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Table 2. Dell Command | Update CLI Options (continued)
CLI options Description Syntax Expected values
NOTE: This command
requires functional
networking components.
-encryptionKey
Allows the user to specify the
encryption key that is used to
encrypt the password.
NOTE: The key that is
provided must be at least
six nonwhitespace
characters and include an
uppercase letter, a
lowercase letter, and a
digit. Also, this value must
be enclosed in double
quotes.
dcu-cli /applyUpdates -
encryptedPassword="myEncrypt
edPassword" -
encryptionKey="myEncryptionK
ey"
dcu-cli /
generateEncryptedPassword -
encryptionKey="myEncryptionK
ey" -password="myPassword" -
outputPath=C:\Temp
<encryption key>
-encryptedPassword
Allows the user to pass the
encrypted password inline
along with the encryption key
that was used to generate it.
NOTE: -encryptionKey is
required to be specified
along with this option.
Also, this value must be
enclosed in double quotes.
dcu-cli /applyUpdates -
encryptedPassword="myEncrypt
edPassword" -
encryptionKey="myEncryptionK
ey"
<encrypted password>
-
encryptedPasswordF
ile
Allows the user to pass the
encrypted password by file.
NOTE: -
encryptionKey is
required to be specified
along with this option.
dcu-cli /applyUpdates -
encryptedPasswordFile=C:\Tem
p\EncryptedPasswordFile.txt
-
encryptionKey="myEncryptionK
ey"
A file path with
extension .txt
-exportSettings
Allows the user to export
application settings to the
specified folder path.
NOTE: This option cannot
be used with any other
options except -outputLog
and -silent.
dcu-cli.exe /configure -
exportSettings=C:\Temp
A folder path
-importSettings
Allows the user to import
application settings file.
NOTE: This option cannot
be used with any other
options except -
outputLog and -
silent.
dcu-cli.exe /configure -
importSettings=C:\Temp
\Settings.xml
An .xml file path
-lockSettings
Allows the user to lock all the
settings in the UI.
NOTE: This option cannot
be used with any other
options except -
outputLog and -
silent.
dcu-cli.exe /configure -
lockSettings=enable
<enable|disable>
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