Quick Reference Guide

Option Valid Arguments Description
without any spaces or symbols. The variable name must be in
upper case. This option must be used with at least one
function command.
Example:
A:>syscfg -s ENVNAME --svctag
ENVNAME=SERVICE
--slot*
None
Reports the slot on a Blade system. If it is not a Blade system,
the slot is reported as 0. If used with the -s option, the
environment variable is set to the slot.
Example 1 (Blade systems) :
A:>syscfg --slot
slot=1
Example 2 (Rack and Tower systems) :
A:>syscfg --slot
slot=0
NOTE: This option is valid only on PowerEdge blade
systems.
--svctag*
None
Reports the service tag for a system. If used with the -s
option, the environment variable is set to the BIOS version.
Example:
A:>syscfg --svctag
svctag=113CD1S
--sysasset*
None
Reports the system asset tag on Blade systems.
Example:
A:>syscfg --sysasset
sysasset=ASSET01
--sysid*
None
Reports the unique system id bytes for a server. Servers
contain a unique ID value based on their model. The ID value
is reported as a hexadecimal value with a leading 0x,
lowercase hexadecimal letters, and zero-padded to 2 bytes. If
used with the -s general option, the environment variable is
set to the system ID.
Example:
A:>syscfg --sysid
sysid=0x00df
--sysname*
None
Reports the system identification string for a server, which is
the string displayed under the Dell logo during POST. If used
with the -s option, the environment variable is set to the
system name.
Example:
A:>syscfg --sysname
sysname=PowerEdge 1550/1000
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