Owner's Manual

Important Notes
This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit
(http://www.openssl.org/
).
SYSCFG
• Some options may not be present on all systems, which may be due to the BIOS version or
hardware feature set. The usage information generated by running SYSCFG without
arguments shows only those options that are valid for your system.
• The "--devseq" option is present only if you have an available, bootable hard-disk partition. If
this option is present in the configuration file, but not present on your system, you will
receive a usage error.
• To enable certain options, to reboot your system. Dell recommends you use the "reboot"
command on shell prompt or press the "Ctrl+Alt+Del" keys.
• It is required to perform a warm reboot after applying the syscfg settings changes on Dell
PowerEdge 12G systems.
• If you perform operations that change the "--redmem" option, reboot your system
immediately. It is applicable to both command line and "--infile" usage.
• NOTE: Additionally, the "--redmem" option should not be issued with any other command
and should be immediately followed by a system reboot. This is important when you
develop scripts that can alter the "--redmem" setting.
• For options that use text strings such as username, password, hostname, and community
string, using characters such as <space>, "<," ">," "|," "=" on the command line can be
misinterpreted by the command line parser and may cause errors. To avoid such errors, use
only alphanumeric characters.
• If you set the username using syscfg username option, Serial Over Lan (SOL) access for the
corresponding user will be enabled by default. You can disable SOL access for a user using
"syscfg solaction --userid=<userid> --action=disable" command.
• The maximum reliably supported baud rates (--solbitrate) are:
o 57600 for PowerEdge 9G systems without Dell Remote Access Controller 5 (DRAC 5).
o 115200 for PowerEdge 9G systems with DRAC 5.
• If you enter an unsupported baud rate, you may receive an error, "Parameter out of range."
• The legacy attribute values enable and disable are also supported for 12G systems for
backward compatibility. In future releases these arguments might be deprecated. Try to use
the values displayed in help message for BIOS options for 12G server.
RAIDCFG
• When creating virtual disks, the chunk (stripe) size is always in KBs. Do not specify any units of
measure for the chunk size.
• When providing multiple physical disks for the "create virtual disk" command, do not separate the
disks with spaces. For example, "-ad=1:4, 1:5" causes an error. The correct way to input multiple
physical disks is "-ad=1:4,1:5,1:6" or "-ad=1:4:0,1:5:0,1:6:0".
• If you change the controller mode from SCSI to RAID mode, data loss may occur. Back up any
data you require before changing the modes.
Known Issues