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Dell Command | Configure Version 4.2 Command Line Interface Reference Guide
Introduction to Dell Command | Configure 4.2
Using command line interface for Dell Command | Configure 4.2
- Running Dell Command | Configure commands
  - Using the command prompt
  - Using a bootable image
- Command syntax overview
  - Command line syntax
Options for Dell Command | Configure 4.2
Sample file formats for Dell Command | Configure 4.2
- Sample Dell Command | Configure utility.ini file format
Error codes and messages for Dell Command | Configure 4.2
- Dell Command | Configure error codes and messages

Dell Command | Congure

Version 4.2 Command Line Interface Reference Guide

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Dell Command | Configure Version 4.
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Notes, cautions, and warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2008 - 2019 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries.
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Contents 1 Introduction to Dell Command | Configure 4.2.............................................................................................. 15 What’s new in this release............................................................................................................................................... 15 Supported systems and operating systems.................................................................................................................. 16 Other documents you may need.
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--AmdCpuCore...........................................................................................................................................................32 --AmdSmartShift....................................................................................................................................................... 32 --AmdThreadControl.................................................................................................................................................
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--BroadcomTruManage.............................................................................................................................................48 --BrightnessAc........................................................................................................................................................... 48 --BrightnessBattery...................................................................................................................................................
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--EnclaveSize............................................................................................................................................................. 60 --EnergyStarLogo...................................................................................................................................................... 60 --EsataPort.............................................................................................................................................................
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--HddInfo..................................................................................................................................................................... 71 --HddProtection......................................................................................................................................................... 72 --HddPwd..........................................................................................................................................................
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--LatitudeOnFlash......................................................................................................................................................84 --LcdStealthMode..................................................................................................................................................... 84 --LedStealthMode.....................................................................................................................................................
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--OnboardModem......................................................................................................................................................96 --OnboardSoundDevice............................................................................................................................................ 96 --OnboardUSBNIC.....................................................................................................................................................
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--PrimIdeMast.......................................................................................................................................................... 109 --PrimIdeSlav............................................................................................................................................................ 109 --PrivacyScreen.......................................................................................................................................................
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--UsbPortsSide......................................................................................................................................................... 120 --SignOfLifeIndication...............................................................................................................................................121 --SignOfLifeByAudio.................................................................................................................................................
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--TpmSecurity........................................................................................................................................................... 133 --TpmActivation........................................................................................................................................................ 133 --TpmClear.............................................................................................................................................................
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--UsbPort24.............................................................................................................................................................. 144 --UsbPort25..............................................................................................................................................................144 --UsbPort26..........................................................................................................................................................
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--WirelessDevice.......................................................................................................................................................156 --WirelessLan............................................................................................................................................................ 156 --WirelessSwitchUwb...............................................................................................................................................
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1 Introduction to Dell Command | Configure 4.2 Dell Command | Configure is a packaged software application that provides configuration capability to business client platforms. This product consists of a Command Line Interface (CLI) and Graphical User Interface (GUI) to configure various BIOS features. Dell Command | Configure supports following Windows and Linux operating systems: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.
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– -IoModule2 – --IoModule3 – --IoModule4 – --ExpansionBay1 – --ExpansionBay2 – --ExpansionBay3 – --DynBacklightCtrl – --NumlockLed – --GraphicSpecMode – --Thunderbolt – --VmdPcieSlot – --FanSpdAutoLvlonCpuMemZone – --FanSpdAutoLvlonPcieZone – --FanSpdAutoLvlonUpperPcieZone – --FanSpdAutoLvlonFlexBayZone Supported systems and operating systems For the list of business client systems and operating systems supported, see the Release Notes available in the Dell Command | Configure installation files or at dell
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2 Using command line interface for Dell Command | Configure 4.2 This chapter provides a general overview of the Command Line Interface (CLI) utility. It explains how to run the commands and the syntax details of the command line options that are used to configure BIOS settings for client systems.
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Command syntax overview Syntax refers to the way a command and its parameters are entered. Command Line Interface (CLI) commands can be arranged in any order in a command line instance as long as they conform to the basic command line syntax. Command line syntax The general usage models of the Dell Command | Configure utilities are as follows: CCTK --option1=[arg1] or cctk --option1=[arg1]...--optionX=[argX] NOTE: Some of the options in Dell Command | Configure are followed by an asterisk.
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Case sensitivity Command line options and user-defined arguments are case insensitive. Unless specified otherwise, enter all commands, options, arguments, and command line switches in lowercase letters. Command line option delimiter The following table lists some examples of valid and invalid Dell Command | Configure command line options. Windows path: • For 32-bit systems — C:\Programfiles (x86)\Dell\Command Configure\X86 • For 64-bit systems — C:\Programfiles (x86)\Dell\Command Configure\X86_64 Linux
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Read and write options You cannot combine the options that specify read and write actions in a command line instance. The following table provides examples for read and write commands. Table 4. Read and write options Valid or Invalid Example valid cctk --option1 --option2 valid cctk --option1=arg --option2=arg NOTE: You have to provide the setup password, if it is already set on the system.
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3 Options for Dell Command | Configure 4.2 This chapter provides an overview of the Dell Command | Configure options. It describes the general and BIOS options to configure settings for the client systems. Dell Command | Configure options can be divided into: • General options — Applicable to all systems. • BIOS options — Applicable only if the BIOS of the system supports.
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Attribute Details Description Example C:\>cctk -H asfmode asfmode: Sets the asf (alert standard format)mode. DASH and ASF 2.0 set enables LOM to have DASH and ASF 2.0 functionality. Arguments: off+ | on+ | alertonly+ -I or --Infile Table 6. -I or --Infile Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Directs the Command Configure utility to take input from an INI file. The utility searches the file for a Command Configure heading identical to the utility name.
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-l or --logfile Table 7. -l or --logfile Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Logs the command line output to a time-stamped file. The utility either appends the information to an existing log file or creates a new file. The log file contains the same information as the standard output, plus timestamp information. Users should use this option instead of redirection for task diagnosis. Example C:\>cctk -l /logfile No Option Table 8.
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Attribute Details Description You can enable or disable the devices by changing the symbol displayed with the device. These symbols are optional and if not present, the current status of the device is retained. NOTE: The bootorder option in the INI file is applied to a system based on its active boot list.
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--Absolute Table 12. --Absolute Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled, and PermanentlyDisabled Sets the value to the Absolute interface and control the Absolute service using the following options: • • • Enabled - If enabled, then the Absolute service is activated or deactivated. Disabled - If disabled, then the Absolute service does not run.
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--AddDevice Table 15. --AddDevice Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Usb Adds the specified device to the boot device list. At present, only the Universal Serial Bus (USB) storage device is supported. This option is not valid on all the systems. The USB storage device is added at the end of the boot order. If the USB storage device is already added in the boot order list, the following message is displayed while executing the option:USB device is already present in this machine.
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--AdiModeChannel3 Table 18. --AdiModeChannel3 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Unused, AdcInput, DacOutput, DacAndAdc, Gpio Sets the defined Analog/Digital Interface mode for channel 3. • • • • • Unused - Channel is unused. AdcInput - Sets the channel mode as Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) input. DacOutput - Sets the channel mode as Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) output. DacAndAdc - Sets the channel mode as DAC output, but can be monitored through ADC input.
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--AdiModeChannel6 Table 21. --AdiModeChannel6 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Unused, AdcInput, DacOutput, DacAndAdc, Gpio Sets the defined Analog/Digital Interface mode for channel 6. • • • • • Unused - Channel is unused. AdcInput - Sets the channel mode as Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) input. DacOutput - Sets the channel mode as Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) output. DacAndAdc - Sets the channel mode as DAC output, but can be monitored through ADC input.
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--AdjCachePrefetch Table 24. --AdjCachePrefetch Attribute details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the adjacent cache line prefetch. • • Enabled — The processor fetches the cache line containing the currently requested data, and prefetches the following cache line. Disabled —The processor fetches only the cache line containing the currently requested data. --AdminSetupLockout Table 25.
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Attribute Details Description To disable the advanced battery charging mode: C:\>cctk --AdvBatteryChargeCfg=Disabled AdvBatteryChargeCfg=Disabled --AgpApertureSize Table 27. --AgpApertureSize Attribute Details Description Valid Argument 8M, 16M, 32M, 64M, 128M, 256M Sets the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture size of Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) address space. NOTE: The Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) must be cleared after the aperture size is changed. --AgpSlot Table 28.
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--AlwaysAllowDellDocks Table 30. --AlwaysAllowDellDocks Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Allows the system to, or restricts the Dell Type-C Thunderbolt docks to function when the Thunderbolt is disabled. • • Enabled — Allows the Dell Type-C Thunderbolt docks to function even when the Thunderbolt is disabled. Disabled — Allows the system to restrict the Dell Type-C Thunderbolt docks to function when the Thunderbolt is disabled. --AllowBiosDowngrade Table 31.
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--AmdCpuCore Table 33. --AmdCpuCore Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Coreall, Core1p0, Core1p1, Core2p0, Core3p0, Core2p2, Core4p0, and Core3p3 Specifies whether the processor has one or more cores enabled. --AmdSmartShift Table 34. --AmdSmartShift Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Sets the AmdSmartShift by using the following options: • • Enabled - On a discrete GPU system, AMD SmartShift allows the system’s CPU and discrete GPU to share the power limits.
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--AmdViEnable Table 37. --AmdViEnable Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled This field specifies whether the Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) uses the additional hardware capabilities provided by AMD-Vi Technology. --AmdVtEnable Table 38. --AmdVtEnable Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled This field specifies whether the Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) uses the additional hardware capabilities provided by AMD-V Technology. --AmdTSME Table 39.
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Attribute Details Description • Disabled - If Intel Active Management Technology is disabled, MEBx is not available in pre-boot. Once disabled, Intel Active Management Technology can only be enabled through the BIOS interface. If the Intel AMT is already provisioned, AMT cannot be disabled. Un-provisioning AMT is required to disable AMT. --AsfMode Table 41. --AsfMode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument On, Off, AlertOnly, Dash Sets the alert standard format.
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--AssignIntr Table 44. --AssignIntr Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Standard, Distributed This option controls the interrupted assignment of PCI devices in the system. This option is set to standard by default, causing standard interrupt routing that uses INTA, B, C, D for all PCIe devices. When set to distributed, the interrupt routing is rerouted at the MCH root ports to minimize sharing of interrupts across all PCIe (and PCI-X in PIC mode) devices. --AtgSystem Table 45.
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--AutoOn Table 48. --AutoOn Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Disabled, Weekdays , Everyday, Selectdays Configures the auto on option for a system. Using this option you can configure the days on which the system has to turn on automatically. • • • • Disabled — Disables the auto on function on the system. Everyday — Enables the auto on function on every day of the week. Weekdays — Enables the auto on function on week days.
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--AutoOSRecoveryThreshold Table 51. --AutoOSRecoveryThreshold Attribute Details Description Valid Argument OFF, 1, 2, 3 Sets the threshold value for auto OS recovery. Controls the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System Resolution console and for Dell OS Recovery Tool. The system boots to the SupportAssist System Resolution console and for Dell OS Recovery Tool if, • • • the primary operating system fails to boot consecutively.
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--Bezelir Table 54. --Bezelir Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Sets the Embedded Server Management (ESM) configuration. --BiosAutoRcvr Table 55. --BiosAutoRcvr Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables BIOS auto recovery feature. • • Enabled — If BIOS corruption is detected, the system automatically recovers BIOS without any user interaction. Disabled — Disables BIOS auto recovery feature.
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--BIOSConnect Table 57. --BIOSConnect Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables BIOS Connect feature. --BIOSEnumMode Table 58. --BIOSEnumMode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument BIOSAssistEnum and NativeEnum Thunderbolt PCIe Enumeration Mode controls when OS or BIOS performs the enumeration of Thunderbolt PCIe devices. --BiosConnectActivation Table 59.
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--BiosIntegrityCheck Table 61. --BiosIntegrityCheck Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the BIOS integrity check during the booting process. • • Enabled — BIOS checks the BIOS image integrity during every booting process. Disabled — BIOS checks the BIOS image integrity only if the previous booting process did not complete NOTE: BIOS checks the BIOS image integrity only if the BiosAutoRcvr option is enabled. --BiosListInstallLang Table 62.
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--BiosRcvrFrmHdd Table 65. --BiosRcvrFrmHdd Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the system BIOS Recovery option. This feature saves a recovery image to a primary hard disk drive storage, or to an external USB, and uses this recovery image to recover BIOS image when system BIOS fails. • • Enabled — BIOS stores the recovery image on a primary hard disk drive storage.
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--BitSmart Table 69. --BitSmart Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables BitSmart. --BlinkPsu1Led Table 70. --BlinkPsu1Led Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled Sets the first Power Supply (PSU 1) status LED to blink. Enabling the LED to blink helps to recognize the power supply probe in use while using ASM feature. For more details, see Advanced System Management. NOTE: This option is supported only on systems that support ASM.
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--BltInPntDevice Table 73. --BltInPntDevice Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables built-in pointing device. --BluetoothDevice Table 74. --BluetoothDevice Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables bluetooth device. --BluetoothStealthMode Table 75.
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Attribute Details Description • an internal Hard Disk Drive (HDD), a USB storage device, and a modular Bay HDD, the short forms will be displayed as hdd.1, hdd.2, and hdd.3 respectively. Device Description — Description of the device.
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Sub Options The following are the sub options of bootorder. --ActiveBootList Table 77. --ActiveBootList Attribute Details Description Changes the active boot list in BIOS. NOTE: If you set Legacy for the system that supports only UEFI, then the following error message is displayed: Legacy option is not supported on this machine. Example C:\>cctk BootOrder --ActiveBootList=uefi C:\>cctk BootOrder --ActiveBootList=legacy --BootListType Table 78.
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Attribute Details Description or cctk BootOrder --BootListType=uefi --DisableDevice=4,7,2,1 cctk BootOrder --BootListType=legacy --DisableDevice=4,7,2,1 cctk BootOrder --BootListType=Legacy --DisableDevice=hdd.* - It will Enabled all Hard Disk of Legacy Bootorder --EnableDevice Table 80. --EnableDevice Attribute Details Description Enables the device.
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Attribute Details Description The above example changes the sequence to embnic as first device and cdrom as second and so on. Disable the device cdrom and enable the floppy device in the boot list. --BootSeqSet Table 82. --BootSeqSet Attribute Details Description Valid Argument DisketteFirst, HardDiskOnly, DevList, CdRomFirst Sets the Initial Program Load (IPL) device sequence for the next system boot.
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--BroadcomTruManage Table 85. --BroadcomTruManage Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the BroadcomTruManage technology. --BrightnessAc Table 86. --BrightnessAc Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Integers ranging from 0 to 15 Sets the panel brightness to be used when the system is using AC power. 0 sets the panel brightness to 0%, and 15 sets the panel brightness to 100%. --BrightnessBattery Table 87.
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--Camera Table 89. --Camera Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the camera. --CanBus Table 90. --CanBus Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Controller Area Network (CAN) Bus. --ChasIntrusion Table 91.
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--ClearDellRmtLog Table 93. --ClearDellRmtLog Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled --CmosDefaults Table 94. --CmosDefaults Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the request for a default of CMOS values when the system reboots. --CompletionCode Table 95.
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--CoolnQuiet Table 97. --CoolnQuiet Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables AMD cool and quiet processor feature. --CpuCore Table 98.
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Attribute Details Description • CorseAll — Enables all cores. --CpuCores Table 99. --CpuCores Attribute Details Description Valid Argument 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, All Controls the number of enabled cores in each processor. By default, maximum number of cores per processor are enabled. --CpuCount Table 100. --CpuCount Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Read-only Displays the number of processors in the system. --CpuRSA Table 101.
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Attribute Details Description • NoSnoop — Enables no snoop mode. --CpuSpeed Table 103. --CpuSpeed Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Read-only Displays the current speed of the processor. --CpuXdSupport Table 104. --CpuXdSupport Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the CPU eXecute Disable (XD) feature support. --CStatesCtrl Table 105.
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--Dbpm Table 107. --Dbpm Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables demand-based power management. --Dbs Table 108. --Dbs Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables demand-based power management. --Decrypt Table 109. --Decrypt Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Read-only Allow to Decrypt. --DeepSleepCtrl Table 110.
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--DisGpuExtDisplay Table 111. --DisGpuExtDisplay Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the platform external displays. NOTE: Embedded Display Port (eDP) will be enabled by Integrated Graphics Processing Unit (iGPU). • • Enabled — Allows discrete Graphics Processing Unit (dGPU) to enable the platform external displays such as HDMI, NB DP, Type-C, and so on with the purpose of enabling discrete graphic features such as Eyefinity, Mosaic, 10bit DP displays, etc.
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Attribute Details Description • Suspend — system will be forced to suspend when the system lid is closed. --DockBattChrgCfg Table 115. --DockBattChrgCfg Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Standard, Express Configures the dock battery charge mode. • • Standard — Charges the battery over a long period of time. Express — Charges the battery in Express Charge mode using Dell's fast charging technology. --DockSupportOnBattery Table 116.
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Attribute Details Description • • Enabled — Enables DRAM references from triggering DRAM prefetch requests. Disabled — Disables DRAM references from triggering DRAM prefetch requests. --DRmt Table 119. --DRmt Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Dell Reliable Memory Technology configures the system to detect and correct the software errors in a block of RAM. When enabled, the system detects and corrects the software errors. --DustFilter Table 120.
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--EmbIdeRaid2 Table 123. --EmbIdeRaid2 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the second embeded IDE RAID controller. --EmbNic1 Table 124. --EmbNic1 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument EnabledPxe, Enabled, Disabled, OnWithIscsi, OnWithRplBoot, OnWithImageServerBoot Defines the state of the built-in NIC. NOTE: Onwithimageserverboot is used in the deployment of Dell SmartClient products. --EmbNic2 Table 125.
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--EmbScsi1 Table 127. --EmbScsi1 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the first Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) controller. --EmbScsi2 Table 128. --EmbScsi2 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the second SCSI controller. --SdCard Table 129. --SdCard Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the embedded Secure Digital (SD) card. --EmbVideoCtrl Table 130.
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--EnclaveSize Table 132. --EnclaveSize Attribute Details Valid Argument Description • • • • 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB Displays the memory allocation size for the Intel Software Guard Extension (SGX) processor reserved memory. NOTE: You cannot set the Enclave Reserve Memory Size using the Dell Command | Configure user interface. One of the methods of setting Enclave Reserve Memory Size is from the BIOS setup screen. --EnergyStarLogo Table 133.
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--ExpansionBay1 Table 136. --ExpansionBay1 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables ExpansionBay1. --ExpansionBay2 Table 137. --ExpansionBay2 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables ExpansionBay2. --ExpansionBay3 Table 138. --ExpansionBay3 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables ExpansionBay3. --ExpressCard Table 139.
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--ExternalHotKey Table 141. --ExternalHotKey Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the external keyboard hot-key feature. Scrolllock allows the Scroll Lock key on an external keyboard to act as the Fn key on the internal keyboard. --ExtPostTime Table 142. --ExtPostTime Attribute Details Description Valid Argument 0s, 5s, 10s Delays the time of action taken by the system after pressing function keys such as F2, F12, and so on. during post time.
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--FanSpeed Table 145. --FanSpeed Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Auto, High, Medium, MedHigh, MedLow, Low Sets the speed of the fan. If set to auto the system run-time sets the speed of the fan. --FanSpdAutoLvlonCpuZone Table 146. --FanSpdAutoLvlonCpuZone Attribute Details Description Valid Argument 0 to 100 --FanSpdAutoLvlonPsuZone Table 147. --FanSpdAutoLvlonPsuZone Attribute Details Description Valid Argument 0 to 100 --FanSpdAutoLvlonCpuMemZone Table 148.
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--FanSpdAutoLvlonFlexBayZone Table 150. --FanSpdAutoLvlonFlexBayZone Attribute Details Description Valid Argument 0 to 100 When the Thermal Mode is set to Auto, Fan Speed Control Auto Level determines the minimum speed of the fans. Zero is the optimal speed level. Higher level improves the cooling factor. --FanSpdAutoLvlonUpperPcieZone Table 151.
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--Fastboot Table 154. --Fastboot Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Thorough, Minimal, Auto Enables fast booting. • • • Thorough — Sets POST to perform complete hardware and configuration testing. Minimal — Sets POST to perform minimal hardware testing. Auto — Allows the BIOS to decide what level of POST test is used. --FirstPowerOnDate Table 155. --FirstPowerOnDate Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Read-only Displays the date on which the system was first turned on.
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--FlashCacheModule Table 158. --FlashCacheModule Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Ready Boost and Ready Cache functionality. --Floppy Table 159. --Floppy Attribute Details Description Valid Argument On, Off, Auto, ReadOnly, Usb Configures the floppy diskette controller. • • • Auto — Enables the auto-configuration of the built-in floppy controller of the system. ReadOnly — Floppy controller becomes read-only, no write operations are permitted.
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Attribute Details Description • Disabled — Press the function keys to use the secondary function of the key. --ForcePxe Table 162. --ForcePxe Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) as the first boot device on all subsequent boots. --ForcePxeOnNextBoot Table 163. --ForcePxeOnNextBoot Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables Force PXE on next boot in BIOS.
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--FrontPowerButton Table 165. --FrontPowerButton Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the FrontPowerButton feature. --FrontUsbPortCollection Table 166. --FrontUsbPortCollection Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled If a USB port is enabled, devices attached to this port are enabled and available for the OS. If a USB port is disabled, any devices attached to this port are not visible to the OS.
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--GenEncryption Table 169. --GenEncryption Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables general purpose encryption. --GpsWwan Table 170. --GpsWwan Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables GPS WWAN Radio. --DediGPSRadio Table 171. --DediGPSRadio Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the internal Dedi Global Positioning System (GPS) radio.
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--GraphicSpecMode Table 173. --GraphicSpecMode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the modes. Possible values: • • Enabled — Allows discrete Graphics Processing Unit (dGPU) to enable the platform external displays such as HDMI, NB DP and Type-C, with the purpose of enabling modes graphic features. NOTE: Embedded Display Port (eDP) will be enabled by Integrated Graphics Processing Unit (iGPU). Disabled — The normal hybrid graphics mode is enabled.
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--HddAcousticMode Table 177. --HddAcousticMode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Bypass, Quiet, Suggested, Performance Sets the hard disk acoustic mode. If set to Bypass, BIOS does not modify the currently set acoustic mode of the hard disks. Quiet sets the acoustic mode of the hard disks to the quietest operation. Suggested sets the acoustic mode of the hard disks to the setting suggested by the manufacturer.
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--HddProtection Table 180. --HddProtection Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Turns the HDD protection feature on or off. The Hard Disk Protection is an advanced feature intended to keep the HDD data secure and unchangeable. For more details on this feature, see the documentation provided with your system. --HddPwd Table 181. --HddPwd Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Sets the hard disk drive password. The password cannot be reported.
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--HtAssist Table 184. --HtAssist Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Probe Filter chipset option in the BIOS setup. The chipset feature affects the performance of some applications. --HtKeyWxanRadio Table 185. --HtKeyWxanRadio Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables hotkey to toggle WxAN radio. Enabling this option allows to set the wxanradio option. For more information, see --wxanradio.
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--IdeCdrom Table 188. --IdeCdrom Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Auto, Off Turns the CD drive on or off. • • Auto — Enables the auto-configuration of the system built-in IDE controller. Off — Disable the system built-in IDE controller, making IRQ14 and IRQ15 resources available. --IgnitionSwitchEnable Table 189. --IgnitionSwitchEnable Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the external ignition pin. Disabled by default.
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--IgnitionSwitchDebounceCycle Table 192. --IgnitionSwitchDebounceCycle Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Value (50 - 5000) De-Bounce Ignition Power Switch cycle time is displayed in milli seconds. By default the value is 50ms. --InfraredDevice Table 193. --InfraredDevice Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Disabled, Com1, Com2, Com3, Com4 Sets the infrared port. --InfraredMode Table 194.
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--IntegratedAudio Table 196. --IntegratedAudio Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled, Auto Sets the status of the integrated sound device of the system. --IntegratedRaid Table 197. --IntegratedRaid Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the integrated RAID. --IntegratedSas Table 198.
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Attribute Details Description NOTE: The setting is valid only if integrated video is used. --IntelVMDTechnology Table 201. --IntelVMDTechnology Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Auto and Disabled Enables or disables the Intel Volume Management Device (VMD) technology. Selecting Auto enables VMD for any PCIe SSD connected to PCIe root ports. If the Auto option is not selected, it disables VMD for all ports. SSD works only as a native NVMe device. --IntelSpdSelTech Table 202.
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--Interrupt13hDma Table 205. --Interrupt13hDma Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the interrupt 13h Direct Memory Access (DMA) on boot. --IntelRapidStart Table 206. --IntelRapidStart Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Intel Rapid Start Technology feature within the BIOS. --IntlSmartConnect Table 207.
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--IoModule3 Table 210. --IoModule3 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Iomodule3. --IoModule4 Table 211. --IoModule4 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Iomodule4. --Ioat Table 212. --Ioat Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the IO Acceleration Technology (IOAT) DMA Engine option.
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--IrstTimer Table 214. --IrstTimer Attribute Details Description Valid Argument integers ranging from 0 to 999 Configures the timeout value (in minutes) for Intel Rapid Start Technology (IRST) mode. After the set timeout, the system enters IRST mode from the S3 system sleep mode. The acceptable values are in the range 0-999. --IntelReadyModeEn Table 215. --IntelReadyModeEn Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables Intel Ready Mode Technology (iRMT).
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Attribute Details Description • • • • • 30s — Keyboard backlight stays on for 30 seconds. 1m — Keyboard backlight stays on for 1 minute. 5m — Keyboard backlight stays on for 5 minutes. 15m — Keyboard backlight stays on for 15 minutes. Never — Keyboard backlight always stays on. --KbdBacklightTimeoutBatt Table 218.
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--EnableColor Table 220. --EnableColor Attribute Details Description Valid Argument White, Red, Green, Blue, CustomColor1, CustomColor2, and None. Displays or enables the supported colors on the keyboard backlight. Press Fn+C to switch among the enabled colors. NOTE: If 'none' is selected, keyboard backlight color switching using Fn+C key combination will not be possible. The value 'none' cannot be combined with any other color.
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--KeyboardBacklightOnAc Table 224. --KeyboardBacklightOnAc Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the keyboard backlight when the system is running on Alternating Current (AC) power or if an AC power adapter is plugged in. • • Enabled — Enables the keyboard backlight even after 10 seconds of inactivity. Disabled — Disables the timer that fades the keyboard backlight after 10 seconds of inactivity.
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--Keypad Table 227. --Keypad Attribute Details Description Valid Argument EnabledByNumLock, EnabledByFnKey Enables the keypad in two different ways — numlock and function key. --LastBiosUpdate Table 228. --LastBiosUpdate Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Read-only Identifies the major release of the system BIOS. --LatitudeOn Table 229. --LatitudeOn Attribute Value Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables booting to Latitude ON. --LatitudeOnFlash Table 230.
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Attribute Details Description • • Unchanged — Retains the current state of the LCD screen backlight. TurnOff — Turns off the LCD screen backlight if Stealth is enabled. --LedStealthMode Table 232. --LedStealthMode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Unchanged, TurnOff Configures the state of the LEDs depending on the Stealth mode is enabled or disabled. • • Unchanged— Retains the current state of the system LEDs. TurnOff— Turns off the system LEDs if the stealth mode is enabled.
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--LimitCpuidValue Table 236. --KbdBacklightTimeoutAc Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Limits the maximum value the processor standard CPUID function supports. Some operating system will be unable to install if the maximum CPUID function supported is greater than 3. If set to on, the CPUID function is limited to 3. If set to off, the CPUID function is not limited to 3. --LiquidCooler2 Table 237.
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--Lpt Table 240. --Lpt Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Lpt1, Lpt2, Lpt3 Defines the parallel port configuration. Lpt1 enables the built-in parallel port of the system to operate in Lpt1 mode, using Input/Output (I/O) address 378. Lpt2 enables the system’s built-in parallel port to operate in Lpt2 mode, using I/O address 278. Lpt3 enables the built-in parallel port to operate in Lpt3 mode, using I/O address 3BC. --LptMode Table 241.
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--M2PcieSsd1 Table 243. --M2PcieSsd1 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables M2 PCIE SSD 1. --MacAddrPassThru Table 244. --MacAddrPassThru Attribute Details Description Valid Argument SystemUnique, IntegratedNic1, Disabled This feature replaces the external NIC MAC address (in a supported dock or dongle) with the selected MAC address from the system. The default value is the System Unique MAC Address. --MasterPasswordLockout Table 245.
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--MediaCard Table 246. --MediaCard Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the media card. --MediaCardAnd1394 Table 247. --MediaCardAnd1394 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the media card and 1394 devices. --Mem Table 248.
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--NodeInterleave Table 250. --NodeInterleave Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables memory interleave mode. --MemRSA Table 251. --MemRSA Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Reliability Availability Serviceability (RSA) support on memory modules. --MemPerMonitor Table 252.
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--MEMSSensors Table 254. --MEMSSensors Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Micro Electro Mechanical Sensors. --MemTest Table 255. --MemTest Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables Power-on Self Test (POST) extended memory test. --MfgDate Table 256. --MfgDate Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Read-only Displays the manufacturing date of the system. --Microphone Table 257.
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--Minisas0 Table 259. --Minisas0 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Minisas drive 0. --Minisas1 Table 260. --Minisas1 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Minisas drive 1. --Minisas2 Table 261. --Minisas2 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Minisas drive 2. --Minisas3 Table 262.
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--MmioAbove4Gb Table 264. --MmioAbove4Gb Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Configures the memory mapped IO above 4GB. --MobilePowerMgmt Table 265. --MobilePowerMgmt Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the mobile system power management. --ModBattChargeCfg Table 266. --ModBattChargeCfg Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Standard, Express Configures the module bay battery charging.
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--MonitorToggling Table 268. --MonitorToggling Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables monitor toggling. --Mouse Table 269. --Mouse Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Turns the mouse controller on or off. --MpmCfg Table 270. --MpmCfg Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Off, Low, Med, and High This feature controls the level of monitoring of Memory Performance Monitor (MPM).
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--MultiDisplay Table 272. --MultiDisplay Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Allows the users to enable or disable the multi-display feature. If enabled, the integrated and add-in graphics (GFX) video is turned on. --Nfc Table 273. --Nfc Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Near Field Computing (NFC) device. --NmiButton Table 274.
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--NumLockLed Table 276. --NumLockLed Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the NumLockLed function when the system boots. --OnBoard1394 Table 277. --OnBoard1394 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables onboard 1394 controller on the next boot. --OnboardModem Table 278. --OnboardModem Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the onboard modem.
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Attribute Details Description • • • Enabled — Enables the secondary NIC. Disabled — Disables the secondary NIC. EnableWithPxe — Enables the secondary NIC and supports the PXE for network boot. --OneTBSystemMemoryLimitEnable Table 281. --OneTBSystemMemoryLimitEnable Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Confines the system memory to less than 1 TB, when more than 1 TB of memory is installed in the computer. --OnReader Table 282.
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--Optimus Table 285. --Optimus Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Optimus feature. If enabled, the feature automatically turns off the power of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) when not required and turns it on when required. --OptionalBootSequence Table 286.
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--OromUiProtection Table 289. --OromUiProtection Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Administrator password prompt required to access the OptionROM user interface in the BIOS setup screen. --OsMode Table 290. --OsMode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Turns operating system installation mode on or off. OsWatchdogTimer Table 291.
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--OwnerPwd Table 293. --OwnerPwd Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Sets, changes, or removes the owner password. The system cannot report the owner password. The owner password is designed for companies that loan or lease systems. It allows the leasing agency (the owner of the system) to remove any administrator, system, or hard drive passwords that are set on the system by the lessee. NOTE: Reboot the system to complete any owner password actions.
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--PcCardAnd1394 Table 296. --PcCardAnd1394 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the PC card and 1394 devices. --PcieBusAllocation Table 297. --PcieBusAllocation Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Default, OptimizeforThunderbolt, Option1, Option2, and Option3 This feature controls the PCIe bus resources allocation among the PCIe SLOTs. --PcibusCount Table 298.
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Attribute Details Description Auto - PCIe link speed is configured based on the maximum speed supported by both upstream and downstream devices. Gen1 - The PCIe link speed is configured in gen1. Gen2 - The maximum PCIe link speed allowed is limited to gen2. Configures PCIe LinkSpeed. --PciMmioSpaceSize Table 301. --PciMmioSpaceSize Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Small, Large, Dynamic Allocates a part of the memory to the PCI Memory Mapped I/O.
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--PciSlots Table 304. --PciSlots Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the add-in PCI slots of the system. --Pcmcia Table 305. --Pcmcia Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the PCMCIA device slot. --PeakShiftBatteryThreshold Table 306. --PeakShiftBatteryThreshold Attribute Details Description Valid Argument integers ranging from 15 to 100 Sets the value of Peak Shift battery threshold.
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Attribute Details Description NOTE: The value of hour must be in the range 00–23 and minute must be 00,15, 30, or 45. To set 12 a.m., provide the hour value as 00. To enable Peak Shift battery configuration: C:\>cctk --PeakShiftCfg=Enabled PeakShiftCfg=Enabled Example To enable Peak Shift battery configuration on specific days for a specific period: C:\>cctk -PeakShiftCfg=Enabled,mon-10:30/14:00/16:00,tue-10:30/14:00/16:30 To disable Peak Shift battery configuration: C:\>cctk --PeakShiftCfg=Disabled Peak
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--PostF12Key Table 311. --PostF12Key Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables F12 boot menu on POST boot screen. --PostF2Key Table 312. --PostF2Key Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables boot menu on POST boot screen. --PostHelpDeskKey Table 313.
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--PowerOnLidOpen Table 316. --PowerOnLidOpen Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Set the PowerOnLidOpen feature using the following options: • Enabled - If the feature is set to enabled, the system powers up from the off state whenever the lid is opened. This system powers on when powered either by the AC adapter or the system battery. • Disabled - If this feature is set to disabled, the system does not power up from the off state whenever the lid is opened.
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Attribute Details Description • • Enabled — Disconnects power from the Intel 8260 Wireless NIC when the Stealth Mode is enabled. Disabled — Does not disconnect power from the Intel 8260 Wireless NIC when the Stealth Mode is enabled. --PowerUsageMode Table 320.
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Attribute Details Description NOTE: You can disable PpibypassSedBlockSidCommand in manufacturing mode or while setting up the BIOS Setup Administrator password. --PrimaryBattChargeCfg Table 323. --PrimaryBattChargeCfg Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Standard, Express, PrimAcUse, Adaptive, Custom Configures the primary battery charging. • • • • • Standard — Charges the battery over a longer period of time.
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--PrimIdeMast Table 325. --PrimIdeMast Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Auto, Off Enables or disables primary IDE master channel. --PrimIdeSlav Table 326. --PrimIdeSlav Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Auto, Off Enables or disables primary parallel IDE slave channel. --PrivacyScreen Table 327.
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--PasswordLock Table 329. --PasswordLock Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Controls the ability to set the system password. If the password is locked, it cannot be changed. The lock argument locks the current state of the system password. If a system password has been set, it cannot be removed. If a system password has not been set, it cannot be set. On specific BIOS settings, this feature does not work. For more information, see the BIOS documentation.
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--RemoteBiosUpdate Table 333. --RemoteBiosUpdate Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the remote BIOS update. --ReportLogoType Table 334. --ReportLogoType Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Read-only Reports the type of splash screen logo (Dell or custom) that is passed from BIOS to user. NOTE: You cannot enable or disable this feature using Dell Command | Configure. --RingEventResume Table 335.
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--RuggedDeskDockNicPxe Table 337. --RuggedDeskDockNicPxe Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the support for PXE Boot from the Rugged Desk Dock NIC device. --SafeUsb Table 338. --SafeUsb Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables selective USB feature to disable all USB ports except the two selective USB ports.
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--Sata2 Table 341. --Sata2 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Sets the SATA port 2 to off or auto. --Sata3 Table 342. --Sata3 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Sets the SATA port 3 to off or auto. --Sata4 Table 343. --Sata4 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Sets the SATA port 4 to off or auto. --Sata5 Table 344.
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--Sata7 Table 346. --Sata7 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Sets the SATA port 7 to off or auto. --Sata8 Table 347. --Sata8 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Sets the SATA port 8 to off or auto. --SataCtrl Table 348. --SataCtrl Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables all the SATA controllers. The option applies to all SATA controllers. --SatadIpm Table 349.
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--ScndIdeSlav Table 351. --ScndIdeSlav Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Auto, Off Sets the secondary parallel IDE master channel to off or auto. --Scsi3 Table 352. --Scsi3 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the third built-in SCSI controller. --SdCardBoot Table 353. --SdCardBoot Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the system to boot from SD card.
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--SecureBoot Table 355. --SecureBoot Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled Enables secure boot authentication. If enabled, BIOS should only perform Secure Boot authentication and boot in UEFI mode without loading Compatibility Support Module (CSM). BIOS refers to this setting to decide on the POST behavior. NOTE: You cannot disable secure boot using the Dell Command | Configure user interface. One of the methods of disabling secureboot is from the BIOS setup screen. Table 356.
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--SedBlockSidAuthentication Table 359. --SedBlockSidAuthentication Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled When there is no drive ownership and the blocksid is enabled, the BIOS sends the SedBlockSidAuthentication authentication command to SED drives. When disabled, the BIOS does not send the Block SID command. NOTE: Allowed in manufacturing mode or while setting up the BIOS Setup Administrator password.
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--Serial4 Table 363. --Serial4 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Disabled, Auto, Rs232, Rs422, Rs485 Configures the 4th serial port of the system --Serial5 Table 364. --Serial5 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Disabled, Auto Configures the 5th serial port of the system. --Serial6 Table 365. --Serial6 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Disabled, Auto Configures the 6th serial port of the system. --SerialComm Table 366.
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--Serr Table 367. --Serr Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Turns the serr Dmi messages on or off. --SetupPwd Table 368. --SetupPwd Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Sets the setup password. An argument is required. The password cannot be displayed. Initially you can set the password. If you want to remove the password, provide one blank space and the old password.
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--SfuEnabled Table 370. --SfuEnabled Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Yes, No Enables the verification of digital signatures in the BIOS update payload prior to the update. If yes, the system BIOS can be updated to versions that have valid digital signatures. However, it is not possible to restore the value. --SgxLaunchControl Table 371.
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Attribute Details Description • • Enabled — Enables the USB ports available on the side. Disabled — Disables the USB ports available on the side. --SignOfLifeIndication Table 374. --SignOfLifeIndication Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled During POST, system acknowledges that the power button has been pressed in a manner that the user can either hear or feel. --SignOfLifeByAudio Table 375.
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--SleepMode Table 378. --SleepMode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument OSAutoSelection, ForceS3 Determines which sleep mode to be used by the operating system. NOTE: The BIOS can only support either Modern Standby sleep mode (connected or disconnected), or S3 sleep mode. • • OSAutoSelection — Allows the operating system to select the appropriate sleep mode automatically. ForceS3 — Forces the operating system to use the S3 sleep mode only. --SliceBattChargeCfg Table 379.
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--SmartCardReader Table 381. --SmartCardReader Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the smart card reader. --SmartCpu Table 382. --SmartCpu Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables system’s smart CPU during low system activity. --SmartErrors Table 383. --SmartErrors Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables SMART errors. --SmmSecurityMitigation Table 384.
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--SnoopFilter Table 385. --SnoopFilter Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the snoop filter option from the system BIOS. --InternalSpeaker Table 386. --InternalSpeaker Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled, Low, Medium, High Description Turns the built-in speakers on or off. • • • • • Enabled — turns on the built-in speaker. The speaker is enabled at the single system-supported volume.
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--SpeedShift Table 389. --SpeedShift Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Intel Speed Shift Technology support. Setting this option to Enabled allows the operating system to select the appropriate processor performance automatically. --SplashScreen Table 390. --SplashScreen Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the display of the splash or summary screen, rather than the detail of the POST flow.
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--StealthMode Table 393. --StealthMode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Sets the operation mode of the system elements. If enabled, the system elements operate in the preprogrammed stealth mode. If disabled, the system elements operate in the normal mode. For example, • • • If stealth mode is enabled and the device stealth mode is set to TurnOff, it turns the device off while pressing Fn+F7 keys.
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--SurroundView Table 396. --SurroundView Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables SurroundView to use an additional AMD PCIE video card in conjunction with the onboard graphics card that allows to use multiple monitors concurrently. It is applicable only on the AMD platform. --SvcOsClear Table 397. --SvcOsClear Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Deletes the service OS non-volatile region.
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--SysBatCharger Table 400. --SysBatCharger Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the battery charging system. --SysDefaults Table 401. --SysDefaults Attribute Details Description Valid Argument reset Restores the BIOS configuration to factory settings. NOTE: Reboot the system on setting the value. --SysFanSpeed Table 402. --SysFanSpeed Attribute Details Description Valid Argument FullSpeed, NoiseReduce Sets the system fan speed.
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--SysLogoOnIrst Table 404. --SysLogoOnIrst Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables displaying the system logo from cache, during system resume using Intel Rapid Start Technology. • • Enabled — Enables displaying the system logo from cache, during system resume using Intel Rapid Start Technology. Disabled — Disables displaying the system logo from cache, during system resume using Intel Rapid Start Technology. --SysName Table 405.
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--SysRev Table 407. --SysRev Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Read-only Displays the system revision. --TabletButtons Table 408. --TabletButtons Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables tablet buttons. --TbtPcieModeAutoSwitch Table 409. --TbtPcieModeAutoSwitch Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled --TertIdeMast Table 410.
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--TabletButtonIllumination Table 412. --TabletButtonIllumination Attribute Details Description Valid Arguments Disabled, 25pct, 50pct, 75pct, and 100pct Sets the tablet button illumination level. --ThermalLogClear Table 413. --ThermalLogClear Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Prevents or allows the thermal event log to be cleared on the next boot. • • Disabled — Does not clear the thermal event log on the next boot.
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--ThunderboltBoot Table 416. --ThunderboltBoot Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables booting from the Thunderbolt device. --ThunderboltPreboot Table 417. --ThunderboltPreboot Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables OROMs and pre-boot UEFI drivers provided by Thunderbolt devices or PCIe devices. --ThunderboltSecLvl Table 418.
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--TpmSecurity Table 420. --TpmSecurity Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Turns the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) on or off. --TpmActivation Table 421. --TpmActivation Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Remotely enables the TPM depending on certain security criteria. The disabled option is a read-only argument for reporting the current activation state of the TPM.
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--TpmPpiAcpi Table 423. --TpmPpiAcpi Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Physical Presence Interface (PPI) commands for TPM ACPI. --TpmPpiClearOverride Table 424. --TpmPpiClearOverride Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled When enabled, tpmppiclearoverride, performing the TPM clear command within operating system does not require user's interaction.
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--TrustExecution Table 427. --TrustExecution Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Sets the Intel Trusted Execution Technology. --TurboMode Table 428. --TurboMode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables single core-based turbo mode. When enabled, Intel Turbo Boost Technology allows processor(s) to run at frequencies higher than the advertised frequency. --TypeCPower Table 429.
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--UefiBootPathSecurity Table 431. --UefiBootPathSecurity Attribute Details Description Valid Argument AlwaysExceptInternalHddPxe, AlwaysExceptInternalHdd, Always, and Never Determines whether the system should prompt the user to enter the Admin password, if set, while booting from a UEFI boot path from the F12 Boot Menu. • • • • AlwaysExceptInternalHddPxe - UefiBootPathSecurity determines whether tor not the system must prompt you to enter the Admin password.
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Attribute Details Description • • Example Enabled — Denies Windows 95 from re-enumerating when a new dock device is attached to the system. Disabled — Allows Windows 95 from re-enumerating when a new dock device is attached to the system. C:\>cctk --UniversalConnect=Enabled UniversalConnect=Enabled --UnobtrusiveMode Table 435. --UnobtrusiveMode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the hotkey Fn + B.
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--UsbEmu Table 439. --UsbEmu Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables emulation of USB devices. --UsbEmuNoUsbBoot Table 440. --UsbEmuNoUsbBoot Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled Enables emulation of USB devices except bootable devices. --UsbFlash Table 441. --UsbFlash Attribute details Description Valid Argument Auto, Fdd, Hdd Sets the USB flash drive emulation to auto, floppy, or hard disk. --UsbPortsFront30 Table 442.
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Attribute Details Description • • Enabled — Enables the USB ports available at the back of the system. Disabled — Disables the USB ports available at the back of the system. --UsbPortsRear1 Table 444. --UsbPortsRear1 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the rear USB port 1. --UsbPortsRear2 Table 445. --UsbPortsRear2 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the rear USB port 2. --UsbPortsRear3 Table 446.
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--UsbPortsRear5 Table 448. --UsbPortsRear5 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the rear USB port 5 --UsbPortsRear6 Table 449. --UsbPortsRear6 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the rear USB port 6 --USbPortsRear7 Table 450. --USbPortsRear7 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USbPortsRear7. --UsbPort07 Table 451.
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--UsbPort09 Table 453. --UsbPort09 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 09. --UsbPortsSide1 Table 454. --UsbPortsSide1 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the side USB port 1. --UsbPortsSide2 Table 455. --UsbPortsSide2 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the side USB port 2. --UsbPort12 Table 456.
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--UsbPort15 Table 458. --UsbPort15 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 15. --UsbPort16 Table 459. --UsbPort16 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 16. --UsbPort17 Table 460. --UsbPort17 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 17. --UsbPort18 Table 461.
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--UsbPortsFront1 Table 463. --UsbPortsFront1 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the front USB port 1. --UsbPortsFront2 Table 464. --UsbPortsFront2 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the front USB port 2. --UsbPortsFront3 Table 465. --UsbPortsFront3 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the front USB port 3. --UsbPortsFront4 Table 466.
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--UsbPort24 Table 467. --UsbPort24 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 24. --UsbPort25 Table 468. --UsbPort25 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 25. --UsbPort26 Table 469. --UsbPort26 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 26. --UsbPort27 Table 470.
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--UsbPort28 Table 471. --UsbPort28 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 28. --UsbPort29 Table 472. --UsbPort29 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 29. --UsbPortsRear30 Table 473. --UsbPortsRear30 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 3.0. --UsbPorts Table 474.
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--UsbPortsInternal2 Table 475. --UsbPortsInternal2 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the internal USB port 2. Enabled - Enables the internal USB port. Disabled - Disables the internal USB port 2. --UsbPortsExternal Table 476. --UsbPortsExternal Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the external USB ports. --UsbPortsFront Table 477.
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--UsbProvision Table 479. --UsbProvision Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables Provisioning of Intel AMT from a USB storage device. • • Enabled — Intel AMT can be provisioned using the local provisioning file via a USB storage device. Disabled — Provisioning of Intel AMT from a USB storage device is blocked. --UsbRearDual Table 480.
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--UsbWake Table 483. --UsbWake Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB wake setting in the next boot. Any USB input device can generate a wake event. --UsbWakeS4En Table 484. --UsbWakeS4En Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the USB wake from s4 power state of the system. • • Enabled - Enables the USB wake from s4 power state of the system. Disabled - Disables the USB wake from s4 power state of the system.
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--ValHddPwd Table 487. --ValHddPwd Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Sets the hard disk drive password. The password cannot be reported. To set the password an argument is required. To remove the password, provide one blank space and the old password. NOTE: Reboot the system to complete any HDD password actions. --ValOwnerPwd Table 488. --ValOwnerPwd Attribute Details Description Valid Argument --ValSetupPwd Table 489.
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--VaPhysicalPresenceConfirm Table 491. --VaPhysicalPresenceConfirm Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Sets the VA Physical Presence Confirmation. If set to off, it will allow VA install application to make virtual appliance configuration changes without rebooting. If set to on, it forces VA install application to reboot the system to make virtual appliance configuration. --VgaDacSnoop Table 492.
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--VirtualAppliance Table 495. --VirtualAppliance Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Sets the virtual appliance support for a system. --Virtualization Table 496. --Virtualization Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the virtualization in CPU. • • Enabled — Enables the additional hardware capabilities provided by Virtualization Technology in applicable CPUs.
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--VmdNvmePcie1 Table 499. --VmdNvmePcie1 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the VMD for Front NVMe Port (PCIE1). --VmdNvmePcie0Cpu1 Table 500. --VmdNvmePcie0Cpu1 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the VMD for Front NVMe Port (PCIE0-CPU1). --VmdNvmePcie1Cpu1 Table 501.
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--WakeOnDock Table 503. --WakeOnDock Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables waking the system when a docking connection is made. --WakeonLAN Table 504. --WakeonLAN Attribute Details Description Valid Argument LanOnly, Disabled, AddInCard, OnBoard, WlanOnly, LanWlan, LanWithPxeBoot, Sfp, LanSfp, SfpWithPxeBoot Defines the wake-on-LAN feature. • • • • • • • • • • Example LanOnly — The system wake-on-LAN feature is enabled.
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Attribute Details Description • LanWithPxeBoot — Enables the network controller and causes the system to wake up and immediately boot to PXE when a wake packet is sent to the system in the S4 or S5 state. C:\>cctk --WakeOnLan2=LanWithPxeBoot WakeOnLan2=LanWithPxeBoot Example --WakeOnLanBootOvrd Table 506. --WakeOnLanBootOvrd Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the wake on LAN boot override feature.
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--WatchdogTimer Table 508. --WatchdogTimer Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the system to reboot or reset when the watchdog time expires. --WdtOsBootProtection Table 509. --WdtOsBootProtection Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables Watchdog OS Boot Protection. • • Disable - The application cannot configure a chipset-based timer to reset or shutdown the system.
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--WiGigRadioStealthMode Table 512. --WiGigRadioStealthMode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument TurnOff, Unchanged Configures or displays the state of Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig) radio depending on the Unobtrusive mode or stealth mode is enabled or disabled. • • TurnOff — Turns off the WiGig radio if the Unobtrusive mode or stealth mode is enabled. Unchanged — Retains the current state of the Wigig radio. --WirelessAdapter Table 513.
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--WirelessSwitchUwb Table 516. --WirelessSwitchUwb Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Wireless On/Off switch for Ultra Wide Band (UWB) radio. --WirelessSwitchBluetoothCtrl Table 517. --WirelessSwitchBluetoothCtrl Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables wireless switch bluetooth control.
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--WirelesSwitchnLanCtrl Table 520. --WirelesSwitchnLanCtrl Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the wireless switch for the wireless LAN control. • • Enabled — Switch turns the wireless LAN radio on and off.. Disabled — If the systems have a physical Wireless On/Off Switch, switch has no effect on the state of the wireless LAN radio --WirelessSwitchWiGigCtrl Table 521.
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--WlanRegionCode Table 524. --WlanRegionCode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Rtw, Na, Eur, Jpn, Aus, Chn, Twn, Idn Sets the WLAN code for specific region. • • • • • • • • Rtw — (Rest of the World) Sets the WLAN region code for the rest of the world. This option is selected by default. Na — (North America (FCC)) Sets the WLAN region code for Canada, and the United States.
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--WirelessSwitchGps Table 527. --WirelessSwitchGps Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the effect of physical wireless switch on the GPS radio of the wireless WAN card. • • Enabled — If enabled, wireless switch turns the GPS radio of the wireless WAN card on or off. Disabled — If disabled, wireless switch does not have any effect on the state of the GPS radio of the wireless WAN card. --WwanAutoSense Table 528.
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--WxanRadio Table 531. --WxanRadio Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Disabled, WlanOn, WwaOn Sets the WLAN and WWAN options. • • • Disabled — Disables both WLAN and WWAN. WlanOn — Enables WLAN radio and disables WWAN radio. WwaOn — Enables WWAN radio and disables WLAN radio. --WyseP25Access Table 532. --WyseP25Access Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Allows or prevents the access to BIOS setup through Dell Wyse P25 PCoIP client. --ZigBee Table 533.
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Table 534. ASM probes and options ASM Probes Options Voltage v Current c Temperature t Power supply p Cooling device f All probes all Displaying the probe details Displays the details of from the available probes. The probes are available for Power Supply, Voltage, Current, Temperature, and Cooling Device or Fan. To display the probe details, type: cctk Advsm --Report=
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If the system has a setup password, while setting the non-critical threshold values specify the setup password and set the non-critical threshold values as: cctk Advsm --Set=
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Completion code The following table displays the completion code of an update operation performed by BIOS in the recent shutdown or reboot operation. Table 535. Completion codes Code Description 0000h The update was completed successfully. 0001h The image failed one or more consistency checks. 0002h The BIOS could not access the flash-memory device. 0003h The flash-memory device was not ready when an erase was attempted.
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4 Sample file formats for Dell Command | Configure 4.2 This appendix lists the sample Dell Command | Configure utility.ini file. Sample Dell Command | Configure utility.ini file format [cctk] SysName=Latitude xxxx SysId= xxxx BiosVer=1.8.
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IntegratedAudio=Enabled InternalSpeaker=Enabled KbdBacklightTimeoutAc=10s KbdBacklightTimeoutBatt=10s KeyboardIllumination=Bright Keypad=EnabledByFnKey LegacyOrom=Disabled LogicProc=Enabled M2PcieSsd0=Enabled MasterPasswordLockout=Enabled MediaCard=Enabled ;MfgDate=20170608 Microphone=Enabled NumLock=Enabled OnboardSoundDevice=Disabled OromKeyboardAccess=Enabled PasswordBypass=Disabled PasswordLock=Enabled PeakShiftBatteryThreshold=15 PeakShiftCfg=Disabled PntDevice=Touchpad PostMebxKey=Enabled PowerLogClea
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VtForDirectIo=Enabled WakeOnDock=Enabled WakeOnLan=Disabled WarningsAndErr=PromptWrnErr WatchdogTimer=Disabled WirelessLan=Enabled WirelessSwitchBluetoothCtrl=Enabled WirelessSwitchCellularCtrl=Enabled WirelessSwitchChanges=Disabled WirelessSwitchGps=Enabled WirelessSwitchUwb=Enabled WirelessSwitchWlanCtrl=Enabled WirelessUwb=Enabled WirelessWwan=Enabled WlanAutoSense=Disabled WwanAutoSense=Disabled Sample file formats for Dell Command | Configure 4.
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5 Error codes and messages for Dell Command | Configure 4.2 This section documents the error messages and codes that are used in Dell Command | Configure . Dell Command | Configure error codes and messages The Dell Command | Configure utility checks your commands for correct syntax and valid input. When you enter a command, a message is displayed stating the results of the command. On Windows operating systems, the error code file (cctkerrorcodes.txt) is provided in the installation directory.