\>cctk --SysPwd= --ValSysPwd= --SysRev Valid Argument Read-only Description Displays the system revision. --TabletButtons Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables tablet buttons. --TbtPcieModeAutoSwitch Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description --TertIdeMast Valid Argument Auto, Off Description Sets the tertiary IDE master to off or auto.
--ThermalLogClear Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Prevents or allows the thermal event log to be cleared on the next boot. • • Disabled — Does not clear the thermal event log on the next boot. Enabled — Clears the thermal event log on the next boot. --ThunderboltPorts Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the thunderbolt controller in the system.
--TpmSecurity Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Turns the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) on or off. --TpmActivation Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Remotely enables the TPM depending on certain security criteria. The disabled option is a read-only argument for reporting the current activation state of the TPM. To activate TPM, • • • Password must be set TPM must not be owned TPM must be disabled For more information, see Dell Command | Configure User’s Guide at dell.
--TpmPpiDpo Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables physical presence for the TPM ACPI PPI deprovision operations. --TpmPpiPo Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables physical presence for the TPM ACPI PPI provision operations. --TrustExecution Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Sets the Intel Trusted Execution Technology. --TurboMode Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables single core-based turbo mode.
--UefiBootPathSecurity Valid Argument AlwaysExceptInternalHdd, Always, Never Description Determines whether the system should prompt the user to enter the Admin password, if set, while booting from a UEFI boot path from the F12 Boot Menu. • • • AlwaysExceptInternalHdd — All UEFI boot paths require the user to enter the Admin password, except for the boot paths that are hosted on an internal hard disk drives. Always — Booting from any UEFI boot path requires the user to enter the Admin password.
• EnableWithPxe — Enables the secondary NIC and supports the PXE for network boot. --UnobtrusiveMode Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the hotkey Fn + B. When enabled, pressing Fn + B turns off the light and sound emissions of the fans and wireless radios in the system. To resume normal operations, press Fn + B again. Usb Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled, Legacy Description Turns the USB ports on or off.
--UsbFlash Valid Argument Auto, Fdd, Hdd Description Sets the USB flash drive emulation to auto, floppy, or hard disk. --UsbPortsFront30 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables USB ports front 30. --UsbPortsRear1 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the rear USB port 1. --UsbPortsRear2 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the rear USB port 2.
--UsbPortsRear6 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the rear USB port 6 --USbPortsRear7 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables USbPortsRear7. --UsbPort07 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables USB port 07. --UsbPort08 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables USB port 08. --UsbPort09 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables USB port 09.
--UsbPort12 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled --UsbPort13 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables USB port 13. --UsbPort14 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables USB port 14. --UsbPort15 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables USB port 15. --UsbPort16 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables USB port 16.
--UsbPort19 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables USB port 19. --UsbPortsFront1 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the front USB port 1. --UsbPortsFront2 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the front USB port 2. --UsbPortsFront3 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the front USB port 3.
--UsbPort26 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables USB port 26. --UsbPort27 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables USB port 27. --UsbPort28 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables USB port 28. --UsbPort29 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables USB port 29. --UsbPortsRear30 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables USB port 3.0.
--UsbPortsInternal2 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the internal USB port 2. Enabled - Enables the internal USB port. Disabled - Disables the internal USB port 2. --UsbPortsExternal Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the external USB ports. --UsbPortsFront Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the USB ports on the front of the chassis.
--UsbRearDual2Stack Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the second rear dual stack of USB ports if there are two rear dual stacks. --UsbRearQuad Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables rear Quad USB ports or rear triple stack on OptiPlex 740. --UsbWake Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables USB wake setting in the next boot. Any USB input device can generate a wake event.
--ValHddPwd Valid Argument Description Sets the hard disk drive password. The password cannot be reported. To set the password an argument is required. To remove the password, provide one blank space and the old password. NOTE: Reboot the system to complete any HDD password actions. --ValOwnerPwd Valid Argument Description --ValSetupPwd Valid Argument Description This value must be provided when the system supports setup password.
--VideoExpsn Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the video expansion. --VideoMemSize Valid Argument Auto, Off, 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, 128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB Description Sets the video memory size to the specified value. These arguments are used to configure the amount of memory allocated to the onboard video chipset. --VirtualAppliance Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Sets the virtual appliance support for a system.
--VmdNvmePcie1 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the VMD for Front NVMe Port (PCIE1). --VmdNvmePcie0Cpu1 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the VMD for Front NVMe Port (PCIE0-CPU1). --VmdNvmePcie1Cpu1 Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the VMD for Front NVMe Port (PCIE1-CPU1). --VmdPcieSlot Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the VMD for PCIe Slot.
• • • • • Example LanWlan — On systems that have onboard LAN and wireless LAN hardware, enables wake on either wired or wireless LAN. LanWithPxeBoot — Enables the network controller and causes the system to wake up and immediately boot to PXE when a wake packet is sent to the system in the S4 or S5 state. Sfp — Allows the system to wake-up by special SFP signals. LanSfp — Allows the system to wake-up either by LAN, or by SFP signals.
NOTE: Errors deemed critical to the operation of the system hardware will always halt the system. C:\>cctk --WarningsAndErr=disable WarningsAndErr=disable Example --WatchdogTimer Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the system to reboot or reset when the watchdog time expires. --WifiCatcherChanges Valid Argument Permit, Deny Description Permits or denies Wi-Fi catcher changes. If the administrator password is not set, this setting will have no effect.
• • • Disabled — Disables wireless devices. EnableCtrlByApp — Enables controlling by an application such as QuickSet. EnableCtrlHotkeyApp — Enables controlling by the hotkey or by an application such as QuickSet. --WirelessLan Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the wireless LAN module. --WirelessSwitchUwb Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the Wireless On/Off switch for Ultra Wide Band (UWB) radio.
--WirelesSwitchnLanCtrl Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the wireless switch for the wireless LAN control. • • Enabled — Switch turns the wireless LAN radio on and off..
--WlanStealthMode Valid Argument Unchanged, TurnOff Description Configures the state of the WLAN (WiGig) radio depending on the Stealth mode is enabled or disabled. • • Unchanged — Retains the current state of the WLAN (and WiGig) radio. TurnOff — Turns off the WLAN (and WiGig) radio if the stealth mode is enabled. --WirelessSwitchWlanCtrl Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the effect of physical wireless switch on wireless LAN and WiGig radio.
--WxanRadio Valid Argument Disabled, WlanOn, WwaOn Description Sets the WLAN and WWAN options. • • • Disabled — Disables both WLAN and WWAN. WlanOn — Enables WLAN radio and disables WWAN radio. WwaOn — Enables WWAN radio and disables WLAN radio. --WyseP25Access Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Allows or prevents the access to BIOS setup through Dell Wyse P25 PCoIP client. --ZigBee Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Description Enables or disables the ZigBee option.
Displaying the probe details Displays the details of from the available probes. The probes are available for Power Supply, Voltage, Current, Temperature, and Cooling Device or Fan. To display the probe details, type: cctk Advsm --Report=
For example, to set the non-critical threshold values for a temperature probe on a system with a setup password, type: cctk Advsm --Set=Temperature_1:55 --ValSetupPwd = If the system has a system password and no setup password, while setting the non-critical threshold values specify the system password and set the non-critical threshold values as: cctk Advsm --Set=: --ValSysPwd= For example, to set the non-critical thre
Code Description 0004h Flash programming is currently disabled on the system, or the voltage is low. 0005h A battery must be installed for the operation to complete. 0006h A fully-charged battery must be present for the operation to complete. 0007h An external power adapter must be connected for the operation to complete. 0008h The 12V required to program the flash-memory could not be set. 0009h The 12V required to program the flash-memory could not be removed.
4 Sample file formats This appendix lists the sample Dell Command | Configure utility.ini file. Sample Dell Command | Configure utility.ini file format [cctk] SysName=Latitude xxxx SysId= xxxx BiosVer=1.8.
InternalSpeaker=Enabled KbdBacklightTimeoutAc=10s KbdBacklightTimeoutBatt=10s KeyboardIllumination=Bright Keypad=EnabledByFnKey LegacyOrom=Disabled LogicProc=Enabled M2PcieSsd0=Enabled MasterPasswordLockout=Enabled MediaCard=Enabled ;MfgDate=20170608 Microphone=Enabled NumLock=Enabled OnboardSoundDevice=Disabled OromKeyboardAccess=Enabled PasswordBypass=Disabled PasswordLock=Enabled PeakShiftBatteryThreshold=15 PeakShiftCfg=Disabled PntDevice=Touchpad PostMebxKey=Enabled PowerLogClear=Keep PowerWarn=Enabled
WakeOnDock=Enabled WakeOnLan=Disabled WarningsAndErr=PromptWrnErr WatchdogTimer=Disabled WirelessLan=Enabled WirelessSwitchBluetoothCtrl=Enabled WirelessSwitchCellularCtrl=Enabled WirelessSwitchChanges=Disabled WirelessSwitchGps=Enabled WirelessSwitchUwb=Enabled WirelessSwitchWlanCtrl=Enabled WirelessUwb=Enabled WirelessWwan=Enabled WlanAutoSense=Disabled WwanAutoSense=Disabled 120 Sample file formats
5 Messages and codes This section documents the error messages and codes used in Dell Command | Configure . Dell Command | Configure error codes and messages The Dell Command | Configure utility checks your commands for correct syntax and valid input. When you enter a command, a message is displayed stating the results of the command. On Windows operating systems, the error code file (cctkerrorcodes.txt) is provided in the installation directory.
