Dell Client Configuration Toolkit Version 2.1.
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Contents Notes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................2 1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................5 What’s New In This Release.....................................................................................................................................5 Supported Systems And Operating Systems...........................
Running CCTK On Windows Vista, Windows 7, Or Windows 8 When User Account Control Is Enabled..............17 Running CCTK On Linux..........................................................................................................................................17 TPM Activation.......................................................................................................................................................17 SCE Failing To Run On Windows Pre-Installation (Windows PE) Environment...
Introduction 1 Dell Client Configuration Toolkit (CCTK) is a packaged software that provides configuration capability to Dell client systems such as OptiPlex, Latitude, and Dell Precision workstation. You can configure the client systems using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a Command Line Interface (CLI.) For more information on CLI, see Dell Client Configuration Toolkit Command Line Interface Reference Guide.
Other Documents You May Need In addition to this guide, you can access the following guides available at support.dell.com/manuals. On the Manuals page, click Software → Systems Management . Click on the appropriate product link on the right-side to access the documents. • The Dell Client Configuration Toolkit Installation Guide provides information about installing CCTK on supported Dell client systems. The guide is available as part of CCTK download.
CCTK Graphical User Interface 2 Dell Client Configuration Toolkit Graphical User Interface (CCTK GUI) displays all Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) configurations supported by CCTK. Using GUI, you can do the following: • Create BIOS configuration for Dell client systems. For more information, see Creating A BIOS Package Using GUI. • Validate the BIOS configuration against the BIOS configuration of the host system. For more information, see BIOS Option Validation.
Creating A BIOS Package Using GUI Using CCTK GUI, you can create a BIOS package containing valid settings to apply on the target client systems. To create a BIOS package: 1. Launch the wizard. For more information, see Launching The CCTK GUI. The Client Configuration Toolkit HOME page is displayed. 2. Click Create Package.
Options Description NOTE: If you try to load a new configuration without exporting the configured BIOS options, then a dialog box is displayed. Click Discard Changes to discard the configured values or click Cancel to continue with the same configuration. Edit Click to edit the loaded configuration.
1. In the Edit mode, click the Value to Set text box of the required option. The corresponding password dialog box is displayed. NOTE: To display the password as clear text, select Display password in clear text. When you select Display password in clear text, then the Confirm Password text box is not displayed. Type the password in the Password textbox. NOTE: The password must contain minimum four characters. 2. Type the same password in the Confirm Password textbox to confirm the password.
3. Click View/Change in the Value to set column of autoon. The Auto On screen is displayed. 4. Select the option to configure the days on which the target system has to turn on automatically. NOTE: If you have selected Select Days, then select the days on which the target system has to turn on. 5. Click Save. Configuring Boot Order You can configure the boot order of a client system using the bootorder option of the Boot Management category.
Options Description NOTE: You can view this option only if the Boot Order screen is in Edit mode. Adding A New Device To The Boot Order 1. Click Add Device on the upper-left corner of the Boot Order screen. 2. Select the device from the Device Type drop-down list. The Shortform, Description, and Status fields are automatically populated. By default, the status of the device is displayed as enabled. 3. Select an instance for the device from the Device Instance drop-down list. 4. Click Save.
Validating A Multi-Platform File Or Saved File To validate the options of a multi-platform or saved file: On the Create Configuration screen, click Validate. – If the option and the configured value are supported on the host system, then a green check mark is displayed in the Status column. – If the option is supported and if the configured value is not supported on the host system, then a red X mark is displayed in the Status column.
Select the Apply Settings check box of the corresponding option and export. Target System Configuration You can apply the exported .ini, .cctk, SCE, and shell script files to configure the target client systems. Related Links: • Applying A .ini Or .cctk File • Applying A Shell Script On Linux Systems • Applying A SCE File Applying A .ini Or .cctk File The prerequisites for applying a .ini file or .cctk file: • Administrator privileges • Installed CCTK on the client system To apply a .
• To apply SCE on a Windows PE system, extract SCE from a Windows system using /e option. For example, SCE.exe/e=. • If you have configured a setup or system password on the target system, and while exporting SCE, if you have not provided the same password in the BIOS Setup or System Password Dialog box, then you cannot doubleclick and apply SCE on the target system.
Troubleshooting 3 Running CCTK Displays Error Messages If you get the following error message, then uninstall and reinstall Hardware Application Programming Interface (HAPI): Required BIOS interface not found or HAPI load error. Running CCTK On 32-Bit And 64-Bit Supported System Ensure that you are running CCTK.exe based on the architecture of the system. If you are running CCTK in a 32-bit supported system, in the installation directory, navigate to the x86 directory and run CCTK commands.
4. Activate TPM. Type: cctk --tpmactivation=activate --valsetuppwd= 5. Reboot the system without interruption till the operating system loads. 6. Check the status of TPM. Type: cctk --tpmactivation The status is displayed as activate. SCE Failing To Run On Windows Pre-Installation (Windows PE) Environment The SCE generated using the Export option on GUI is failing to run on Windows PE. To configure BIOS using SCE, on the target systems running the Windows PE operating systems: 1.
