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Dell Command | Configure

Version 4.3 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. © 2020 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 4.3............................................................................... 15 What’s new in this release.................................................................................................................................................. 15 Supported systems and operating systems......................................................................................................................15 Other documents you may need..........
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--AmdCpuCore.............................................................................................................................................................. 30 --AmdSmartShift........................................................................................................................................................... 30 --AmdThreadControl..................................................................................................................................................
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--BusRatio.......................................................................................................................................................................44 --Camera........................................................................................................................................................................ 45 --Camera2...............................................................................................................................................
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--EmbSataRaid.............................................................................................................................................................. 55 --EmbScsi1..................................................................................................................................................................... 55 --EmbScsi2....................................................................................................................................................
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--Hdd3FanEnable.......................................................................................................................................................... 65 --HddAcousticMode..................................................................................................................................................... 65 --HddFailOver............................................................................................................................................................
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--LatitudeOnFlash..........................................................................................................................................................76 --LegacyOrom................................................................................................................................................................76 --LidSwitch........................................................................................................................................................
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--OneTBSystemMemoryLimitEnable.......................................................................................................................... 86 --OnReader.................................................................................................................................................................... 86 --DisOsdBtn...................................................................................................................................................................
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--RadioTransmission......................................................................................................................................................97 --RearSingleUsb.............................................................................................................................................................97 --RecoveryTool.......................................................................................................................................................
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--Sma............................................................................................................................................................................. 107 --SmartCardReader..................................................................................................................................................... 108 --SmartCpu....................................................................................................................................................
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--TurboMode................................................................................................................................................................. 118 --TypeCPower...............................................................................................................................................................118 --UartPowerDown.................................................................................................................................................
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--UsbPortsFront........................................................................................................................................................... 127 --UsbPowerShare........................................................................................................................................................ 127 --UsbProvision.......................................................................................................................................................
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--WirelessSwitchGps................................................................................................................................................... 138 --WwanAutoSense.......................................................................................................................................................138 --WWanBusMode........................................................................................................................................................
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1 Introduction to Dell Command | Configure 4.3 Dell Command | Configure is a software package that provides a simple configuration capability for client systems. You can easily configure client systems using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a Command Line Interface (CLI). Dell Command | Configure supports following Windows and Linux operating systems: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.
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Other documents you may need In addition to this guide, you can access the following documents at dell.com/dellclientcommandsuitemanuals. • • The Dell Command | Configure Installation Guide provides information about installing Dell Command | Configure on supported client systems. The guide is available at Dell Command | Configure documentation page. The Dell Command | Configure Command Line Interface Reference Guide provides information about configuring the BIOS options on supported Dell client systems.
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2 Using command-line interface for Dell Command | Configure 4.3 This section provides a general overview of the Command Line Interface (CLI) utility. It explains how to run the commands and the syntax details of command-line options that are used to configure BIOS settings for client systems. Topics: • • Running Dell Command | Configure commands Command syntax overview Running Dell Command | Configure commands You can run the Dell Command | Configure commands in two ways: • Using the command prompt.
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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. You can use such options only for reporting purposes and cannot use the reporting options with set options.
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Linux path:/opt/dell/dcc/ Table 2. Valid and invalid command line options for systems running Windows Valid or Invalid valid invalid valid Dell Command | Configure Command Line cctk --option1 --option2 cctk --asset --mem cctk --option1=[argument] --option2 --option3 cctk --asset=1750 --floppy --biosromsize cctk -o=filename --option1 --option2 cctk -o=/tmp/myfile.txt --mem --sysname or valid or cctk -o filename --option1 -option2 cctk -o /tmp/myfile.
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Valid or Invalid Example NOTE: You have to provide the setup password, if it is already set on the system. invalid cctk --option1=arg --option2 File input and output commands Specify the input file using the -i= command, where is the name of the input file. Specify the output file input using the – o= command, where is the name of the output file.
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3 Options for Dell Command | Configure 4.3 This section 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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-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. An error is returned if the file or section is not found. If the section is found, each name/value pair is applied to the system. The names must match a valid option, and the arguments must be in the proper format for the option.
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No Option Table 8. No Option Attribute Details Description Valid Argument NA If an option is not given, the Dell Command | Configure utility outputs usage information. The usage information is displayed in the format shown below. Example C:\>cctk Usage error. cctk Version 3.1.0 258 (Windows - Feb 25 2015,14:38:43) Copyright (c) 2014 Dell Inc. Usage: cctk --option[=argument] For more information about a particular command, use the option '-h' followed by the command name.
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Attribute Details Description Sets the Dell property ownership tag. If an option is not given, Dell Command | Configure reports the current property ownership tag. NOTE: The maximum length of property ownership tag is 80 characters for desktops and 48 characters for laptop. --Version Table 11. --Version Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Read-only Displays the version information, current time, and date for the utility. This is a read-only option.
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--ActivityLed Table 14. --ActivityLed Attribute Details Description Valid Argument ActLed, Wlan, Disabled Sets the Network Activity Light Emitting Diode (LED) to any of the following: • • • ActLed — Sets the Activity LED controlled by an Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) operating system and driver. Wlan — Sets the Activity LED as a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) radio on/off indicator. Disabled — Sets the Activity LED to off. --AdaptiveCStates Table 15.
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Attribute Details Description • • • 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. Gpio - Sets the channel mode as General Purpose Input or Output. --AdiModeChannel2 Table 18. --AdiModeChannel2 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Unused, AdcInput, DacOutput, DacAndAdc, Gpio Sets the defined Analog/Digital Interface mode for channel 2. • • • • • Unused - Channel is unused.
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--AdiModeChannel5 Table 21. --AdiModeChannel5 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Unused, AdcInput, DacOutput, DacAndAdc, Gpio Sets the defined Analog/Digital Interface mode for channel 5. • • • • • 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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Attribute Details Description • • DacAndAdc - Sets the channel mode as DAC output, but can be monitored through ADC input. Gpio - Sets the channel mode as General Purpose Input or Output. --AdjCachePrefetch Table 25. --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 pre-fetches the following cache line.
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Attribute Details Description To disable the advanced battery charging mode: C:\>cctk --AdvBatteryChargeCfg=Disabled AdvBatteryChargeCfg=Disabled --AgpApertureSize Table 28. --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 29.
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--AllowBiosDowngrade Table 32. --AllowBiosDowngrade Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Allows or restricts downgrading of the system BIOS. • • Enabled—Allows the system to downgrade the system BIOS. Disabled—Restricts the system from downgrading the system BIOS. NOTE: You cannot enable the AllowBiosDowngrade feature using Dell Command | Configure. NOTE: One of the methods of enabling the AllowBiosDowngrade feature is from the BIOS setup screen. --AmbLightSen Table 33.
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Attribute Details Description Each processor core contains two threads. Each thread appears as a separate processor to the operating system. However, the threads share part of the processor core with one another. --AmdTurboCore Table 37. --AmdTurboCore Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables AMD Turbo Core Technology in the processor.
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Attribute Details Description Set the Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) capability using the following options: • • • Enabled - If Intel Active Management Technology is enabled, MEBx is available through F12 menu and you can provision AMT. MEBx may not be not accessible if OROM Keyboard Access is disabled. Restrict MEBx Access - If Intel Active Management Technology is enabled, MEBx is not available in pre-boot but you can provision AMT from OS.
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--Asset Table 45. --Asset Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Displays or sets the customer-programmable asset tag number for a system. The maximum length of an asset tag is 10 characters. Asset tag values should not contain any spaces. --AssignIntr Table 46. --AssignIntr Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Standard, Distributed This option controls the interrupted assignment of PCI devices in the system.
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--AutoOn Table 50. --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. • • • • Example 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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Attribute Details Description NOTE: The system wakes up from Sleep, Hibernate, or Switched off mode only if the autoon (AutoOn) option is enabled for everyday of the week. --AutoOSRecoveryThreshold Table 54. --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.
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Attribute Details Description • • Enabled — If BIOS corruption is detected, the system automatically recovers BIOS without any user interaction. Disabled — Disables BIOS auto recovery feature. NOTE: This feature is effective only if the biosrecovery option is enabled. --BiosCharacteristics Table 58. --BiosCharacteristics Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Read-only Displays the features supported by the specific version of the BIOS.
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--BiosConnectActivation Table 61. --BiosConnectActivation Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Deactivate, FullActivation, LaunchpadActivation Configures the state of the available BiosConnect boot paths. • • • Deactivate — BIOS setup options are not available and all BiosConnect boot paths are disabled. FullActivation — BIOS Setup options are enabled and all BiosConnect boot paths are enabled. LaunchpadActivation — BIOS setup options are enabled and only launchpad code path is enabled.
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--AdvancedMode Table 66. --AdvancedMode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enabling BIOS Setup Advanced Mode makes all BIOS settings visible. --BiosRcvrFrmHdd Table 67. --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.
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--BitSmart Table 71. --BitSmart Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables BitSmart. --BlinkPsu1Led Table 72. --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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Attribute Details Description Enables or disables built-in pointing device. --BluetoothDevice Table 76. --BluetoothDevice Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables bluetooth device. BootOrder Table 77. BootOrder Attribute Details Description Valid Argument None Displays or sets the boot order sequence, activates boot list, and enables or disables the supported devices for legacy boot list and for UEFI boot list.
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Attribute Details Description • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • fibrechannelex — FibreEx Channel infiniband — Infiniband Device vendor — Vendor Device i1394 — I1394 Device i2o — I20 Device uart — UART Device lun — LUN Device vlan — VLAN Device nvme — NVMe Device uri — URI Device ufs — UFS Device sd — SD Device bluetooth — Bluetooth Device wifi — Wi-Fi Device emmc — eMMC Device NOTE: For legacy boot list, unknown devices are displayed as hexadecimal values.
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Attribute Details Description Example With Sub Options With the --BootListType=uefi option, you can specify the following sub options: --Sequence , -EnableDevice , and --DisableDevice . C:\>cctk Bootorder --BootListType=uefi --sequence=hdd.1,floppy --enabledevice= cdrom,hdd.2 C:\>cctk Bootorder --BootListType=uefi --Sequence=hdd.1,Floppy --EnableDevice= cdrom,hdd.
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--Sequence Table 82. --Sequence Attribute Details Description Gets and Sets the Boot order sequence. The supported devices are hdd (hard disk), cdrom (CDROM), floppy (Floppy Disk), usbdev (USB device), embnic (Embedded NIC), pcmcia (PCMCIA device), bev (BEV device), and so on. For more information about the devices, see BootOrder. Example C:\>cctk BootOrder --Sequence=embnic,cdrom,hdd.1 --EnableDevice=floppy --DisableDevice=cdrom or C:\>cctk BootOrder --Sequence=3,4,7,1 --EnableDevice=3,4 -DisableDevice=
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--BootTimeVideo Table 85. --BootTimeVideo Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Onboard, Addin Sets the onboard or first add-in video controller for boot time messages. • • Onboard — The onboard video controller is used for boot-time messages. Addin — The first add-in video controller is used for boot-time messages. NOTE: Depending on the BIOS search and system slot layout, the first add-in device changes. --BroadcomTruManage Table 86.
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--Camera Table 90. --Camera Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the camera. --Camera2 Table 91. --Camera2 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the camera available at the back of the system. • • Enabled — Enables the camera available at the back of the system. Disabled — Disables the camera available at the back of the system. --CanBus Table 92.
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--ClearDellRmtLog Table 95. --ClearDellRmtLog Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled --CmosDefaults Table 96. --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 97.
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--CpuCore Table 100. --CpuCore Attribute Details Description Valid Argument CoresAll, Cores1, Cores2, Cores3, Cores4, Cores5, Cores6, Cores7, Cores8, Cores9, Cores10, Cores11, Cores12, Cores13, Cores14, Cores15, Cores16, Cores17, Cores18, Cores19, Cores20, Cores21, Cores22, Cores23, Cores24, Cores25, Cores26, Cores27, Cores28 Enables the number of cores in each processor. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 — Enables CoresAll. 1 — Enables Cores1. 2 — Enables Cores2.
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--CpuCount Table 102. --CpuCount Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Read-only Displays the number of processors in the system. --CpuRSA Table 103. --CpuRSA Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Reliability Availability Serviceability (RSA) support on CPUs. --CpuSnoopMode Table 104. --CpuSnoopMode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Early, HomeSnoop, Clusterondie, OpportunisticSnoop, NoSnoop Configures the CPU snoop mode.
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--CStatesCtrl Table 107. --CStatesCtrl Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the C states. • • Enabled — Processor can operate in all available Power C states. Disabled — No C states available for the processor. --DashSupport Table 108.
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--DeepSleepCtrl Table 112. --DeepSleepCtrl Attribute Details Description Valid Argument S5Only, S4AndS5, Disabled Configures the system power mode when the system is in s4 and s5 state. If set to S5Only, the system moves to the lowest-power off mode when in s5 state. If set to S4AndS5 state, the system moves to the lowest-power off mode when in s4 and s5 states. When the system is in a low-power mode, it turns off most of the power-consuming circuitry devices, to meet the 1 W power limit.
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--DisOnboardFans Table 117. --DisOnboardFans Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Onboard fans stop functioning when stealth mode is enabled. -- DisOnboardLCDScreen Table 118. -- DisOnboardLCDScreen Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Onboard LCD screen stops functioning when stealth mode is enabled. --DisOnboardLEDs Table 119.
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Attribute Details Description WLAN radio stops functioning when stealth mode is enabled. --DisWWANRadio Table 123. --DisWWANRadio Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled WWAN radio stops functioning when stealth mode is enabled. --DisplayCloseState Table 124. --DisplayCloseState Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Active, Suspend Sets the system to active or suspend state, when the system lid is closed.
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Attribute Details Description The Dock Display Port Through Integrated Graphics feature enables the docking station DVI no1 or Display Port no1 interface to drive an external video display when Switchable Graphics is enabled and running from the integrated graphics controller. --DockWarningsEnMsg Table 128. --DockWarningsEnMsg Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enable or disable dock warning messages. --DramPrefetch Table 129.
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--DynamicWirelessTransmitPower Table 133. --DynamicWirelessTransmitPower Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled When enabled, the system increases the power transmission capability of the WLAN device. This improves the performance in the system configuration within the regulatory validated guidelines. --DynTunML Table 134.
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--EmbNic2 Table 138. --EmbNic2 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument EnabledPxe, Enabled, Disabled, OnWithIscsi, OnWithRplBoot, OnWithImageServerBoot Enables or disables the second embedded NIC. --EmbSataRaid Table 139. --EmbSataRaid Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Disabled, Combined, Ata, Ahci, Raid, Qdma, SmartResponse Configures the embedded Serial ATA (SATA) RAID controller. --EmbScsi1 Table 140.
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--EMMCDevice Table 144. --EMMCDevice Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the eMMC drive. --EnclaveSize Table 145. --EnclaveSize Attribute Details Description Valid Argument • • • • 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.
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--ExpansionBay1 Table 149. --ExpansionBay1 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables ExpansionBay1. --ExpansionBay2 Table 150. --ExpansionBay2 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables ExpansionBay2. --ExpansionBay3 Table 151. --ExpansionBay3 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables ExpansionBay3. --ExpressCard Table 152.
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--ExtPostTime Table 155. --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. • • • 0s — Does not delay the time of action. 5s — Delays the time of action by five seconds. 10s — Delays the time of action by ten seconds. --ExtWlanLed Table 156.
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--FanSpdAutoLvlonPsuZone Table 160. --FanSpdAutoLvlonPsuZone Attribute Details Description Valid Argument 0 to 100 --FanSpdAutoLvlonCpuMemZone Table 161. --FanSpdAutoLvlonCpuMemZone Attribute Details Description Valid Argument 0 to 100 Sets the speed of the fan on Cpu memory zone --FanSpdAutoLvlonPcieZone Table 162. --FanSpdAutoLvlonPcieZone Attribute Details Description Valid Argument 0 to 100 Sets the speed of the fan on Pcie zone --FanSpdAutoLvlonFlexBayZone Table 163.
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Attribute Details Description Configures the fan speed control if the fan speed is set to Auto using fanspeed attribute. 0 sets the fanspeed to the optimal speed level, and higher percentage provides enhanced cooling. --Fastboot Table 166. --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.
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--FlashCacheModule Table 170. --FlashCacheModule Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Ready Boost and Ready Cache functionality. --Floppy Table 171. --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 Enables or disables Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) as the first boot device on all subsequent boots. --ForcePxeOnNextBoot Table 175. --ForcePxeOnNextBoot Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables Force PXE on next boot in BIOS. If enabled, when the BIOS boots next time, the first PXE-capable device is inserted as the first device in the boot sequence.
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--FrontPowerButton Table 179. --FrontPowerButton Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the FrontPowerButton feature. --FrontUsbPortCollection Table 180. --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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--GpsWwan Table 184. --GpsWwan Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables GPS WWAN Radio. --DediGPSRadio Table 185. --DediGPSRadio Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the internal Dedi Global Positioning System (GPS) radio. • • Enabled — Enables the internal DediGPSRadio . Disabled — Disables the internal DediGPSRadio . --GraphicSpecMode Table 186.
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--Hdd3FanEnable Table 189. --Hdd3FanEnable Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables error checking on the FAN_HDD3 fan controller. NOTE: If the fan controller detects a fan, it automatically enables it. --HddAcousticMode Table 190. --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.
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--HddProtection Table 193. --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 194. --HddPwd Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Sets the hard disk drive password. The password cannot be reported.
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--HtKeyWxanRadio Table 198. --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. --HwPrefetcher Table 199. --HwPrefetcher Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the CPU hardware prefetcher. --HwSwPrefetch Table 200.
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--IgnitionSwitchOnDelay Table 203. --IgnitionSwitchOnDelay Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Value (0 - 21600) The IgnitionSwitchOnDelay begins from the time in seconds the ignition on is detected and till the power button event is passed to the operating system for booting the system. --IgnitionSwitchOffDelay Table 204.
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--InstantOn Table 208. --InstantOn Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Latitude ON Instant ON feature. --IntegratedAudio Table 209. --IntegratedAudio Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled, Auto Sets the status of the integrated sound device of the system. --IntegratedRaid Table 210. --IntegratedRaid Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the integrated RAID.
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--IntelVMDTechnology Table 214. --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 215.
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--IntelRapidStart Table 219. --IntelRapidStart Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Intel Rapid Start Technology feature within the BIOS. --IntlSmartConnect Table 220. --IntlSmartConnect Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Intel Smart Connect technology feature within the BIOS. --IoModule Table 221.
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--Ioat Table 225. --Ioat Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the IO Acceleration Technology (IOAT) DMA Engine option. This feature should be enabled if the hardware and software support IOAT. --IntlPlatformTrust Table 226. --IntlPlatformTrust Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Displays or hides the Intel Platform Trust Technology (PTT) device from the operating system on the next reboot.
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--KbdBacklightTimeoutAc Table 230. --KbdBacklightTimeoutAc Attribute Details Description Valid Argument 5s, 10s, 15s, 30s, 1m, 5m, 15m, Never Configures the timeout value for the keyboard backlight when an AC adapter is plugged into the system. • • • • • • • • 5s — Keyboard backlight stays on for 5 seconds. 10s — Keyboard backlight stays on for 10 seconds. 15s — Keyboard backlight stays on for 15 seconds. 30s — Keyboard backlight stays on for 30 seconds. 1m — Keyboard backlight stays on for 1 minute.
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--EnableColor Table 233. --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 237. --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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--LastBiosUpdate Table 241. --LastBiosUpdate Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Read-only Identifies the major release of the system BIOS. --LatitudeOn Table 242. --LatitudeOn Attribute Value Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables booting to Latitude ON. --LatitudeOnFlash Table 243. --LatitudeOnFlash Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the ability to boot to the Latitude ON Flash module. --LegacyOrom Table 244.
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--LimitCpuidValue Table 247. --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 248.
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--LptMode Table 252. --LptMode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Disabled, At, Ps2, Ecp, Epp, EcpDma1, EcpDma3 Determines how the parallel ports operate. Set the parallel port to: • • • • • • • Example Disabled — Disables the built-in parallel port of the system. At — Enables the built-in parallel port of the system to operate in AT mode (output-only). Ps2 — Enables the built-in parallel port of the system to operate in PS/2 mode (bi-directional).
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--M2PcieSsd3 Table 256. --M2PcieSsd3 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the M.2 PCIe SSD 3. --MacAddrPassThru Table 257. --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 258.
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--MediaCardAnd1394 Table 260. --MediaCardAnd1394 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the media card and 1394 devices. --Mem Table 261. --Mem Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Read-only Displays the amount of system memory physically installed in the system, not the amount of memory available to an operating system. The last two characters of the memory value indicate the order of magnitude used (Kilo Byte (KB) or Mega Byte (MB)).
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Attribute Details Description Enables or disables the memory performance monitor feature. --MemRemap Table 266. --MemRemap Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Off, Auto Enables or disables memory remapping. --MEMSSensors Table 267. --MEMSSensors Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Micro Electro Mechanical Sensors. --MemTest Table 268.
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--Microphone Table 271. --Microphone Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the internal or external microphone. --MiniCardSsd Table 272. --MiniCardSsd Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables mini card Solid State Drive (SSD) module. --Minisas0 Table 273. --Minisas0 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Minisas drive 0. --Minisas1 Table 274.
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--MinSizeOfContigMem Table 277. --MinSizeOfContigMem Attribute Details Description Valid Argument read-only Displays the size of the minimum contiguous memory block. --MmioAbove4Gb Table 278. --MmioAbove4Gb Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Configures the memory mapped IO above 4GB. --MobilePowerMgmt Table 279. --MobilePowerMgmt Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the mobile system power management.
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Attribute Details Description Enables or disables monitor toggling. --Mouse Table 283. --Mouse Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Turns the mouse controller on or off. --MpmCfg Table 284. --MpmCfg Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Off, Low, Med, and High This feature controls the level of monitoring of Memory Performance Monitor (MPM). MPM monitors the memory for faults and performs fault recovery when possible. --MultiCpuCore Table 285.
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--NmiButton Table 288. --NmiButton Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the front bezel Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) button. The NMI button can be used to alert the operating system in certain cases. --NumLock Table 289. --NumLock Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the keyboard number lock. --NumLockLed Table 290.
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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 294. --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 295.
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--OptionalBootSequence Table 299. --OptionalBootSequence Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Allows or prevents the installation of Windows operating system on client systems with more than one operating system. By default, the setting is disabled to maintain compatibility with existing installation tools, but should be changed if more than one operating system is present. --OptionalHddFan Table 300.
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Attribute Details Description The watchdog-timer aids in the recovery of the operating system if the system stops responding. --OvrWrt Table 305. --OvrWrt Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Read-only This option is only used with the -o option to cause the output file to be overwritten if a file of the same name already exists. --OwnerPwd Table 306. --OwnerPwd Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Sets, changes, or removes the owner password.
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--PasswordConfiguration Table 308. --PasswordConfiguration Attribute Details Description Valid Argument This feature displays and configures the password rules those are applicable to set SysPwd, SetupPwd, OwnerPwd, and HddPwd. Suboptions are: • • • • • PwdMinLen—This feature controls the minimum number of characters that are mandatory for a password.
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--PcibusCount Table 312. --PcibusCount Attribute Details Description Valid Argument 64, 128, 256 Sets the maximum PCI bus count for the system. --PcieRSA Table 313. --PcieRSA Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Reliability Availability Serviceability (RSA) support on PCIe devices. --PcieLinkSpeed Table 314. --PcieLinkSpeed Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Auto, Gen1, Gen2 Possible Values auto, gen1 and gen2.
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Attribute Details Description Allocates PCI resources, buses, memory-mapped I/O (MMIO) space, and I/O space. If set to AllocateEvenly, equal amount of memory is allocated to all the resources when two CPUs are installed. When set to AllocateMoreToCpu1, larger amount of device-specific memory is allocated, which in turn reduces the usable memory on a system with a 32-bit operating system. --PciSata Table 317.
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Attribute Details Description Enables or disables Peak Shift battery configuration. Using Peak Shift configuration, you can minimize the consumption of AC power during the peak power usage period of the day with the enable and disable options. You can set a start and end time for the Peak Shift period. During this period, the system runs on battery if the battery charge is above the set battery threshold value. After the Peak Shift period, the system runs on AC power without charging the battery.
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Attribute Details Description • • • Ps2Mouse — Sets the pointing device to external ps2 only. Touchpad — Sets the pointing device to switch to touch pad. SwitchToExternalPs2 — Sets the pointing device to switch to external ps2. --PostF12Key Table 325. --PostF12Key Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables F12 boot menu on POST boot screen. --PostF2Key Table 326.
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--PowerOnLidOpen Table 330. --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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--PowerUsageMode Table 334. --PowerUsageMode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument • • • • PowerSaver Balanced Performance HighPerformance Sets the system power usage mode using the following options: • PowerSaver - This mode reduces processor sustained power to enhance battery life depending on the use case. This mode may impact the system performance. Balanced - This mode balances performance, noise, temperature, and battery life. The default option is Balanced Mode.
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Attribute Details Description • • Example Adaptive — Charges the battery based on a periodic evaluation of battery usage to deliver the best balance capacity. Custom — The battery charging starts and stops based on user input. The start value range should be 50-95 percent, the stop value range should be 55-100 percent, and the difference between the start and stop values should be greater than or equal to 5. C:\>cctk --PrimaryBattChargeCfg=Standard PrimaryBattChargeCfg=Standard C:\>cctk --PrimaryBattChar
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--PrivacyScreen Table 341. --PrivacyScreen Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled, and AlwaysOn • • • Enabled - The PrivacyScreen is applied to the embedded display panel and can be toggled between public mode and privacy mode using the Fn+F9 key combination on the embedded keyboard. Disabled - The PrivacyScreen is not applied to the embedded display panel. AlwaysOn - The PrivacyScreen is always on and cannot be turned off. --PromptOnErr Table 342.
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--RecoveryTool Table 346. --RecoveryTool Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the Dell recovery tool. • • Enabled — Enables the Dell recovery tool. Disabled — Disables the Dell recovery tool. --RemoteBiosUpdate Table 347. --RemoteBiosUpdate Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the remote BIOS update. --ReportLogoType Table 348.
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--RuggedDeskDockNicPxe Table 351. --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 352. --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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--Sata4 Table 357. --Sata4 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Sets the SATA port 4 to off or auto. --Sata5 Table 358. --Sata5 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Sets the SATA port 5 to off or auto. --Sata6 Table 359. --Sata6 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Sets the SATA port 6 to off or auto. --Sata7 Table 360.
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--SatadIpm Table 363. --SatadIpm Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables and disables the feature that allows SATA HDDs to initiate link power management transitions. --ScndIdeMast Table 364. --ScndIdeMast Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Auto, Off Enables or disables secondary parallel IDE master channel. --ScndIdeSlav Table 365.
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--SecureBoot Table 369. --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 370.
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Attribute Details Description NOTE: You can disable SedBlockSidAuthentication in manufacturing mode or while setting up the BIOS Setup Administrator password. --Serial1 Table 374. --Serial1 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Disabled, Auto, Com1,Com2, Com3, Com4, Com1_bmc, BmcSerial, BmcLan, Rac, Rs232, Rs422, Rs485 Configures the 1st serial port of the system. --Serial2 Table 375.
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--Serial6 Table 379. --Serial6 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Disabled, Auto Configures the 6th serial port of the system. --SerialComm Table 380. --SerialComm Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Off, On, Com1Cr, Com2Cr Sets the behavior of the serial port communication. • • • • Off — Disables the COM port 1 and COM port 2. On — Enables the COM port 1 and COM port 2. These ports are made available for use by the operating system or applications.
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--SfpNic Table 383. --SfpNic Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled, EnabledPxe Enables or disables SfpNic (Small Formfactor Pluggable) device. • • • Enabled — Enables the SFP device. Disabled — Disables the SFP device. EnabledPxe — Enables the SFP device with PXE support. NOTE: SfpNic device is listed as boot device only if this attribute is enabled with PXE. --SfuEnabled Table 384.
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--UsbPortsSide Table 387. --UsbPortsSide Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB ports available on the side. • • Enabled — Enables the USB ports available on the side. Disabled — Disables the USB ports available on the side. --SignOfLifeIndication Table 388.
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--SignOfLifeByLogo Table 392. --SignOfLifeByLogo Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled This option indicates that during POST the power button has been pressed by displaying the customized logo. --SleepMode Table 393. --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.
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--SmartCardReader Table 396. --SmartCardReader Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the smart card reader. --SmartCpu Table 397. --SmartCpu Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables system’s smart CPU during low system activity. --SmartErrors Table 398. --SmartErrors Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables SMART errors. --SmmSecurityMitigation Table 399.
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--InternalSpeaker Table 401. --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. NOTE: This should be used only if low/medium/high attributes are not supported by the system. Disabled — turns off the built-in speaker. Low — Sets the volume of the built-in speaker to low.
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--StandbyState Table 406. --StandbyState Attribute Details Description Valid Argument S1, S3 Sets the system to ACPI S1 or S3 sleeping state when the systems enters standby mode. --StealthMode Table 407. --StealthMode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Configures the Dell Stealth Mode features. Sets the operation mode of the system elements. If enabled, the system operates in the preprogrammed stealth mode. If disabled, the system operates in the normal mode.
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--SurroundView Table 410. --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 411. --SvcOsClear Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Deletes the service OS non-volatile region.
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--SysDefaults Table 415. --SysDefaults Attribute Details Description Valid Argument reset Restores the BIOS configuration to factory settings. NOTE: Reboot the system on setting the value. --SysFanSpeed Table 416. --SysFanSpeed Attribute Details Description Valid Argument FullSpeed, NoiseReduce Sets the system fan speed. • • FullSpeed — Sets the speed for normal cooling. NoiseReduce — Sets the speed to slow to reduce noise. --SysId Table 417.
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--SysPwd Table 420. --SysPwd Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Sets the system password. An argument is required. The password cannot be reported. Initially you can set the password using Dell Command | Configure. If you want to remove the password, provide one blank space and the old password. Example NOTE: Password containing special characters must be provided in double inverted commas (“”). To set the password: C:\>cctk --SysPwd= To change the password: C:\>cctk
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--TelemetryAccessLvl Table 424. --TelemetryAccessLvl Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Disabled, Basic, Enhanced, and Full This feature controls the type of telemetry for data support. • • • • Disabled—No telemetry Basic—Flash and diagnostics only Enhanced—Flash, diagnostics, and boot event Full—All telemetry guidelines --TertIdeMast Table 425. --TertIdeMast Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Auto, Off Sets the tertiary IDE master to off or auto. TertIdeSlav Table 426.
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--TabletButtonsTimeoutBatt Table 429. --TabletButtonsTimeoutBatt Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Never, 5s, 10s, 15s, 30s, 1m, 5m, and 15m This feature defines the illumination timeout value for the tablet buttons when the system is running on battery power. The buttons are illuminated when they are pressed, and remains illuminated for that specified timeout period. The tablet button illumination timeout value works when button illumination is enabled.
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--ThunderboltPreboot Table 434. --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 435. --ThunderboltSecLvl Attribute Details Description Valid Argument NoSec, UserAuth, SecConn, DpUsbOnly Configures the Thunderbolt security level. • • • • NoSec — Disables the Thunderbolt security. UserAuth — Allows minimum user notification.
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Attribute Details Description • • • Password must be set TPM must not be owned TPM must be disabled For more information, see Dell Command | Configure User’s Guide at dell.com/ dellclientcommandsuitemanuals. For more information, see Dell Command | Configure User’s Guide. --TpmClear Table 439. --TpmClear Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled When you enable TpmClear, TPM ownership is cleared at the next boot, and the system firmware sets the value of TpmClear to disabled.
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--TpmPpiPo Table 443. --TpmPpiPo Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables physical presence for the TPM ACPI PPI provision operations. --TrustExecution Table 444. --TrustExecution Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Sets the Intel Trusted Execution Technology. --TurboMode Table 445. --TurboMode Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables single core-based turbo mode.
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Attribute Details Description • • • • AlwaysExceptInternalHddPxe - UefiBootPathSecurity determines whether tor not the system must prompt you to enter the Admin password. This occurs when the UefiBootPathSecurity is set while booting from a UEFI boot path (from the F12 Boot Menu). AlwaysExceptInternalHdd — All UEFI boot paths require the user to enter the Admin password, except for the boot paths that are hosted on an internal hard disk drives.
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Attribute Details Description Enables or disables the hotkey Fn + B. When enabled, pressing Fn + B turns off the light and sound emissions of the fans and wireless radios in the system. To resume normal operations, press Fn + B again. Usb Table 453. Usb Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled, Legacy Turns the USB ports on or off. --Usb30 Table 454. --Usb30 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB 30 controller.
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--UsbEmuNoUsbBoot Table 458. --UsbEmuNoUsbBoot Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled Enables emulation of USB devices except bootable devices. --UsbFlash Table 459. --UsbFlash Attribute details Description Valid Argument Auto, Fdd, Hdd Sets the USB flash drive emulation to auto, floppy, or hard disk. --UsbPortsFront30 Table 460. --UsbPortsFront30 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB ports front 30. --UsbPortsRear Table 461.
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--UsbPortsRear3 Table 464. --UsbPortsRear3 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the rear USB port 3 --UsbPortsRear4 Table 465. --UsbPortsRear4 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 03. --UsbPortsRear5 Table 466. --UsbPortsRear5 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the rear USB port 5 --UsbPortsRear6 Table 467.
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--UsbPort08 Table 470. --UsbPort08 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 08. --UsbPort09 Table 471. --UsbPort09 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 09. --UsbPortsSide1 Table 472. --UsbPortsSide1 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the side USB port 1. --UsbPortsSide2 Table 473.
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--UsbPort15 Table 476. --UsbPort15 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 15. --UsbPort16 Table 477. --UsbPort16 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 16. --UsbPort17 Table 478. --UsbPort17 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 17. --UsbPort18 Table 479.
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--UsbPortsFront2 Table 482. --UsbPortsFront2 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the front USB port 2. --UsbPortsFront3 Table 483. --UsbPortsFront3 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the front USB port 3. --UsbPortsFront4 Table 484. --UsbPortsFront4 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the front USB port 4. --UsbPort24 Table 485.
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--UsbPort27 Table 488. --UsbPort27 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 27. --UsbPort28 Table 489. --UsbPort28 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 28. --UsbPort29 Table 490. --UsbPort29 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables USB port 29. --UsbPortsRear30 Table 491.
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--UsbPortsInternal2 Table 493. --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 494. --UsbPortsExternal Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the external USB ports. --UsbPortsFront Table 495.
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--UsbRearDual Table 498. --UsbRearDual Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the rear dual stack of USB ports if there is only one rear dual stack. --UsbRearDual2Stack Table 499. --UsbRearDual2Stack Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the second rear dual stack of USB ports if there are two rear dual stacks. --UsbRearQuad Table 500.
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Attribute Details Description Reports the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) for a system. The UUID is a unique system identifier used in PXE requests. --VaConfigLock Table 504. --VaConfigLock Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Unlock, Lock Sets the Intel Virtual Appliance Configuration lock. --ValHddPwd Table 505. --ValHddPwd Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Sets the hard disk drive password. The password cannot be reported.
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--VaPhysicalPresenceConfirm Table 509. --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 510.
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Attribute Details Description Enables or disables the virtualization in CPU. • • Enabled — Enables the additional hardware capabilities provided by Virtualization Technology in applicable CPUs. Disabled — Disables the additional hardware capabilities provided by Virtualization Technology. --VtForDirectIo Table 515.
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--VmdPcieSlot Table 520. --VmdPcieSlot Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Auto, Disabled Enables or disables the VMD for the PCIe slot. --WakeOnAc Table 521. --WakeOnAc Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Sets the behavior of the system after AC power is lost. • • Enabled—When AC power is restored, the system turns on. Disabled—When AC power is restored, the system remains turned off. --WakeOnDock Table 522.
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Attribute Details Description Example C:\>cctk --WakeOnLan=LanWithPxeBoot WakeOnLan=LanWithPxeBoot --WakeOnLan2 Table 524. --WakeOnLan2 Attribute Details Description Valid Argument LanOnly, Disabled, LanWithPxeBoot Defines the wake-on-LAN2 feature. • LanOnly — The system wake-on-LAN feature is enabled; either an onboard or an add-in NIC can wake the system up. Disabled — The system does not respond to magic packets or other means of wake-on-LAN.
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Attribute Details Description Example C:\>cctk --WarningsAndErr=disable WarningsAndErr=disable --WatchdogTimer Table 527. --WatchdogTimer Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the system to reboot or reset when the watchdog time expires. --WdtOsBootProtection Table 528. --WdtOsBootProtection Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables Watchdog OS Boot Protection.
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Attribute Details Description 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 532. --WirelessAdapter Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the wireless adapter.
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Attribute Details Description Enables or disables wireless switch bluetooth control. • • Disabled — For systems that have a physical Wireless On/Off Switch, switch has no effect on the state of the Bluetooth radio. Enabled — Switch turns the Bluetooth radio on and off. --WirelessSwitchCellularCtrl Table 537. --WirelessSwitchCellularCtrl Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables wireless switch cellular control.
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--WirelessWwan Table 541. --WirelessWwan Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the cellular radio, also called as the Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) module. --WlanAutoSense Table 542. --WlanAutoSense Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled When enabled, this feature disables the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) radio if the system is connected to a wired network and vice-versa. --WlanRegionCode Table 543.
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--WirelessSwitchGps Table 545. --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 546.
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Attribute Details Description Allows or prevents the access to BIOS setup through Dell Wyse P25 PCoIP client. --ZigBee Table 550. --ZigBee Attribute Details Description Valid Argument Enabled, Disabled Enables or disables the ZigBee option. Advanced System Management Advanced System Management (ASM) is a feature supported on Dell Precision R7610, T5810 ,T7810, T7910 and later workstations. The feature displays information about voltage, temperature, current, cooling device, and power supply probes.
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Setting the non-critical threshold values Sets the non-critical threshold values for a given probe. It is possible to set upper non critical threshold values for Voltage, Current, Temperature and cooling device probes To set the non-critical threshold values for a probe, type: cctk Advsm --Set=: NOTE: Here, cctk option name is the component for which you want to set the non-critical threshold values in a probe.
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For example, to set the non-critical threshold values for a current probe on a system with a system password and no setup password, type: cctk Advsm --Set=Current_1:10 --ValSysPwd = For example, to set the non-critical threshold values for a cooling probe on a system with a system password and no setup password, type: cctk Advsm --Set=Cd_1:10 --ValSysPwd = For example, to set the non-critical threshold values for a temperature probe on a system with a system password and
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Code Description 000Bh A general failure occurred during the flash programming. 000Ch A data miscompare error occurred during the flash programming. 000Dh The image could not be found in memory or the header could not be located. 000Eh Reserved for future assignment via this specification. FFFFh No update operation has been performed on the system. 142 Options for Dell Command | Configure 4.
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4 Sample file formats for Dell Command | Configure 4.3 This appendix lists the sample Dell Command | Configure utility.ini file. Topics: • Sample Dell Command | Configure utility.ini file format Sample Dell Command | Configure utility.ini file format [cctk] SysName=Latitude xxxx SysId= xxxx BiosVer=1.8.
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FullScreenLogo=Disabled GpsRadio=Disabled HdFreeFallProtect=Enabled 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 PeakS
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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 4.3 This section documents the error messages and codes that are used in Dell Command | Configure . Topics: • Dell Command | Configure error codes and messages 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.