Users Guide

3 From the Conguration action type drop-down list, select BIOS Cong (ini le).

The View button is enabled.

NOTE: You can also select BIOS Cong (command line) if you want to congure the system by using the CLI option. For

more information about the CLI option usage, see Command Line Options.

4 Click View to open the .ini le. Make modications as per the congurations required and save the le.

For information about the .ini le format, see the “Sample File Formats” section in the Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit

Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at Dell.com/support/manuals.

5 Select Save to a le in the toolkit package for this custom action when I click OK in the pop-up message, and then click OK.

6 Save the le in the default directory.

An example of default directory: \\<site server hostname>\sms_<site code>\OSD\lib\Packages\Deployment\Dell\PowerEdge\DTK

\Template\Congs\Syscfg.

7 Click Apply to save the edited le to the task sequence.

8 Select Set from the Action: drop-down menu.

The Conguration le/Command line parameters eld is enabled. For more information, see Conguration le/Command line

Parameter Options.

Alternatively, you can select the <Create conguration le> option from the drop-down list to create a .ini le from the start.

Conguring le or command line parameter options

There are three options you can choose from:

• <Create conguration le>

• <Import conguration le>

• Edit <syscfg.ini>

After creating the .ini le using any of above options, click Apply in the Task Sequence Editor window. The task sequence for Set BIOS

Cong (ini le) is created.

CAUTION

: When you update or save a new le in the package, it is not automatically updated on all of its distribution points. To

make sure that the new le is available to systems that need it, you must update the distribution points from the Software

Distribution→ Packages→ Dell PowerEdge Deployment→ Dell PowerEdge Deployment ToolKit Integration <version> node.

On selecting the <Create conguration le> option, the Create button is displayed.

1 Click Create.

2 Do one of the following in the Conguration File Editor:

• Click Import File to import an existing .ini le from a directory.

• Create an online .ini le in the Conguration File Editor eld and click OK. This prompts you to save the .ini le you created to a

local drive or network share of your choice.

3 If you select the Save these changes to the existing le in the toolkit package when I click OK option, your conguration is

exported to a le when you click OK.

On selecting the <Import conguration le> option, the Import button is displayed. Click Import to import an existing .ini le.

Edit <syscfg.ini>

This is a sample BIOS.ini le.

Using the Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack on systems running System Center Conguration Manager, 2012 SP2, 2012

R2 SP1, 2012 R2, 2012 SP1, or 2012