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● Reports and sets BIOS configuration options.
● Reports and sets BMC/RAC configuration options.
● Reports and sets user-configurable states.
● Reports system information, including PCI device detection.
RAID Configuration Utility
The RAIDCFG utility reports and sets RAID configuration options.
RAC Configuration Utility
The RACADM utility reports and sets RAC configuration options for Dell Remote Access Controller DRAC 5, iDRAC6, and
iDRAC7, and iDRAC8.
Disk Partitioning Utility
The UPINIT script creates, formats, and populates a Dell Utility Partition.
Replication Of DTK Utilities
This section explains the replication of DTK utilities.
File Format
The -i and -o options use the .ini file format for system configuration (SYSCFG) options. All name/value entries that follow
the [syscfg] section header in the .ini file belong to the SYSCFG utility. For an example of the syscfg.ini file, see Sample
SYSCFG Utility .ini File Format.
SYSCFG Replication Rules
Not all BIOS and BMC options can be replicated using the .ini file. For example, boot sequence and device sequence are only
replicated if a device name list can be supplied. A numerical device list cannot be replicated since the index values can change
from system to system. In addition, because the service tag information is static, it is not commented out in the output file or
replicated. See the description of each option for further replication information.
The syscfg.ini file cannot be used across different systems. The file output operation places system identification information
at the beginning of the [syscfg] section. This information is used to determine if the file can be accepted as input for a
system. The following information is used for system identification:
● System ID Byte(s)
● System Name
● BIOS Version
If these values do not match the values found on the system, the file input operation fails.
The following is the SYSCFG behavior during replication:
● Options not available in SYSCFG are termed invalid options. If SYSCFG encounters an invalid option in the syscfg.ini file,
the SYSCFG utility terminates.
● Unsupported options are options available in SYSCFG but not applicable on certain systems. If SYSCFG encounters an
unsupported option, SYSCFG logs this option and continues to the next option.
● Unsupported arguments are arguments valid in SYSCFG but not applicable on certain systems. If SYSCFG encounters an
unsupported argument, SYSCFG terminates.
● SYSCFG logs a message in the log file for each option processed in the syscfg.ini file. To generate the log file, use the
logfile option.
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