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Table 1. Dell Command | Update CLI commands (continued)
CLI options Description Syntax Supported Options
-encryptedPasswo
rd and
-encryptionKey
-encryptedPasswo
rdFile and -
encryptionKey
/driverInstall
This CLI option installs all the base
drivers for the present configuration
on a newly installed Windows operating
system.
NOTE: Options passed for this
command run only once. If no options
are specified with this command,
the command line interface uses
the existing application settings to
process this command.
dcu-cli.exe /
driverInstall
-<option>=<value>
Ex: dcu-cli.exe /
driverInstall
dcu-cli.exe /
driverInstall
-silent
-driverLibrary
Location
-silent
-outputLog
-reboot
/
generateEncryptedPass
word
Generates an encrypted BIOS password.
dcu-cli.exe /
generateEncryptedPa
ssword
-encryptionKey=<in-
line value>
dcu-cli.exe /
generateEncryptedPa
ssword -password=<in-
line value>
-outputPath=<
folder spath >
-password
-outputPath
-encryptionKey
Mandatory options:
These options are
required to be
provided with the
specific commands
listed below:
-password and
-encryptionKey
Table 2. Dell Command | Update CLI Options
CLI options Description Syntax Expected values
-advancedDriverRes
tore
Allows the user to enable or
disable the Advanced Driver
Restore feature in the UI.
dcu-cli.exe /configure
-advancedDriverRestore=disab
le
<enable|disable>
-autoSuspendBitLoc
ker
Allows the user to enable
or disable the automatic
suspension of BitLocker, when
applying BIOS updates..
dcu-cli.exe /configure -
autoSuspendBitLocker=disable
<enable|disable>
-biosPassword
Allows the user to provide the
unencrypted BIOS password.
The password is cleared if a
password is not provided or ""
is supplied.
NOTE: The value must be
enclosed in double quotes.
dcu-cli.exe /configure
-biosPassword="Test1234"
<password|"">
-catalogLocation
Allows the user to set
the repository/catalog file
location. If used with /
applyUpdates, only one path
may be specified.
dcu-cli.exe /configure
-catalogLocation=C:
\catalog.xml
One or more catalog file
paths.
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