Quick Reference Guide

NOTE: PowerEdge 12G systems are backward compatible and support legacy arguments enable and disable.
However, it is recommended to use enabled and disabled on PowerEdge 12G systems as the arguments enable
and disable may be deprecated in future. For more information, see the BIOS options help.
To list the options which are are set on the system, but not applied due to pending reboot, type:
syscfg --pendingvalues
BIOS Boot Settings
Table 9. BIOS Boot Setting Options
Group Option Valid Arguments Description
BIOS Boot Settings
--BootSeq
list of device names
separated by commas
Specifies the location of the operating
system files needed for system startup.
This option is applicable when bootmode
is set to Bios and has no effect when
bootmode is set to Uefi.
--HddSeq
list of device names
separated by commas
Specifies the order in which hard-disk
drives are configured in the system. The
first hard drive in the system will be the
bootable C: drive in DOS/DOS-like
operating systems. This option is
applicable when
bootmode is set to
Bios and has no effect when bootmode
is set to Uefi.
Boot Settings
Table 10. Boot Settings Options
Group Option Valid Arguments Description
Boot Settings
--BootMode Bios, Uefi
Determines the boot mode of the system.
--BootSeqRetry Enabled,
Disabled
Enables or disables the Boot Sequence
Retry feature. When set to Enabled, the
system attempts the boot sequence after a
30-second time-out if the last boot attempt
has failed.
Embedded Server Management
Table 11. Embedded Server Management Options
Group Option Valid Arguments Description
Embedded Server
Management
--FrontLcd None,
UserDefined,
ModelNum,
Advanced
Allows you to set the model number or a
user-defined string on the front-panel LCD
display.
--UserLcdStr <string>
Allows you to set the default string (model
name and number for PowerEdge systems
earlier than Dell PowerEdge 11G and
service tag for PowerEdge systems 11G
and later) or a user-defined string on the
front-panel LCD. The maximum length of
the string is 62 characters.
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