System Configuration User Guide
If you set or change the BIOS User password, you cannot change any other BIOS option
using syscfg except the BIOS User and Administrator passwords.
Refer to the Product Guide for your Intel® Server Board for more information on BIOS
Setup options.
Examples:
syscfg /bup "" kwm93a3
syscfg /bup kwm93a9 lqts284
syscfg /bup lqts284 ""
syscfg /bap "" lqts284 /bup "" kwm93a3
Note: The /bup option can only be used if system has a valid Administrator password set.
Clearing the Administrator password will also clear the User password.
4.3.9 BIOS Variable (/bvar)
syscfg /bvar
For S55xx platforms utility provides additional BIOS switch to create, modify, or delete a
new EFI variable of user choice. The command line option of each of these commands is
depicted in the following table. The command is supported for Linux*, Windows* and UEFI
environment.
Command
Description
/bvar create
This command creates a new EFI variable.
The parameters that “create” command takes are as
follows –
• Name: name of the EFI variable that to be created
• GUID: GUID of the EFI variables
• Data: Data for the variable
• Attributes: Attribute is optional while creating, if not
provided it will take an attribute value of 7
The command will be successful when the command is
executed successfully and the variable is created.
However if a variable with the same name and GUID is
already existing, utility will provide appropriate
message.
/bvar overwrite
This command will overwrite the data value of an
existing EFI variable. Following are the parameters
passed to this command –
Name: Name of the existing variable
GUID: Optional, however if the name is not unique then
the utility will provide message for providing GUID as an
additional parameter.
Data: Data that are to be overwritten
/bvar delete
This command will delete an existing EFI variable. The
parameters passed are as follows –
Name: Name of variable
GUID: Optional and needed if name is not unique
Note:
1. Caution should be taken before deleting any EFI variable or rewrite the data of an
existing variable. If done wrongly this may lead to the system be unstable.
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