Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Command | Configure Version 4.2 User's Guide
- Introduction to Dell Command | Configure 4.2
- Windows SMM Security Mitigations Table (WSMT) Compliance for Dell Command | Configure 4.2
- Using graphical user interface for Dell Command | Configure 4.2
- Accessing Dell Command | Configure within Microsoft Windows system
- Accessing Dell Command | Configure within Linux
- Files and folders of Dell Command | Configure
- Accessing the Dell Command | Configure GUI
- Creating a BIOS package using the GUI
- Configuration options
- Configuring the setup, system, and hard disk drive passwords
- Clearing setup, system and hard disk drive passwords using the existing password
- Password protection screen
- Configuring the autoon option
- Configuring the bootorder option
- Boot order screen
- Adding a new device to the boot order
- Boot order type
- Configuring the primarybatterycfg option
- Configuring the advbatterychargecfg option
- Configuring the peakshiftcfg option
- Configuring the keyboardbacklightcolor option
- Advanced System Management
- BIOS option validation
- Exporting the BIOS configuration
- Target system configuration
- Log details in Package History
- Troubleshooting scenarios in Dell Command | Configure 4.2
- Third-party licenses
Configuring the autoon option
You can configure the days on which you want the system to automatically turn on using the autoon option from the Power
and Performance Management category.
To configure the days:
1. Click the required option:
● Create Multiplatform Package
● Create Local System Package
● 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.
● Every Day — To turn on the target system automatically everyday.
● Selected Days — To choose the days on which the target system has to turn on automatically.
5. Click OK.
6. To apply the modifications, export the configuration in, ini or .exe format. See, Exporting the BIOS configuration.
Configuring the bootorder option
You can configure the boot order of a client system using the bootorder option from the Boot Management category. You can
add, remove, enable, disable, or change the boot order of the legacy and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot
items.
To configure the boot order:
1. Click the required option:
● Create Multiplatform Package
● Create Local System Package
● 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 bootorder option row, click View/Change in the Value to set column.
The boot order screen is displayed with the current boot order type and boot order options. For more information, see
Configure boot order.
● To create a multiplatform package, you can add devices.
● To create a local system package and to open a saved package, you can add devices and edit the existing boot order, if
present.
NOTE: Use the arrow buttons at the bottom of the Boot Order screen to change the boot order of the devices.
4. Click OK to save the configuration, or click CLOSE to discard the changes and close the Boot Order screen.
5. To apply the modifications, export the configuration in, ini or .exe format. See, Exporting the BIOS configuration.
Related Links:
● Adding a new device to the boot order
● Boot order type
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