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mouse
Table 286. mouse
Valid Arguments on, off
Description
Turns the mouse controller on or off.
This option can be replicated.
Example:
A:>syscfg --mouse=off
mouse=off
Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.
noraidprompt*
Table 287. noraidprompt*
Valid Arguments NA
Description
Specifies that the BIOS must not prompt for confirmation when changing the mode
of a RAID controller. This option can only be used with the --embscsiraid or --
embscsiraidchb options.
Without this option, the user is prompted during POST to confirm the change of a
RAID controller from RAID (SCSI) to SCSI (RAID). This option is not replicated.
CAUTION: When changing a RAID controller from SCSI to RAID or from
RAID to SCSI, data is lost on the affected hard drives. The warning
message for this data is not displayed if you use the --noraidprompt
option. To avoid data loss, back up any information on the hard drives
before changing the type of controller used with the drives
Example:
A:>syscfg --embscsiraid=raid --noraidprompt
embscsiraid=raid
Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.
oldsetuppwd
Table 288. oldsetuppwd
Valid Arguments <string>
Description
Allows to set a new setup password if a setup password is already present on the
system. The setup password locks the BIOS setup screen. The argument string
supplied to this option is the current password. If this password is not correct, the
new setup password is not applied to the system. Generally, passwords are limited
to alphanumeric characters and cannot exceed 32 characters in length. This option
is not replicated. For more information on delimiters, see Command Line Option
Delimiters.
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