Install Guide

Introduction to Dell Command | Configure
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Dell Command | Configure is a software package that provides BIOS configuration capability for Dell client systems. IT can use
this tool to configure BIOS settings and create BIOS packages using the Dell Command | Configure User Interface (UI) or
Command Line Interface (CLI).
Dell Command | Configure supports following Windows and Linux operating systems: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10,
Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Ubuntu Desktop
16.04, Ubuntu Desktop 18.04, Ubuntu Desktop 20.04, and Ubuntu Core 16.
This guide provides the installation instructions for Dell Command | Configure.
NOTE: This software was rebranded as Dell Command | Configure after Dell Client Configuration Toolkit version 2.2.1.
● Dell Command | Configure 4.4 or later generates a 64–bit SCE with constraints.
● On a 64–bit client machine with a WoW64 subsystem, both 32–bit and 64–bit SCE are generated.
● If a WoW64 subsystem is not present in the client system, and then only a 64–bit SCE is generated, and a 32–bit SCE is
generated on a 32–bit client machine. Also, Dell Command | Configure prior to 3.3 or later generates 32–bit SCE.
Topics:
• Accessing Dell Command | Configure installer
• Installation prerequisites
• Supported Platforms
• Supported Operating Systems
Accessing Dell Command | Configure installer
The Dell Command | Configure installation file is available as a Dell Update Package (DUP) at dell.com/support. Follow these
steps to download DUP:
1. Go to dell.com/support.
2. Select Dell Command | Configure in the Dell Client Command Suite table.
3. Select the appropriate operating system based on the requirement, to download Dell Command | Configure.
Installation prerequisites
Installation Prerequisites for Windows
● The Dell Command | Configure installation file, Dell-Command-Configure_<SWB>_WIN_4.4 <build
number>_A00.EXE available at dell.com/support.
● Workstation running a supported Windows operating system.
● Administrator privileges on the system to install Dell Command | Configure .
● Microsoft .NET 4.0 to install and run the user interface.
● Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2019.
NOTE:
Select Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 or later on the Turn Windows features on or off screen on systems
running Windows 7 or later operating systems.
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