Dell OpenManage Connection Deployment Toolkit V6.0.1 Software Command Line Reference Guide PDF

Dell EMC OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 6.0.1 Command Line Interface Reference Guide

March 2021 Rev. A00

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Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 8 DTK Deprecation Message................................................................................................................................................8 What's New In This Release..............................................................................................................................................8 SYSCFG equivalent RACADM commands..................................................................................................................... 9 Supported Systems........................................................................................................................................................... 13 Supported operating systems......................................................................................................................................... 13 Toolkit Utilities.................................................................................................................................................................... 13

System Configuration Utility......................................................................................................................................13 RAID Configuration Utility.......................................................................................................................................... 14 RAC Configuration Utility........................................................................................................................................... 14 Disk Partitioning Utility............................................................................................................................................... 14

Replication Of DTK Utilities............................................................................................................................................. 14 File Format..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 SYSCFG Replication Rules......................................................................................................................................... 14 RAID Replication........................................................................................................................................................... 15 RACADM Replication...................................................................................................................................................15

Other Documents You May Need.................................................................................................................................. 15 Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site.................................................................................. 15 Contacting Dell................................................................................................................................................................... 16

Chapter 2: Command Syntax Overview.........................................................................................17 DTK Utilities General Usage.............................................................................................................................................17 Command Line Syntax...................................................................................................................................................... 18 Case Sensitivity.................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Command Line Option Delimiters...................................................................................................................................19 Other Delimiters................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Read And Write Commands............................................................................................................................................20 File Input And Output Commands................................................................................................................................. 20 Log Files............................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Help Option..........................................................................................................................................................................21 Error Checking And Error Messages............................................................................................................................. 21

Chapter 3: DTK Seamless package...............................................................................................22 Seamless package Downloading and Installing.....................................................................................................22

Chapter 4: SYSCFG..................................................................................................................... 24 Features...............................................................................................................................................................................24 SYSCFG General Options................................................................................................................................................24

No Option...................................................................................................................................................................... 25 envar...............................................................................................................................................................................25 h or help.........................................................................................................................................................................25 i or infile......................................................................................................................................................................... 26 ix or inxmlfile.................................................................................................................................................................26 l or logfile....................................................................................................................................................................... 27

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o or outfile..................................................................................................................................................................... 27 ox or outxmlfile.............................................................................................................................................................27 ovrwrt*.......................................................................................................................................................................... 28 px or pendingxmlfile.................................................................................................................................................... 28 s....................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 version*......................................................................................................................................................................... 28

SYSCFG For BIOS Configuration.................................................................................................................................. 29 SYSCFG BIOS commands......................................................................................................................................... 29 BIOS Option Settings................................................................................................................................................. 40 Boot Settings................................................................................................................................................................43 Integrated Devices...................................................................................................................................................... 45 Network Settings........................................................................................................................................................ 56 Memory Settings......................................................................................................................................................... 60 Miscellaneous Settings.............................................................................................................................................. 65 One-Time Boot.............................................................................................................................................................68 Processor Settings.......................................................................................................................................................71 SATA Settings.............................................................................................................................................................. 83 Serial Communication.................................................................................................................................................96 Slot Disablement..........................................................................................................................................................99 System Information................................................................................................................................................... 100 System Profile Settings............................................................................................................................................102 System Security......................................................................................................................................................... 107 UEFI Boot Settings.....................................................................................................................................................117 DTKTORACADM......................................................................................................................................................... 118 SYSCFG Options On PowerEdge Systems Prior To PowerEdge 12G Systems..........................................122

Sub Options And Arguments For power Option.......................................................................................................128 Sub Options And Arguments For tcm Option........................................................................................................... 130 Sub Options And Arguments For tpm Option............................................................................................................131 SYSCFG For BMC And Remote Access Controller Configuration.......................................................................132

bmcversion.................................................................................................................................................................. 133 chassistype*............................................................................................................................................................... 133 clearsel*....................................................................................................................................................................... 133 controlpanelaccess.................................................................................................................................................... 134 deviceguid*................................................................................................................................................................. 134 encryptkey................................................................................................................................................................... 134 fiberchannel.................................................................................................................................................................135 floppy............................................................................................................................................................................ 135 formfactor................................................................................................................................................................... 135 hddfailover................................................................................................................................................................... 136 hpcmode...................................................................................................................................................................... 136 htassist......................................................................................................................................................................... 136 idecdrom.......................................................................................................................................................................137 idracgui......................................................................................................................................................................... 137 lpt................................................................................................................................................................................... 137 memdynamicpower....................................................................................................................................................138 memintleave................................................................................................................................................................ 138 memremap................................................................................................................................................................... 138 mouse........................................................................................................................................................................... 139 noraidprompt*............................................................................................................................................................ 139 oldsetuppwd................................................................................................................................................................139

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oldsyspwd.................................................................................................................................................................... 140 opticaldrivectrl............................................................................................................................................................140 remflashmedia............................................................................................................................................................. 141 serial1............................................................................................................................................................................. 141 serial2............................................................................................................................................................................142 slotname....................................................................................................................................................................... 142 sma................................................................................................................................................................................ 142 sysrev*......................................................................................................................................................................... 142 usb................................................................................................................................................................................. 143 usbflash........................................................................................................................................................................ 143 vflash.............................................................................................................................................................................143 identify..........................................................................................................................................................................143 idracversion................................................................................................................................................................. 144 kvmstatusonlcd.......................................................................................................................................................... 144 lancfgparams...............................................................................................................................................................145 lanchannelaccess....................................................................................................................................................... 148 lanchannelinfo............................................................................................................................................................. 148 lanuseraccess..............................................................................................................................................................148 lcd1.................................................................................................................................................................................149 lcd2................................................................................................................................................................................ 149 loaddefaults*.............................................................................................................................................................. 149 nextboot.......................................................................................................................................................................150 nmibutton.................................................................................................................................................................... 150 passwordaction........................................................................................................................................................... 151 pefcfgparams...............................................................................................................................................................151 powerbutton................................................................................................................................................................154 powerctl....................................................................................................................................................................... 155 racreset*..................................................................................................................................................................... 155 serialcfgparams.......................................................................................................................................................... 155 serialchannelaccess................................................................................................................................................... 157 serialchannelinfo.........................................................................................................................................................157 serialuseraccess......................................................................................................................................................... 158 solaction....................................................................................................................................................................... 159 solcfgparams...............................................................................................................................................................159 ssninfo.......................................................................................................................................................................... 160 useraction..................................................................................................................................................................... 161 username...................................................................................................................................................................... 161 version*........................................................................................................................................................................162 virutualmedia............................................................................................................................................................... 162

SYSCFG For State Configuration................................................................................................................................ 162 SYSCFG Options For State Configuration...........................................................................................................162

SYSCFG for System Configuration............................................................................................................................. 163 Options For System Configuration........................................................................................................................ 163

SYSCFG For IPv6 Configuration..................................................................................................................................169 PCI Reporting................................................................................................................................................................... 170

Environment Variable File........................................................................................................................................ 170

Chapter 5: RAIDCFG................................................................................................................... 171 Features.............................................................................................................................................................................. 171 Supported RAID Controllers...........................................................................................................................................171

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RAIDCFG Options And Arguments.............................................................................................................................. 172 RAID Configuration Utility Options And Arguments................................................................................................ 179

General Help................................................................................................................................................................180 Enumerating RAID Controllers.................................................................................................................................181 Creating Virtual Disks................................................................................................................................................182 Enumerating Array Disks.......................................................................................................................................... 187 Blinking And Unblinking Array Disks...................................................................................................................... 190 Enumerating Virtual Disks........................................................................................................................................190 Deleting Virtual Disks................................................................................................................................................. 191 Increasing Virtual Disk Size..................................................................................................................................... 192 Setting A Virtual Disk As Bootable Virtual Disk.................................................................................................. 192 Blinking And Unblinking Virtual Disks.................................................................................................................... 193 Setting Virtual Disk Name........................................................................................................................................193 Setting Environment Variables............................................................................................................................... 193 RAID Replication Options.........................................................................................................................................196 Assigning, Unassigning, And Listing Global Hot Spares....................................................................................197 Importing And Clearing Foreign Configurations................................................................................................. 198 Importing Secured Foreign Configuration............................................................................................................199 Displaying Foreign Key Ids...................................................................................................................................... 200 Creating Encryption Key......................................................................................................................................... 200 Changing Encryption Key........................................................................................................................................200 Deleting Encryption Key...........................................................................................................................................201 Configuring Physical Disk Rebuild..........................................................................................................................201 Configuring Array Disk As RAID ............................................................................................................................202 Configuring Physical Disk State.............................................................................................................................202 Replacing Physical Disk Of A Virtual Disk........................................................................................................... 203 Consistency check for virtual disk........................................................................................................................ 203 Erasing Encrypted Physical Disk........................................................................................................................... 204 Discarding Preserved Cache.................................................................................................................................. 204 Initializing Virtual Disks............................................................................................................................................ 205 Resetting The Controller.........................................................................................................................................206 Enabling And Disabling Persistent Dedicated Hot Spares...............................................................................206 Setting And Displaying The PCIe Link Speed..................................................................................................... 207 Setting Boot Mode .................................................................................................................................................. 208 Configuring Auto Import ........................................................................................................................................ 208 Miscellaneous Options............................................................................................................................................. 208

Quick Reference To RAIDCFG Commands...............................................................................................................209

Chapter 6: UPINIT......................................................................................................................212 Features............................................................................................................................................................................. 212 Creating A Partition Using UPINIT.............................................................................................................................. 212 UPINIT Dependencies.....................................................................................................................................................212 UPINIT Options And Arguments.................................................................................................................................. 213

Chapter 7: Messages And Codes................................................................................................ 216 SYSCFG Error Codes And Messages..........................................................................................................................216

Failure Messages........................................................................................................................................................216 Failures And Solutions..............................................................................................................................................223

UPINIT Common Error Codes And Messages..........................................................................................................223

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Failure Messages.......................................................................................................................................................223 UPINIT Linux-Specific Error Codes And Messages................................................................................................224 UPINIT Windows PE-Specific Error Codes And Messages.................................................................................. 224 RAIDCFG Error Codes And Messages....................................................................................................................... 224

Failure Messages.......................................................................................................................................................224 RACADM Firmware Error Codes And Messages.....................................................................................................233 RACADM Utility Error Codes And Messages........................................................................................................... 235

Chapter 8: BMC Platform Events Filter Alert Messages............................................................. 237

Chapter 9: Sample File Formats.................................................................................................238 Sample SYSCFG Utility .ini File Format..................................................................................................................... 238 Sample RAIDCFG Utility .ini File Format................................................................................................................... 245 Sample RACADM Utility .ini File Format....................................................................................................................245

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Introduction Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) includes a set of utilities, sample scripts, and sample configuration files to deploy and configure your Dell system. You can use DTK to build script-based and RPM-based installation for deploying a large number of systems reliably, without changing their current deployment processes. You can use DTK in a Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) or a Linux environment.

Topics:

DTK Deprecation Message What's New In This Release SYSCFG equivalent RACADM commands Supported Systems Supported operating systems Toolkit Utilities Replication Of DTK Utilities Other Documents You May Need Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site Contacting Dell

DTK Deprecation Message The OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) along with the associated tools and capabilities will be deprecated for version 6.0.1 and later:

Redundant Array of Independent Disks Configuration (RAIDCFG) Utility System Configuration (SYSCFG) Utility ELI tool Utility Partition (UPINIT)

It is recommended to use the RACADM Command Line (CLI) as a replacement for the RAIDCFG and SYSCFG utilities. For more information on downloading RACADM, see support.dell.com.

NOTE: DTK will continue to support any new hardware or operating system for the 14th generation of PowerEdge servers.

However, support for later generations of PowerEdge servers will be deprecated. For more information about features

supported by DTK, see the latest User's Guide available at dell.com/openmanagemanuals .

What's New In This Release The new features for this release include:

Added support for the following new features:

Post OS driver installation through LC driver pack using DTK WinPE image. Lockdown mode support. Secureboot Enablement.

NOTE: Disabling SecureBoot option is not supported from this release.

Racadm converter to support more token. Support for various SYSCFG BIOS commands. OS deployment in AHCI non-raid mode. OS deployment through HBA330 mini. Support added for OS deployment on greater than 2TB (raid and non-raid in UEFI Mode). Support for OS deployment on SSD (SATA/SAS) HardDisk.

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Support added for OS deployment on HardDisk connected to Rear backplane. Support for Software RAID NvMe device (Windows). Support for OS deployment using s140 SWRAID controller. Support for PERC 10 controllers. DTK ELI upgraded to centos 7.2.

Support for the following PowerEdge servers: PER740 PER740XD PER640 PEC6420 R940

Support for the Precision Rack System: PR7920

Support for below Network Cards: NetXtreme BCM5719/5720 1Gbps devices NetXtreme-E BCM574xx 10Gbps/25Gbps devices Mellanox ConnectX-4 Dual Port 100 GbE QSFP Network Adapter QLogic 10GE BASE-T 2Port PCIe FH/LP QLogic 10GE SFP+ 2Port PCIe FH/LP QLogic 25GE SFP28 2Port PCIe FH/LP Intel X550 rNDC Intel 10GbE 4P X710

NOTE: For the list of supported operating systems and Dell servers, see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix at

dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

NOTE: Use both DTK and the Server Administrator from the same release version to get complete supported features of

Server Administrator.

NOTE: The Lockdown mode feature can be enabled or disabled through the iDRAC Command line prompt or Graphical User

Interface mode.

SYSCFG equivalent RACADM commands The DTK SYSCFG deployment scripts are converted to equivalent RACADM scripts, that helps in migration to utilize RACADM in the deployment solution. Starting 12th generation of PowerEdge servers and later, selected set of SYSCFG commands are a part of the DTK sample scripts. The utility has the conversion tool for converting the SYSCFG scripts in both environments Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. The list of DTK sample scripts are present in \Toolkit\Tools\CONVERTER\ windows_scripts.lst for Microsoft Windows operating systems and toolkit/ Converter/ linux_scripts.lst for Linux operating system. The converted scripts are available in the folder racscripts. The set of converted commands are available in dtktoracadm_dict.map.

The following table lists the set of commands:

Table 1. SYSCFG equivalent RACADM commands

Group SYSCFG Commands Equivalent RACADM Commands

iDRAC Settings lcp --dnsdhcp iDRAC.IPv4.DNSFromDHCP

lcp --domainname iDRAC.NIC.DNSDomainName

lcp --dnsracname iDRAC.NIC.DNSRacName

lcp --dnsregisterrac iDRAC.NIC.DNSRegister

--idractype iDRAC.Info.Type -z legacy

--autoneg iDRAC.NIC.Autoneg

--gateway iDRAC.IPv4.Gateway

--ipaddress iDRAC.IPv4.Address

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Table 1. SYSCFG equivalent RACADM commands (continued)

Group SYSCFG Commands Equivalent RACADM Commands

--macaddress iDRAC.NIC.MACAddres

--nicselectionfailover iDRAC.NIC.Failover

--subnetmask iDRAC.IPv4.Netmask

--vanilla iDRAC.NIC.VLanID

--dnsserver1v6 get iDRAC.IPv6.DNS1

--dnsserver2v6 get iDRAC.IPv6.DNS2

--gatewayv6 iDRAC.IPv6.Gateway

--ipv6address1 iDRAC.IPv6.Address1

--ipv6address2 iDRAC.IPv6.Address2

--linklocaladdrv6 iDRAC.IPv6.LinkLocalAddress

--prefixlengthv6 iDRAC.IPv6.PrefixLength

--connectionmode iDRAC.IPMISerial.ConnectionMode

--msgcommbitrate iDRAC.IPMISerial.BaudRat

--msgcommflowctrl iDRAC.IPMISerial.FlowControl

--tmcfghandshakectrl iDRAC.IPMISerial.HandshakeControl

--tmcfglineediting iDRAC.IPMISerial.LineEdit

--tmcfgnewlineseq iDRAC.IPMISerial.NewLineSeq

--solcharaccuminterval iDRAC.IPMISOL.AccumulateInterval

--solbitrate iDRAC.IPMISOL.BaudRate

--solprivlevel iDRAC.IPMISOL.MinPrivilege

--solcharsendthreshold iDRAC.IPMISOL.SendThreshold

BIOS Option Settings --HddSeq BIOS.BiosBootSettings.HddSeq

Boot Settings --BootMode BIOS.BiosBootSettings.BootMode

--BootSeqRetry BIOS.BiosBootSettings.BootSeqRetry

--HddFailover BIOS.BiosBootSettings.HddFailover

--SetBootOrderFqddn BIOS.BiosBootSettings.SetBootOrderFqddn

--SetLegacyHddOrderFqddn BIOS.BiosBootSettings.SetLegacyHddOrderFqddn

Integrated Devices --EmbVideo BIOS.IntegratedDevices.EmbVideo

--IoatEngine BIOS.IntegratedDevices.IoatEngine

--IntegratedNetwork1 BIOS.IntegratedDevices.IntegratedNetwork1

--IntegratedNetwork2 BIOS.IntegratedDevices.IntegratedNetwork2

--IntegratedRaid BIOS.IntegratedDevices.IntegratedRaid

--InternalUsb BIOS.IntegratedDevices.InternalUsb

--OsWatchdogTimer BIOS.IntegratedDevices.OsWatchdogTimer

--SriovGlobalEnable BIOS.IntegratedDevices.SriovGlobalEnable

--Usb3Setting BIOS.IntegratedDevices.Usb3Setting

Memory Settings --DynamicCoreAllocation BIOS.ProcSettings.DynamicCoreAllocation

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Table 1. SYSCFG equivalent RACADM commands (continued)

Group SYSCFG Commands Equivalent RACADM Commands

--CorrEccSmi BIOS.MemSettings.CorrEccSmi

--MemTest BIOS.MemSettings.MemTest

--NodeInterleave BIOS.MemSettings.NodeInterleave

--memopmode BIOS.memsettings.MemOpMode

Miscellaneous Settings --AssetTag BIOS.MiscSettings.AssetTag

--ErrPrompt BIOS.MiscSettings.ErrPrompt

--NumLock BIOS.MiscSettings.NumLock

--ForceInt10 BIOS.MiscSettings.ForceInt10

--insystemcharacterization BIOS.MiscSettings.InSystemCharacterization

Processor Settings --DcuIpPrefetcher BIOS.ProcSettings.DcuIpPrefetcher

--DcuStreamerPrefetcher BIOS.ProcSettings.DcuStreamerPrefetcher

--LogicalProc BIOS.ProcSettings.LogicalProc

--ProcExecuteDisable BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcExecuteDisable

--ProcHwPrefetcher BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcHwPrefetcher

--ProcVirtualization BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcVirtualization

--RtidSetting BIOS.ProcSettings.RtidSetting

--ProcX2Apic BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcX2Apic

--cpucore BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcCores

--cpuspeed BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcCoreSpeed

--logicproc BIOS.procsettings.LogicalProc

--proc1brand BIOS.procsettings.Proc1Brand

--proc1id BIOS.procsettings.Proc1Id

--proc1l2cache BIOS.procsettings.Proc1L2Cache

--proc1l3cache BIOS.procsettings.Proc1L3Cache

--proc1numcores BIOS.procsettings.Proc1NumCores

--proc2brand BIOS.procsettings.Proc2Brand

--proc2id BIOS.procsettings.Proc2Id

--proc2l2cache BIOS.procsettings.Proc2L2Cache

--proc2l3cache BIOS.procsettings.Proc2L3Cache

--proc2numcores BIOS.procsettings.Proc2NumCores

--proc64bit BIOS.procsettings.Proc64bit

--procadjcacheline BIOS.procsettings.ProcAdjCacheLine

--procbusspeed BIOS.procsettings.ProcBusSpeed

--proccorespeed BIOS.procsettings.ProcCoreSpeed

--qpispeed BIOS.procsettings.QpiSpeed

--procconfigtdp BIOS.procsettings.ProcConfigTdp

SATA Settings --WriteCache BIOS.SataSettings.WriteCache

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Table 1. SYSCFG equivalent RACADM commands (continued)

Group SYSCFG Commands Equivalent RACADM Commands

--SecurityFreezeLock BIOS.SataSettings.SecurityFreezeLock

--Sembsataraid BIOS.SataSettings.EmbSata

--embsata BIOS.SataSettings.EmbSata

--sata0 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortA

--sata1 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortB

--sata2 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortC

--sata3 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortD

--sata4 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortE

--sata5 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortF

--sata7 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortH

--sataporta BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortA

--sataportb BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortB

--sataportc BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortC

--sataportd BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortD

--sataporte BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortE

--sataportf BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortF

--sataportg BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortG

--sataportgmodel BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortGModel

--sataportgdrivetype BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortGDriveType

--sataportgcapacity BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortGCapacity

--sataporth BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortH

--sataporthmodel BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortHModel

--sataporthdrivetype BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortHDriveType

--sataporthcapacity BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortHCapacity

--sataporti BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortI

--sataportimodel BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortIModel

--sataportidrivetype BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortIDriveType

--sataporticapacity BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortICapacity

--sataportj BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortJ

--sataportjmodel BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortJModel

--sataportjdrivetyp BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortJDriveType

--sataportjcapacity BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortJCapacity

Serial Communication --ConTerrmType BIOS.SerialCommSettings.ConTermType

--ExtSerialConnector BIOS.SerialCommSettings.ExtSerialConnector

--FailSafeBaud BIOS.SerialCommSettings.FailSafeBaud

--RedirAfterBoot BIOS.SerialCommSettings.RedirAfterBoot

Slot Disablement --Slotn BIOS.SlotDisablement.Slotn

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Table 1. SYSCFG equivalent RACADM commands (continued)

Group SYSCFG Commands Equivalent RACADM Commands

System Information --svctag BIOS.SysInformation.SystemServiceTag

System Security --AcPwrRcvryDelay BIOS.SysSecurity.AcPwrRcvryDelay

--PwrButton BIOS.SysSecurity.PwrButton

--SetupPassword BIOS.SysSecurity.SetupPassword

--SysPassword BIOS.SysSecurity.SysPassword

System Power --maxpowercap System.Power.Cap.MaxThreshold

--minpowercap System.Power.Cap.MinThreshold

--capenable System.Power.Cap.Enable

Supported Systems For a complete list of supported Dell PowerEdge systems, see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix in the required version of OpenManage Software at dell.com/openmanagemanuals

Supported operating systems DTK utilities support Windows PE 10.0 (64-bit), and Windows PE 5.1 (64-bit) to deploy the following operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode:

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation, Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter editions

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Foundation, Essentials, and Standard editions

Dells Precision R7920 Supported operating systems Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

For Linux, the DTK utilities support deploying the following operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 (64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9(64-bit)

You can install the DTK Linux RPM utilities on the following operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 (64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 (64-bit)

NOTE: The RPMs are available in the RPMs folder of DTK ELI ISO at linux.dell.com/repo/hardware, and also in

the Dell EMC Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD.

Toolkit Utilities DTK contains utilities that allow you to configure the BIOS, Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), Remote Access Controller (RAC), RAID controllers, and hard-drive partitions on supported Dell systems. Additionally, the utilities can be integrated with the sample files provided with the toolkit to fully configure one-to-many target systems in a scripted mass system deployment.

System Configuration Utility

The SYSCFG utility performs the following tasks:

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Reports and sets BIOS configuration options. Reports and sets BMC/RAC configuration options. Reports and sets user-configurable states. Reports system information, including PCI device detection.

RAID Configuration Utility

The RAIDCFG utility reports and sets RAID configuration options.

RAC Configuration Utility

The RACADM utility reports and sets RAC configuration options for Dell Remote Access Controller DRAC 5, iDRAC6, and iDRAC7, and iDRAC8.

Disk Partitioning Utility

The UPINIT script creates, formats, and populates a Dell Utility Partition.

Replication Of DTK Utilities This section explains the replication of DTK utilities.

File Format

The -i and -o options use the .ini file format for system configuration (SYSCFG) options. All name/value entries that follow the [syscfg] section header in the .ini file belong to the SYSCFG utility. For an example of the syscfg.ini file, see Sample SYSCFG Utility .ini File Format.

SYSCFG Replication Rules

Not all BIOS and BMC options can be replicated using the .ini file. For example, boot sequence and device sequence are only replicated if a device name list can be supplied. A numerical device list cannot be replicated since the index values can change from system to system. In addition, because the service tag information is static, it is not commented out in the output file or replicated. See the description of each option for further replication information.

The syscfg.ini file cannot be used across different systems. The file output operation places system identification information at the beginning of the [syscfg] section. This information is used to determine if the file can be accepted as input for a system. The following information is used for system identification:

System ID Byte(s) System Name BIOS Version

If these values do not match the values found on the system, the file input operation fails.

The following is the SYSCFG behavior during replication:

Options not available in SYSCFG are termed invalid options. If SYSCFG encounters an invalid option in the syscfg.ini file, the SYSCFG utility terminates.

Unsupported options are options available in SYSCFG but not applicable on certain systems. If SYSCFG encounters an unsupported option, SYSCFG logs this option and continues to the next option.

Unsupported arguments are arguments valid in SYSCFG but not applicable on certain systems. If SYSCFG encounters an unsupported argument, SYSCFG terminates.

SYSCFG logs a message in the log file for each option processed in the syscfg.ini file. To generate the log file, use the logfile option.

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RAID Replication

The RAID replication feature reads the RAID configuration information from the source system and creates a raid.ini file. This raid.ini file can be applied to the RAID configurations of the target system. The RAID replication requires both, the source system and the target system to have similar RAID controllers.

RACADM Replication

The RACREP.BAT sample script applies RAC configuration options to the target system based on the configuration information that has been saved in a configuration file. User input is optional, depending on variables set in the RACREP.BAT sample script. This script uses the RACADM.EXE utility to configure the RAC in the target system using the RAC configuration file, raccfg.ini. The raccfg.ini configuration file is passed as the first parameter to the RACREP.BAT script. If this parameter is not passed, the default variable values used in this script are set in the TKENVSET.BAT scripts. An optional second parameter can be passed to this file, which specifies the IP address used in configuring the RAC. The raccfg.ini file is generated with the RACCAP.BAT sample script.

Other Documents You May Need In addition to this guide, you can access the following guides available at dell.com/support/manuals. The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Installation Guide provides information about installing and deploying DTK on

supported Dell systems. The guide is also available as part of the DTK download. The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit User's Guide provides best practice procedures that focus on the basic tasks for

successful deployment of Dell systems. The Dell Systems Software Support Matrix provides information about the various Dell systems, the operating systems

supported by these systems, and the Dell OpenManage components that can be installed on these systems. The Dell OpenManage Installation Guide provides additional information about performing an unattended installation of Dell

OpenManage Server Administrator on systems running supported Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Citrix Xen Server operating systems.

The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User's Guide provides information on using Server Administrator on supported operating systems.

The Dell Update Packages User's Guide provides information about obtaining and using Dell Update Packages as part of your system update strategy.

The Dell OpenManage Sever Administrator Storage Management Users Guide provides information about RAID controllers. The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) Command Line Interface Reference Guide provides information

about the RACADM subcommands, supported interfaces, property database groups and object definitions for iDRAC8 and CMC.

The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) User's Guide provides information about configuring and using iDRAC8 for 13th generation rack, tower, and blade servers to remotely manage and monitor your system and its shared resources through a network.

The Glossary provides information about the terms used in this document. The Deployment Toolkit release notes (for Windows PE and embedded Linux) which is also available as part of the DTK

download, provides the latest available information about the installation and operation of the DTK components and the list of PowerEdge systems supported for this version of DTK.

Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site Access supporting content related to an array of systems management tools using direct links, going to the Dell EMC support site, or using a search engine. Direct links:

For Dell EMC Enterprise Systems Management and Dell EMC Remote Enterprise Systems Managementhttps:// www.dell.com/esmmanuals

For Dell EMC Virtualization Solutionshttps://www.dell.com/SoftwareManuals For Dell EMC OpenManagehttps://www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals For iDRAChttps://www.dell.com/idracmanuals

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For Dell EMC OpenManage Connections Enterprise Systems Managementhttps://www.dell.com/ OMConnectionsEnterpriseSystemsManagement

For Dell EMC Serviceability Toolshttps://www.dell.com/serviceabilitytools Dell EMC support site:

1. Go to https://www.dell.com/support.

2. Click Browse all products.

3. From the All products page, click Software, and then click the required link.

4. Click the required product and then click the required version.

Using search engines, type the name and version of the document in the search box.

Contacting Dell NOTE: If you do not have an active Internet connection, you can find contact information on your purchase invoice, packing

slip, bill, or Dell product catalog.

Dell provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell for sales, technical support, or customer service issues:

1. Visit www.dell.com/support .

2. Select your support category.

3. If you are not a U.S customer, select your country code at the bottom of the page, or select All to see more choices.

4. Select the appropriate service or support link based on your need.

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Command Syntax Overview Syntax refers to the way a command and its parameters are entered. Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) Command Line Interface (CLI) commands can be arranged in any order as long as they conform to the basic command line syntax.

Topics:

DTK Utilities General Usage Command Line Syntax Case Sensitivity Command Line Option Delimiters Other Delimiters Read And Write Commands File Input And Output Commands Log Files Help Option Error Checking And Error Messages

DTK Utilities General Usage The following table lists the general usage models of the DTK utilities:

Table 2. DTK Utilities

Utilities Usage

SYSCFG syscfg --option1=[arg1] ... --optionX=[argX]

or

syscfg bmcoption1 --bmcsuboption1=[arg1]...-- bmcsuboptionX=argX]

RAIDCFG raidcfg [mandatory options]

RACADM racadm

NOTE: The Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC6 and CMC available on dell.com/support/manuals provides information about the RACADM subcommands, supported interfaces, property database groups and object definitions for iDRAC6 and CMC.

UPINIT For WinPE:

upinit --disk=0 --size=32 --file=t:\upimage.bin

For Linux:

upinit --disk=/dev/sda --size=32 --file=/tmp/ upimage.bin

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The DTK command line switches, configuration file formatting, and error reporting follow similar style and behavior. However, individual DTK utilities can sometimes differ from one another in significant ways. You must familiarize yourself with the command line syntax and utility-specific options and arguments for each utility before using DTK.

NOTE: Some of the command line options in DTK are followed by an asterisk. Such options are used for reporting purposes

only.

Command Line Syntax The following table lists the generic command line characters and arguments present in the command line options with a short description of these characters.

Table 3. Command Line Options

Element Description

- Prefix single character options. NOTE: This delimiter is not applicable to Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) sub-options.

-- Prefix multi-character options.

utilname Indicates the generic designation for a DTK utility name.

o Indicates the generic single-character designation for an option.

optionX Indicates the generic multi-character designation for a utility name, where you can use X to distinguish multiple options used in the same command line instance.

argX Indicates the generic designation for an argument, where you can use X to distinguish multiple arguments used in the same command line instance.

[mandatory option] Indicates the generic designation for a mandatory argument.

Indicates the generic designation for an optional argument.

Indicates the generic designation for a string.

Indicates the generic designation for a filename.

[ ] Indicates a component of the command line. Enter only the information within the brackets and exclude the brackets.

... Indicates that the previous argument can be repeated several times in a command. Enter only the information within the ellipses and exclude the ellipses.

| Separates two mutually exclusive choices in a syntax line. For example:

usb: Turns the usb controller on or off

Argument: enable | disable | legacy

Enter only one choice: --usb=enable, --usb= disable, or --usb=legacy.

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Case Sensitivity Command line options, pre-defined and user-defined arguments, and filenames given as arguments are all case-sensitive on

PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems. Unless specified otherwise, enter all commands, options, arguments, and command line switches in lowercase letters.

Command Line Option Delimiters The following table lists some examples of valid and invalid DTK command lines.

Table 4. Command Line Option Delimiters

Valid / Invalid

DTK Command Line Example

valid syscfg --option1 --option2 syscfg --asset --floppy

invalid syscfg --option1=argument -- option2 --option3

syscfg --asset=R910 --floppy -- bootseq

valid syscfg -o=filename --option1 -- option2

syscfg -o=/tmp/myfile.txt --floppy --bootseq

valid syscfg -l=filename --option1 -- option2

syscfg -l=/tmp/myfile.txt --floppy --bootseq

invalid syscfg -i=filename --option1 -- option2

syscfg -i=/tmp/myfile.txt --floppy --bootseq

valid syscfg --option=argument bmcoption --option1= argument

syscfg --embnic=on pcp -- hostname=webserver

NOTE: Do not combine options that specify report or set actions in a command line instance.

Other Delimiters The following table lists the other delimiters:

Table 5. Other delimiters

Delimiter Example Description

White space (space or tab) syscfg --option=argument1 argument2

considers

argument1

and

argument2

as two arguments.

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Table 5. Other delimiters (continued)

Delimiter Example Description

A string surrounded by double quotation marks regardless of the white space contained within, is interpreted as a single SYSCFG argument.

syscfg --option="argument1 argument2"

considers

argument1

and

argument2

a single argument.

A double quotation mark preceded by a backslash (\") is interpreted as a literal double quotation mark (").

syscfg -- option="\"argument"

considers "argument as the argument.

Backslashes are interpreted literally, unless they immediately precede a double quotation mark. If an even number of backslashes are followed by a double quotation mark, then one backslash (\) is taken for every pair of backslashes (\\), and the double quotation mark (") is interpreted as a string delimiter.

syscfg --option="\ \"argument"

considers \ and argument as two arguments.

If an odd number of backslashes are followed by a double quotation mark, then one backslash (\) is taken for every pair of backslashes (\\) and the double quotation mark is interpreted as an escape sequence by the remaining backslash, causing a literal double quotation mark (") to be placed in the SYSCFG argument.

syscfg --option="\\ \"argument"

considers \ "argument as the argument.

Read And Write Commands Options can report a certain value or set of values based on the presence of an argument. These read or write actions are implied in the DTK command line arguments. The get, read, set, or write commands, for example, are not required.

NOTE: You cannot combine options that specify read or write actions in a command line instance.

Table 6. Read and Write Command Examples

Valid/Invalid DTK Command Line Example

valid syscfg --option1 --option2

valid syscfg --option1=arg --option2=arg

invalid syscfg --option1=arg --option2

File Input And Output Commands Specify the file input using the -i <filename> command, where <filename> is the name of the input file.

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Specify the file output using the -o <filename> command, where <filename> is the name of the output file.

Log Files If the log file already exists, information is appended to the file. This allows multiple tools to use the same log file to record information. Use the -l option to record the output of a utility.

The log duplicates all standard output and error information to the specified file. Each log file begins with a time stamp and utility name. For example, YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS < utilname > -

.

The following is an example of the logging behavior:

2003/11/28 10:23:17 syscfg - option1=on

2003/11/28 10:23:17 syscfg - option2=on

2003/11/28 10:23:17 syscfg - option3 =off NOTE: The log files may contain sensitive information such as passwords and authentication information. To protect such

information, it is recommended that only the administrator accesses the log files.

Help Option The -h and --help options display general usage information for the utility. If the argument matches a valid option, that usage information of the option is displayed. If the option has arguments, the arguments are displayed, separated by a | character. If the argument does not match a valid option, a usage error is given (and usage information is displayed). This option cannot be replicated.

Error Checking And Error Messages The DTK utilities check your commands for correct syntax when you enter them. When a command is executed successfully, a message displays stating that your command has been successful. Unrecognized or invalid options and arguments result in a usage error that displays the DTK utility name and version along with a short message. For information about the error messages, see Messages And Codes.

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DTK Seamless package The DTK Seamless package is a single installer package that carries Linux DTK RPMs (RHEL, SLES) and its dependency.

Topics:

Seamless package Downloading and Installing

Seamless package Downloading and Installing This section describes the downloading and installing of DTK seamless package.

The seamless package auto recognizes the OS type and its respective dependency during the installation and installs SYSCFG, RAIDCFG, and RACADM tools on post Linux operating system.

The advantages of seamless package are:

The size of the DTK seamless package is less (approximately 60MB) compared to that of the complete OM DVD size.

The DTK seamless package is posted independently on www.dell.com/support with OM and DTK releases.

The seamless package supports both interactive and non-interactive modes of DTK tool installation.

Interactive mode options:

Type the following command: ./DTKTOOLS_ _Linux64_ .Bin The options displayed on the screen are as follows:

Deployment Tools Install Utility Available install options: [ ] 1. Command line BIOS configuration utility (syscfg utility) [ ] 2. Command line RAID configuration utility (raidcfg utility) [ ] 3. DRAC command line configuration utility [ ] 4. All features Enter the number to select/deselect (toggle selection) a component Enter i to install the selected components. Enter q to quit. Once the DTK tools installation is complete, success message is displayed on the screen.

To uninstall the DTK tools, run the command

/opt/dell/toolkit/bin/dtktools-uninstall.sh d Non-interactive mode:

In the non-interactive mode, all the available tools are installed by default. Any other option is ignored.

Type the following command:

./DTKTOOLS_ _Linux64_ .Bin [f/--force] Once the DTK tools installation is complete, success message is displayed on the screen.

To uninstall the DTK tools, run the command

./DTKTOOLS_ _Linux64_ .Bin [-d/--delete] To view the available options, run the following command in the command line:

./DTKTOOLS_ _Linux64_ .Bin [h/--help].

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The seamless package uninstalls the older DTK tool set version, and upgrades it to a newer version if Server Administrator is not present in the system.

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SYSCFG This section documents the Deployment Toolkit (DTK) system configuration utility. It describes the command line parameters, configuration file format, and individual executables used to configure server BIOS and Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) settings, DTK state settings, and system information including PCI device detection.

Topics:

Features SYSCFG General Options SYSCFG For BIOS Configuration Sub Options And Arguments For power Option Sub Options And Arguments For tcm Option Sub Options And Arguments For tpm Option SYSCFG For BMC And Remote Access Controller Configuration SYSCFG For State Configuration SYSCFG for System Configuration SYSCFG For IPv6 Configuration PCI Reporting

Features The SYSCFG utility: Displays help and usage information. Outputs configuration options to a file or screen. Reads configuration options from a file or Command Line Interface (CLI) parameters. Configures BMC/Remote Access Controller (RAC) users, local area network (LAN) channel and serial channel settings,

BMC/RAC platform event filter (PEF) settings, and BMC/RAC serial-over-LAN (SOL) settings. Configures the nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) and power button. Reports the BMC/RAC firmware version, BMC/RAC device global unique identifier (GUID), and BMC/RAC LAN channel and

serial channel information. Reports BMC/RAC session information. Clears BMC/RAC system event log (SEL). Restores BMC/RAC factory defaults. Records and reports the state data value. Displays system configuration information. Returns specific error codes and messages. Logs activity to a given filename. Configures the BIOS features using ini file, DTK xml file, and ws-man xml file.

NOTE: In Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE), the SYSCFG utility is located at

\dell\toolkit\tools or \dell\toolkit\tools directory. In Linux, you can find it in the/opt/dell/ toolkit/bin directory.

SYSCFG General Options NOTE: Some of the options in SYSCFG are followed by an asterisk. The asterisk is not part of the command syntax. Such

options are used for reporting purposes only. These commands do not accept any sub-options or arguments. The values

associated with these commands are reported by the BIOS. You cannot modify these values.

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No Option

Table 7. No Option

Valid Arguments NA

Description The SYSCFG utility displays the usage information.

envar

Table 8. SYSCFG General envar

Valid Arguments <valid filename> <valid path>

Description Stores the environment variable data to a file when used with the s option. This file can be called from other scripts to set the environment variable. The value of <filename> must not be specified if the DTKENVSCR environment variable is set to a valid filename. In this case, the filename pointed to by DTKENVSCR is used to store the environment variable data.

Example:

syscfg --mem -s=temp --envar= Z:\scripts\file.bat

When used without the -s option, --envar takes the default variable.

Linux Example:

syscfg --svctag --envar= /tmp/myvars.txt svctag = 2G8LC1S syscfg_var =2G8LC1S source /tmp/myvars.txt

Windows PE Example:

syscfg --svctag --envar=i:\myvars.bat svctag = 2G8LC1S syscfg_var =2G8LC1S call i:\myvars.bat

h or help

Table 9. SYSCFG General h or help

Valid Arguments none or <valid option name>

Description Displays the general usage information for the utility, when no argument is provided. If the argument matches a valid option, that option's usage information is displayed. If the option has arguments, the arguments are displayed, separated by a | character. If the option has sub-options, all sub-options, valid arguments, and a description are listed. If the argument does not match a valid option, a usage error is given (and usage information is displayed). This option cannot be replicated.

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Table 9. SYSCFG General h or help (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg -h lanchannelaccess lanchannelaccess: Reports LAN channel access information.

Sub-options: pefalerting: Enable or disable PEF (Platform Event Filter)alerting.

Arguments: enable | disable

ipmioverlan: Enable or disable

IPMI over LAN access.

Arguments: disable | alwaysavail

channelprivlmt: Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on the LAN channel.

Arguments: user | operator |administrator

i or infile

Table 10. SYSCFG General i or infile

Valid Arguments <filename>

Description Directs the SYSCFG utility to take input from the .ini file. The utility searches the file for a section 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. If an option is not available on a system and it is specified in a file, the utility ignores the option. If any errors are found in the format of the names or values, an error is returned and the options are not applied to the system. If this option is used with other function command options, they are applied in the order in which they appear on the command line, overriding any previous commands.

Example:

A:>syscfg -i <filename>.ini

ix or inxmlfile

Table 11. SYSCFG General ix or inxmlfile

Valid Arguments <filename>

Description Directs the SYSCFG utility to receive input from the xml file. The utility searches the BIOS option in the file. An error is returned if the file is not found. The provided option must match a valid option, and the arguments must be in the proper format for the option. If an option is not available on a system and it is specified in a file, the utility ignores the option. If any errors are found in the format of the names or values, an error is returned and the options are not applied to the system. If this

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Table 11. SYSCFG General ix or inxmlfile (continued)

option is dependent on any other option, they are applied in the order in which they appear in the xml file.

NOTE: It is applicable only on 12G and later systems.

Example:

A:>syscfg --ix filename.xml

NOTE: You can modify or use the BIOS configuration captured in xml format from a PowerEdge server for large scale deployment configurations using RACADM or WS-MAN. For more information on using RACADM and WS-MAN refer Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide and Dell Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services Quick Start Guide respectively available at dell.com/support/manuals.

l or logfile

Table 12. SYSCFG General l or logfile

Valid Arguments <filename>

Description 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. For more information, see Log Files .

Example:

A:>syscfg -l logfile --option=<filename>

o or outfile

Table 13. SYSCFG General o or outfile

Valid Arguments <filename>

Description Prints all replicable options to the specified filename. The format of the output is in the .ini format, with the utility name as the section header. On PowerEdge 11G systems, if a file with the same name already exists, the information is appended to the file, but on PowerEdge 12G it overwrites the existing file. If this option is used with other function commands, the commands are applied in the order in which they appear. This option captures replicable BMC and BIOS options.

Example:

A:>syscfg -o <filename>.ini

ox or outxmlfile

Table 14. SYSCFG General ox or outxmlfile

Valid Arguments <filename>

Description Prints all BIOS options to the specified xml file.

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Table 14. SYSCFG General ox or outxmlfile (continued)

NOTE: It is applicable only on 12G and later sytems.

Example:

A:>syscfg --ox filename.ini

ovrwrt*

Table 15. SYSCFG General ovrwrt*

Valid Arguments NA

Description Used with the -o option to cause the output file to be overwritten if a file of the same name already exists. This option cannot be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg -o=filename.ini --ovrwrt

The file filename has been overwritten.

px or pendingxmlfile

Table 16. SYSCFG General px or pendingxmlfile

Valid Arguments <filename>

Description Prints all the pending BIOS options to a specified xml file.

NOTE: It is applicable only on 12G and later sytems.

Example:

A:>syscfg --px filename.xml

s

Table 17. SYSCFG General s

Valid Arguments <string>

Description Prints the variable name and the assigned value to the console. This option when used with --envar, picks up the environment variable data and stores it in a file. This file can be called from a script. For more information, see envar.

Example:

A:>syscfg -s ENVNAME --svctag svctag=SERVICE ENVNAME=SERVICE

version*

Table 18. SYSCFG General version*

Valid Arguments NA

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Table 18. SYSCFG General version* (continued)

Description Displays the version information, current time, and date for the utility. This option cannot be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --version syscfg Version 4.4 P01(Windows - Jan 29 2014,16:48:48)

Copyright (c) 2002-2014 Dell Inc.

SYSCFG For BIOS Configuration SYSCFG uses BIOS interfaces to manipulate boot order and BIOS settings. It configures all options available on the BIOS setup screen, including boot order, embedded device configuration, and asset tag management. Consider the following while using the SYSCFG options:

On systems prior to 12G, options and arguments are case-sensitive. NOTE: The naming format of Dell PowerEdge systems is yxxx; y denotes alphabets, for example, M (modular), R (rack),

or T (tower) and x denotes numbers. For example, a PowerEdge R720 is a 12th Generation rack mount 700 series

server.

On 12th generation of PowerEdge servers and later systems, the SYSCFG options are grouped. Running SYSCFG without arguments on any system only displays the valid options. Reboot the system for the BIOS options to take effect. On 12th generation of PowerEdge systems are backward compatible and support legacy arguments enable and disable.

However, it is recommended to use enabled and disabled on 12th generation of PowerEdge systems as the arguments enable and disable may be deprecated in future. For more information, see the BIOS options help.

To list the options which are set on the system, but not applied due to pending reboot, type:

syscfg --pendingvalues If a setup password is set, provide the password while configuring the SYSCFG options as:

syscfg -- = -- valsetuppwd= Some of the BIOS options or arguments may not be available on all systems due to:

The BIOS version or hardware feature set. A missing or expired license. The system displays an error message if the required license is not found. For more

information, see Dell License Manager on dell.com/support/manuals.

Some of the options are followed by an asterisk. The asterisk is not part of the command syntax. Such options are used for reporting purposes only. These commands do not accept any suboptions or arguments. The values associated with these commands are reported by the BIOS. You cannot modify these values.

SYSCFG BIOS commands

SYSCFG BIOS equivalent RACADM commands are listed:

For more information on RACADM commands, see the RACADM Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/ openmanagemanuals.com.

Table 19. BIOS options with equivalent RACADM options

Group Option on 12G and Later systems

Option on Systems Prior to 12G Systems

Equivalent RACADM Option

BIOS Option Settings --BootSeq --bootseq BIOS.BiosBootSettings.BootSeq

--HddSeq --devseq BIOS.BiosBootSettings.HddSeq

Boot Settings --BootMode --bootmode BIOS.BiosBootSettings.BootMode

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Table 19. BIOS options with equivalent RACADM options (continued)

Group Option on 12G and Later systems

Option on Systems Prior to 12G Systems

Equivalent RACADM Option

--BootSeqRetry --bootseqretry BIOS.BiosBootSettings.BootSeqRetry

--HddFailover NOTE: The option is not supported on 12G systems.

--hddfailover BIOS.BiosBootSettings.HddFailover

--SetBootOrderFqddn NOTE: The option is supported only on 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.BiosBootSettings.SetBootOrderFqddn

-- SetLegacyHddOrderFqdd n

NOTE: The option is supported only on 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.BiosBootSettings.SetLegacyHddOrderFq dd

Integrated Devices --EmbVideo --embvideoctrl BIOS.IntegratedDevices.EmbVideo

--IoatEngine --ioat BIOS.IntegratedDevices.IoatEngine

--IntegratedNetwork1 N/A BIOS.IntegratedDevices.IntegratedNetwork1

--IntegratedNetwork2 N/A BIOS.IntegratedDevices.IntegratedNetwork2

--IntegratedRaid --integratedraid BIOS.IntegratedDevices.IntegratedRaid

--IntegratedSas --integratedsas BIOS.IntegratedDevices.IntegratedSas

--InternalSdCard --embsdcard BIOS.IntegratedDevices.InternalSdCard

-- InternalSdCardRedundan cy

-- embsdcardredundancy

BIOS.IntegratedDevices.InternalSdCardRedund ancy

--InternalUsb --internalusb BIOS.IntegratedDevices.InternalUsb

--InternalUsb1 --internalusbport1 BIOS.IntegratedDevices.InternalUsb1

--InternalUsb2 --internalusbport2 BIOS.IntegratedDevices.InternalUsb2

--OsWatchdogTimer --oswatchdogtimer BIOS.IntegratedDevices.OsWatchdogTimer

--SriovGlobalEnable --sriov BIOS.IntegratedDevices.SriovGlobalEnable

--UsbPorts --usbports BIOS.IntegratedDevices.UsbPorts

--Usb3Setting NOTE: The option is supported only on 13G and later systems.

N/A N/A

-- InternalSdCardPrimaryCa rd

NOTE: The option is supported only

N/A N/A

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Table 19. BIOS options with equivalent RACADM options (continued)

Group Option on 12G and Later systems

Option on Systems Prior to 12G Systems

Equivalent RACADM Option

on 13G and later systems.

--CurrentEmbVideoState NOTE: The option is supported only on 13G and later systems.

N/A N/A

IscsiDev1ConnChapType NOTE: The option is available only on 14G and later systems.

N/A

IscsiDev1ConnDhcpEnDis NOTE: The option is available only on 14G and later systems.

N/A

IscsiDev1ConnEnDis NOTE: The option is available only on 14G and later systems.

N/A

IscsiDev1ConnInterface NOTE: The option is available only on 14G and later systems.

N/A

IscsiDev1ConnProtocol NOTE: The option is available only on 14G and later systems.

N/A

IscsiDev1ConnTimeout NOTE: The option is available only on 14G and later systems.

N/A

IscsiDev1ConnVlanEnDis NOTE: The option is available only on 14G and later systems.

N/A

IscsiDev1ConnVlanId NOTE: The option is available only on 14G and later systems.

N/A

IscsiDev1ConnAuth NOTE: The option is available only on 14G and later systems.

N/A N/A

Memory Settings --CorrEccSmi N/A N/A

--DynamicCoreAllocation N/A N/A

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Table 19. BIOS options with equivalent RACADM options (continued)

Group Option on 12G and Later systems

Option on Systems Prior to 12G Systems

Equivalent RACADM Option

--MemOpMode --memoperatingmode BIOS.MemSettings.MemOpMode

--MemOpVoltage --dimmvoltage BIOS.MemSettings.MemOpVoltage

--MemTest --memtest BIOS.MemSettings.MemTest

--NodeInterleave --nodeinterleave BIOS.MemSettings.NodeInterleave

--RedundantMem --redmem BIOS.MemSettings.RedundantMem

--SerialDbgOut N/A BIOS.MemSettings.Serialdbgout

--SysMemSize* --mem* BIOS.MemSettings.SysMemSize

--SnoopMode NOTE: The option is not supported on 12G systems.

--snoopfilter BIOS.MemSettings.SnoopFilter

--SysMemSpeed* N/A BIOS.MemSettings.SysMemSpeed

--SysMemType* N/A BIOS.MemSettings.SysMemType

--SysMemVolt* N/A BIOS.MemSettings.SysMemVolt

--VideoMem* N/A BIOS.MemSettings.VideoMem

--ClusterOnDie NOTE: The option is supported only on 13G and later systems.

N/A N/A

RedundantOsLocation NOTE: The option is supported only on 14G and later systems.

N/A N/A

Miscellaneous Settings --AssetTag* --asset* BIOS.MiscSettings.AssetTag

--ErrPrompt --f1f2promptonerror BIOS.MiscSettings.ErrPrompt

-- InSystemCharacterization

N/A BIOS.MiscSettings.InSystemCharacterization

--NumLock --numlock BIOS.MiscSettings.NumLock

--ForceInt10 NOTE: The option is supported only on 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.MiscSettings.ForceInt10

-- InSystemCharacterization

NOTE: The option is supported only on 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.MiscSettings.InSystemCharacterization

--ReportKbdErr --rptkeyerr BIOS.MiscSettings.ReportKbdErr

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Table 19. BIOS options with equivalent RACADM options (continued)

Group Option on 12G and Later systems

Option on Systems Prior to 12G Systems

Equivalent RACADM Option

NOTE: The option is not supported on 13G and later systems.

DellAutoDiscovery NOTE: The option is available only on 14G and later systems.

N/A

DellWyseP25BIOSAccess NOTE: The option is available only on 14G and later systems.

N/A

Network Settings NOTE: The option is supported only on 13G and later systems.

--PxeDevnEnDis N/A BIOS.NetworkSettings.PxeDevnEnDis

HttpDevnInterface NOTE: The option is available only on 14G and later systems.

N/A

HttpDevnProtocol NOTE: The option is available only on 14G and later systems.

N/A

HttpDevnVlanEnDis NOTE: The option is available only on 14G and later systems.

N/A

HttpDevnVlanId NOTE: The option is available only on 14G and later systems.

N/A

--PxeDevnInterface N/A BIOS.PxeDevice1Settings.PxeDevnProtocol

--PxeDevnProtocol N/A BIOS.PxeDevice1Settings.PxeDevnProtocol

--PxeDevnVlanEnDis N/A BIOS.PxeDevice1Settings.PxeDevnVlanEnDis

--PxeDevnVlanId N/A BIOS.PxeDevice1Settings.PxeDevnVlanId

--PxeDevnVlanPriority N/A BIOS.PxeDevice1Settings.PxeDevnVlanPriority

One-Time Boot

NOTE: The option is not supported on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

--OneTimeBootMode N/A BIOS.OneTimeBoot.OneTimeBootMode

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Table 19. BIOS options with equivalent RACADM options (continued)

Group Option on 12G and Later systems

Option on Systems Prior to 12G Systems

Equivalent RACADM Option

--OneTimeBootSeqDev --nextboot BIOS.OneTimeBoot.OneTimeBootSeqDev

--OneTimeHddSeqDev N/A BIOS.OneTimeBoot.OneTimeHddSeqDev

-- OneTimeUefiBootSeqDev

N/A BIOS.OneTimeBoot.OneTimeUefiBootSeqDev

Processor Settings --DataReuse --datareuse BIOS.ProcSettings.DataReuse

--DcuIpPrefetcher N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.DcuIpPrefetcher

--DcuStreamerPrefetcher -- dcustreamerprefetcher

BIOS.ProcSettings.DcuStreamerPrefetcher

--LogicalProc --logicproc BIOS.ProcSettings.LogicalProc

--Proc1Brand* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc1Brand

--Proc1Id* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc1Id

--Proc1L2Cache* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc1L2Cache

--Proc1L3Cache* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc1L3Cache

--Proc1NumCores* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc1NumCores

--Proc2Brand* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc2Brand

--Proc2Id* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc2Id

--Proc2L2Cache* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc2L2Cache

--Proc2L3Cache* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc2L3Cache

--Proc2NumCores* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc2NumCores

--Proc3Brand* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc3Brand

--Proc3Id* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc3Id

--Proc3L2Cache* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc3L2Cache

--Proc3L3Cache* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc3L3Cache

--Proc3NumCores* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc3NumCores

--Proc4Brand* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc4Brand

--Proc4Id* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc4Id

--Proc4L2Cache* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc4L2Cache

--Proc4L3Cache* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc4L3Cache

--Proc4NumCores* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc4NumCores

--Proc64bit* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.Proc64bit

--ProcAdjCacheLine --adjcacheprefetch BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcAdjCacheLine

--ProcBusSpeed* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcBusSpeed

--ProcCores --cpucore BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcCores

--ProcCoreSpeed* N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcCoreSpeed

--ProcExecuteDisable --cpuxdsupport BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcExecuteDisable

--ProcHwPrefetcher --hwprefetcher BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcHwPrefetcher

--ProcVirtualization --virtualization BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcVirtualization

--QpiBandwidthPriority --qpibandwidthpriority BIOS.ProcSettings.QpiBandwidthPriority

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Table 19. BIOS options with equivalent RACADM options (continued)

Group Option on 12G and Later systems

Option on Systems Prior to 12G Systems

Equivalent RACADM Option

--QpiSpeed N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.QpiSpeed

--RtidSetting N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.RtidSetting

--ProcnControlledTurbo NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcnControlledTurbo

--ProcConfigTdp NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcConfigTdp

--ProcX2Apic NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcX2Apic

SATA Settings --EmbSata --embsataraid BIOS.SataSettings.EmbSata

--eSataPort1 N/A BIOS.SataSettings.eSataPort1

--eSataPort1Capacity* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.eSataPort1Capacity

--eSataPort1DriveType* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.eSataPort1DriveType

--eSataPort1Model* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.eSataPort1Model

--SataPortA --sata0 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortA

--SataPortACapacity* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortACapacity

--SataPortADriveType* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortADriveType

--SataPortAModel* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortAModel

--SataPortB --sata1 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortB

--SataPortBCapacity* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortBCapacity

--SataPortBDriveType* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortBDriveType

--SataPortBModel* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortBModel

--SataPortC --sata2 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortC

--SataPortCCapacity* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortCCapacity

--SataPortCDriveType* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortCDriveType

--SataPortCModel* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortCModel

--SataPortD --sata3 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortD

--SataPortDCapacity* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortDCapacity

--SataPortDDriveType* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortDDriveType

--SataPortDModel* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortDModel

--SataPortE --sata4 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortE

--SataPortECapacity* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortECapacity

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Table 19. BIOS options with equivalent RACADM options (continued)

Group Option on 12G and Later systems

Option on Systems Prior to 12G Systems

Equivalent RACADM Option

--SataPortEDriveType* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortEDriveType

--SataPortEModel* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortEModel

--SataPortF --sata5 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortF

--SataPortFCapacity* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortFCapacity

--SataPortFDriveType* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortFDriveType

--SataPortFModel* N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortFModel

--SataPortG NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

--sata6 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortG

--SataPortGCapacity* NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortGCapacity

--SataPortGDriveType* NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortGDriveType

--SataPortGModel* NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortGModel

--SataPortH NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

--sata7 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortH

--SataPortHCapacity* NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortHCapacity

--SataPortHDriveType* NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortHDriveType

--SataPortHModel* NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortHModel

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Table 19. BIOS options with equivalent RACADM options (continued)

Group Option on 12G and Later systems

Option on Systems Prior to 12G Systems

Equivalent RACADM Option

--SataPortI NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortI

--SataPortICapacity NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortICapacity

--SataPortIDriveType NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortIDriveType

--SataPortIModel NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortIModel

--SataPortJ NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortJ

--SataPortJCapacity NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortJCapacity

--SataPortJDriveType NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortJDriveType

--SataPortJModel NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortJModel

--SecurityFreezeLock NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SataSettings.SecurityFreezeLock

Serial Communication --ConTerrmType --conterm BIOS.SerialCommSettings.ConTermType

--ExtSerialConnector --extserial BIOS.SerialCommSettings.ExtSerialConnector

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Table 19. BIOS options with equivalent RACADM options (continued)

Group Option on 12G and Later systems

Option on Systems Prior to 12G Systems

Equivalent RACADM Option

--FailSafeBaud --fsbr BIOS.SerialCommSettings.FailSafeBaud

--RedirAfterBoot N/A BIOS.SerialCommSettings.RedirAfterBoot

--SerialComm --serialcomm BIOS.SerialCommSettings.SerialComm

--SerialPortAddress --serialportaddrsel BIOS.SerialCommSettings.SerialPortAddress

Slot Disablement --Slotn N/A BIOS.SlotDisablement.Slotn

SlotnBif NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 14G and later systems.

N/A N/A

System Information --SysMfrContactInfo* N/A BIOS.SysInformation.SysMfrContactInfo

--SystemBiosVersion* --biosver BIOS.SysInformation.SystemBiosVersion

--SystemManufacturer* N/A BIOS.SysInformation.SystemManufacturer

--SystemModelName* N/A BIOS.SysInformation.SystemModelName

--SystemServiceTag* --svctag/--syssvctag* BIOS.SysInformation.SystemServiceTag

--SystemMeVersion* NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A N/A

--UefiComplianceVersion NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SysInformation.UefiComplianceVersion

System Profile Settings -- CollaborativeCpuPerfCtrl

N/A BIOS.SysProfileSettings.CollaborativeCpuPerf Ctrl

--MemFrequency --memorypowermode BIOS.SysProfileSettings.MemFrequency

--MemPatrolScrub N/A BIOS.SysProfileSettings.MemPatrolScrub

--MemRefreshRate N/A BIOS.SysProfileSettings.MemRefreshRate

--MemVolt N/A BIOS.SysProfileSettings.MemVolt

--MonitorMwait N/A BIOS.SysProfileSettings.MonitorMwait

--PowerSaver N/A BIOS.SysProfileSettings.PowerSaver

--ProcC1E --cpuc1e BIOS.SysProfileSettings.ProcC1E

--ProcCStates --cstates BIOS.SysProfileSettings.ProcCStates

--ProcPwrPerf --cpupowermode BIOS.SysProfileSettings.ProcPwrPerf

--ProcTurboMode --turbomode BIOS.SysProfileSettings.ProcTurboMode

--SysProfile --profile BIOS.SysProfileSettings.SysProfile

--EnergyEfficientTurbo NOTE: The option is supported only on

N/A BIOS.SysProfileSettings.EnergyEfficientTurbo

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Table 19. BIOS options with equivalent RACADM options (continued)

Group Option on 12G and Later systems

Option on Systems Prior to 12G Systems

Equivalent RACADM Option

Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

--ProcnTurboCoreNum NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A N/A

--EnergyPerformanceBias NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

BIOS.SysProfileSettings.EnergyPerformanceBi as

--UncoreFrequency NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

BIOS.SysProfileSettings.UncoreFrequency

System Security --AcPwrRcvry --acpower BIOS.SysSecurity.AcPwrRcvry

--AcPwrRcvryDelay N/A BIOS.SysSecurity.AcPwrRcvryDelay

--AcPwrRcvryUserDelay N/A BIOS.SysSecurity.AcPwrRcvryUserDelay

--AesNi N/A BIOS.SysSecurity.Aesni

--IntelTxt --inteltxt BIOS.SysSecurity.IntelTxt

--NmiButton --nmibutton BIOS.SysSecurity.NmiButton

--PasswordStatus --pwdlock BIOS.SysSecurity.PasswordStatus

--PwrButton --powerbutton BIOS.SysSecurity.PwrButton

--SetupPassword --setuppwd BIOS.SysSecurity.SetupPassword

--SysPassword --syspwd BIOS.SysSecurity.SysPassword

--SystemCpldVersion* N/A N/A

--TcmActivation NOTE: The option is not supported on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

--tcmactivation BIOS.SysSecurity.TcmActivation

--TcmClear NOTE: The option is not supported on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

--tcmclear BIOS.SysSecurity.TcmClear

--TcmSecurity NOTE: The option is not supported on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

--tcmsecurity BIOS.SysSecurity.TcmSecurity

--TpmActivation --tpmactivation BIOS.SysSecurity.TpmActivation

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Table 19. BIOS options with equivalent RACADM options (continued)

Group Option on 12G and Later systems

Option on Systems Prior to 12G Systems

Equivalent RACADM Option

NOTE: The option is not supported on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

--TpmClear NOTE: The option is not supported on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

--tpmclear BIOS.SysSecurity.TpmClear

--TpmSecurity --tpmsecurity BIOS.SysSecurity.TpmSecurity

--TpmStatus N/A BIOS.SysSecurity.TPMStatus

--TpmInfo NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A N/A

--TpmCommand NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SysSecurity.TpmCommand

--UefiVariableAccess N/A N/A

--SecureBoot NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A BIOS.SysSecurity.SecureBoot

--SecureBootPolicy NOTE: The option is supported only on Dell PowerEdge 13G and later systems.

N/A N/A

SecureBootMode NOTE: The option is available only on 14G and later systems.

N/A N/A

TpmPpiBypassClear N/A N/A

TpmPpiBypassProvision N/A N/A

UEFI Boot Settings --UefiBootSeq N/A BIOS.BiosBootSettings.UefiBootSeq

BIOS Option Settings

You can manage the BIOS start settings using the options in this group.

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BootSeq/bootseq

Table 20. SYSCFG Options Supported BootSeq/bootseq

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: numerical list separated by commas or list of device names separated by commas

On 12G and later systems: list of device names separated by commas

Description Enables, disables, and orders the devices in a boot order list. Only the devices present on the system are listed in the boot sequence.

NOTE: Only the devices listed in the bootseq are enabled.

Without an argument, this option prints the boot order list. The argument must be formatted as a comma-separated numerical list with no spaces. The list must be within the bounds of the current boot list, that is, the low and high numbers must match, and the same number of entries must be supplied. Systems that use a numerical list for boot order cannot be replicated.

Some systems also allow the boot order to be expressed as a list of device names. Device names are formatted as a name.location.instance string, where name is the name of the device, location is either slot or embedded (emb), and instance is the numerical position of the device. Some device name examples are shown below. Systems that support a list of device names for boot order can be replicated.

Numerical Lists Examples:

A:>syscfg --bootseq= 2,3,4,5,1,6

The following devices are set in the boot sequence:

Device 2:* usbcdrom.slot.1- USB CD-ROM device

Device 3:* virtualcd.slot.1 VIRTUAL CDROM

Device 4:* hdd.emb.0 -Hard drive C:

Device 5:* nic.emb.1 - MBA v2.5.12 Slot 0500

Device 1:* virtualfloppy.slot.1 - VIRTUAL FLOPPY

Device 6:* usbfloppy.slot.1 - USB Floppy device

NOTE: The asterisk indicates that the device is enabled in the BIOS.

Device Name Examples:

Example of device names:

nic.slot.1 (network adapter 1 in PCI slot)

nic.emb.1 (network adapter 1 on system board)

hdd.emb.0 (hard drive C:)

cdrom.emb.0 (CD drive)

Device Name Lists Examples

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Table 20. SYSCFG Options Supported BootSeq/bootseq (continued)

Example 1:

#syscfg --bootseq

The following devices are set in the boot sequence:

Device 2:* cdrom.emb.0 - IDE CD-ROM device

Device 3:* hdd.emb.0 - Hard drive C:

Device 5:* virtual.slot.1 - VIRTUALCDROM DRIVE

Device 1:* floppy.emb.0 - Diskette drive A:1226

Device 6:* virtual.slot.2 - VIRTUALFLOPPY DRIVE

Device 4:* nic.emb.1 - IBA GE Slot 0638 v1226

Example 2:

#syscfg --bootseq=nic.emb.1,virtual.slot.1

The following devices are set in the boot sequence:

Device 4:* nic.emb.1 - IBA GE Slot 0638 v

Device 5:* virtual.slot.1 - VIRTUALCDROM DRIVE

Device 2: cdrom.emb.0 - IDE CD-ROM device

Device 3: hdd.emb.0 - Hard drive C:

Device 1: floppy.emb.0 - Diskette drive A:

NOTE: The asterisk indicates that the device is enabled in the BIOS.

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

HddSeq/devseq

Table 21. SYSCFG Options Supported HddSeq/devseq

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: numerical list separated by commas or list of device names separated by commas

On 12G and later systems: list of device names separated by commas

Description Sets the hard-drive sequence for a system. The first hard drive in the system will be the bootable C: drive in DOS/DOS-like operating systems. Without an argument, this option displays the device list. The argument must be formatted as a comma- separated numerical list of device index values. The list must be within the bounds of the current boot list. For example, the low and high numbers must match. Systems that use a numerical list for boot order cannot be replicated. This option is applicable when bootmode is set to Bios and has no effect when bootmodeis set to Uefi.

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Table 21. SYSCFG Options Supported HddSeq/devseq (continued)

Some systems allow the boot order to be expressed as a list of device names. Systems that support device names also support replication of the boot order through the output file option. Device names are formatted as a name.location.instance string, where name is the name of the device, location is either slot or embedded (emb) , and instance is the numerical position of the device. Some device name examples are shown below. Systems that support a list of device names for boot order can be replicated.

Example 1:

A:>syscfg --devseq

The following devices are set in the disk device sequence:

Device 1:* hdd.emb.0 - System BIOS boot devices

Device 2:* scsiraid.slot.3 - PERC 5/E Adapter(bus 02 dev 02)

Device 3:* usbkey.slot.0 - Hard-disk-emulated USB flash drive

Example 2:

A:>syscfg --devseq= hdd.emb.1,scsiraid.emb.1

The following devices are set in the disk device sequence:

Device 1:* hdd.emb.0 - System BIOS boot devices

Device 2:* scsiraid.emb.1 - AIC-7899, A:00 Seagate

NOTE: The asterisk indicates that the device is enabled in the BIOS.

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

Boot Settings

You can manage the boot settings using the options in this group.

BootMode/bootmode

Table 22. BootMode/bootmode

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: uefi, bios

On 12G and later systems: Uefi, Bios

Description Determines the boot mode of the system. Allows booting to Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) -capable operating systems or ensures compatibility with operating systems that do not support UEFI.

NOTE: If boot mode is modified, reboot the system before executing the OS installation scripts.

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Table 22. BootMode/bootmode (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --bootmode=uefi

bootmode=uefi

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge 11G and later systems

BootSeqRetry/bootseqretry

Table 23. BootSeqRetry/bootseqretry

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the boot sequence retry feature. When set to enable, the system re-attempts to set the boot order after a 30-second time-out if the last boot attempt has failed. This option can be replicated.

A:>syscfg --bootseqretry=enable

bootseqretry=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

HddFailover/hddfailover

Table 24. HddFailover/hddfailover

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: off, on

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Descriptionoff Specifies the device in the Hard Disk Drive Sequence menu that has not been attempted in the boot sequence. When set to on, all devices are attempted in an order in which they are configured. When set to off, only the first device in the hard disk sequence is attempted. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --hddfailover=on

hddfailover=on

Applicable Systems All systems except PowerEdge 12G systems.

SetBootOrderFqddn

Table 25. SetBootOrderFqddn

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 13G: NA

On 13G and later systems: <string>

Description Displays the list of FQDDs representing the boot list to be applied on the next boot.

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Table 25. SetBootOrderFqddn (continued)

NOTE: The value of n in SetBootOrderFqddn can be 116.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SetBootOrderFqdd1=xxxx,yyy,zzzz SetBootOrderFqdd1=xxxx,yyy,zzzz

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 13G and later systems

SetLegacyHddOrderFqddn

Table 26. SetLegacyHddOrderFqddn

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 13G: NA

On 13G and later systems: <string>

Description Displays the list of FQDDs representing the legacy hard-disk drive list to be applied on the next boot.

NOTE: The value of n in SetLegacyHddOrderFqddn can be 116.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SetLegacyHddOrderFqdd1=xxxx,yyy,zzzz SetLegacyHddOrderFqdd1=xxxx,yyy,zzzz

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 13G and later systems

Integrated Devices

You can use the options in this group to manage the integrated devices such as internal NIC and integrated USB.

EmbNic1/embnic1

Table 27. EmbNic1/embnic1

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: on, off, onnopxe, onwithiscsi

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, EnabledPxe, EnablediScsi, Disabled

Description Turns the first embedded NIC on with PXE on, off, or on without PXE enabled. This option is only valid for supported systems that have a NIC. If the NIC is enabled without PXE, it is not found in the boot order. If the NIC is turned on with PXE, it is placed at the end of the boot order. The onnopxe argument is not supported on all systems.

The onwithiscsi argument enables the embedded NIC to boot from the iSCSI server. The embnic1 option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embnic1=onnopxe

embnic1=onnopxe

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

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EmbNic1Nic2/embnic1nic2

Table 28. EmbNic1Nic2/embnic1nic2

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled, DisabledOs

Description Enables or disables the operating system interface of the first and second embedded NIC controllers.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embnic1nic2=enable

--embnic1nic2=enable

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 11G and later systems

EmbNic2/embnic2

Table 29. EmbNic2/embnic2

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: on, off, onnopxe, onwithiscsi

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, EnabledPxe, EnablediScsi, Disabled

Description Turns the second embedded NIC on with PXE on, off, or on without PXE enabled. This option is only valid for supported systems that have a NIC. If the NIC is enabled without PXE, it is not found in the boot order. If the NIC is turned on with PXE, it is placed at the end of the boot order. The onnopxe argument is not supported on all systems.

The onwithiscsi argument enables the embedded NIC to boot from the iSCSI server. The embnic1 option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embnic2=onnopxe

embnic2=onnopxe

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

EmbNic3/embnic3

Table 30. EmbNic3/embnic3

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: on, off, onnopxe, onwithiscsi

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, EnabledPxe, EnablediScsi, Disabled

Description Turns the third embedded NIC on with PXE on, off, or on without PXE enabled. This option is only valid for supported systems that have a NIC. If the NIC is enabled without PXE, it is not found in the boot order. If the NIC is turned on with PXE, it is placed at the end of the boot order. The onnopxe argument is not supported on all systems.

The onwithiscsi argument enables the embedded NIC to boot from the iSCSI server. The embnic1 option can be replicated.

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Table 30. EmbNic3/embnic3 (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --embnic3=onnopxe

embnic3=onnopxe

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

EmbNic3Nic4/embnic3nic4

Table 31. EmbNic3Nic4/embnic3nic4

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled, DisabledOs

Description Enables or disables the operating system interface of the third and fourth embedded NIC controllers.

Example:

A:>syscfg --EmbNic3Nic4=enable

--embnic3nic4=enable

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 11G and later systems

EmbNic4/embnic4

Table 32. EmbNic4/embnic4

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: on, off, onnopxe, onwithiscsi

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, EnabledPxe, EnablediScsi, Disabled

Description Turns the fourth embedded NIC on with PXE enabled, off, or on without PXE enabled. This option is only valid for supported systems that have four embedded NICs. If the fourth NIC is enabled without PXE, it is not found in the boot order. If the fourth NIC is turned on with PXE, it is placed at the end of the boot order. The onnopxe argument is not supported on all systems. This option can be replicated.

The onwithiscsi argument enables the embedded NIC to boot from the iSCSI server. The embnic4 option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embnic4=onnopxe

embnic4=onnopxe

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

EmbVideo/embvideoctrl

Table 33. EmbVideo/embvideoctrl

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

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Table 33. EmbVideo/embvideoctrl (continued)

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the BIOS support for the Embedded Video Controller

Example:

A:>syscfg --embvideoctrl=enable

embvideoctrl=enable

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 11G and later systems

IoatEngine/ioat

Table 34. IoatEngine/ioat

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the I/O Acceleration Technology (I/OAT) DMA Engine option. This option must be enabled only if the hardware and software support I/OAT on your system. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --ioat=enabled ioat=enabled

Table 34. IoatEngine/ioat

Applicable Systems All systems except PowerEdge 12G systems

IntegratedNetwork1

Table 35. IntegratedNetwork1

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, DisabledOs

Description Enables or disables Integrated Network 1. NOTE: If set to DisabledOs, the Integrated NICs may still be available for

shared network access by the embedded management controller. This function must be configured through the NIC management utilities provided with your system.

Example:

A:>syscfg --IntegratedNetwork1=Enabled

IntegratedNetwork1=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

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IntegratedNetwork2

Table 36. IntegratedNetwork2

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, DisabledOs

Description Enables or disables Integrated Network 2. NOTE: If set to DisabledOs, the Integrated NICs may still be available for

shared network access by the embedded management controller. This function must be configured through the NIC management utilities provided with your system.

Example:

A:>syscfg --IntegratedNetwork2=Enabled

IntegratedNetwork2=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

IntegratedRaid/integratedraid

Table 37. IntegratedRaid/integratedraid

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the integrated RAID controller. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --integratedraid=disable

integratedraid=disable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

IntegratedSas/integratedsas

Table 38. IntegratedSas/integratedsas

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the integrated SAS controller. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --integratedsas=enable

integratedsas=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

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InternalSdCard/embsdcard

Table 39. InternalSdCard/embsdcard

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: on, off

On 12G and later systems: On, Off

Description Enables or disables the embedded SD card port.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embsdcard=off

embsdcard=off

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

InternalSdCardRedundancy/embsdcardredundancy

Table 40. InternalSdCardRedundancy/embsdcardredundancy

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: mirrormode, disable

On 12G and later systems: Mirror, Disabled

Description Sets the internal SD card port redundancy to Mirror mode or Disabled.

When set to Mirror mode, read-write operation occurs on both the secure digital (SD) cards. When one of the SD cards fails and is replaced, on booting, the data of the active card is copied to the offline card.

When set to Disabled, read-write operation occurs only on SD card 1.

NOTE: On Blade systems, disable the vflash key to configure this option.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embsdcardredundancy=mirrormode embsdcardredundancy=mirrormode

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

InternalUsb/internalusb

Table 41. InternalUsb/internalusb

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: off, on

On 12G and later systems: On, Off

Description Turns the internal USB port on or off.

Example:

A:>syscfg --internalusb=on

internalusb=on

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

50 SYSCFG

InternalUsb1/internalusbport1

Table 42. InternalUsb1/internalusbport1

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: on, off

On 12G and later systems: On, Off

Description Turns the internal USB port 1on or off.

Example:

A:>syscfg --internalusbport1=on

internalusbport1=on

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

InternalUsb2/internalusbport2

Table 43. InternalUsb2/internalusbport2

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: on, off

On 12G and later systems: On, Off

Description Turns the internal USB port 2 on or off.

Example:

A:>syscfg --internalusbport2=on

internalusbport2=on

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

OsWatchdogTimer/oswatchdogtimer

Table 44. OsWatchdogTimer/oswatchdogtimer

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Aids in the recovery of the operating system when the system stops responding. When this option is set to enable, the operating system is allowed to initialize the timer. When set to disable (the default), the timer has no effect on the system.

Example:

A:>syscfg --oswatchdogtimer=enable

oswatchdogtimer=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

SYSCFG 51

SriovGlobalEnable/sriov

Table 45. SriovGlobalEnable/sriov

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables support for Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) devices.

Example:

A:>syscfg --sriov=disable

sriov=disable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

UsbPorts/usbports

Table 46. UsbPorts/usbports

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, enablebackonly, disable

On 12G and later systems: AllOn, OnlyBackPortsOn, AllOff

Description Enables or disables USB ports. When set to enable, it enables all user accessible USB ports. When set to enablebackonlyor OnlyBackPortsOn, the front user- accessible ports are disabled. When set to disable or AllOff, both front and back user accessible ports are disabled. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --usbports=enable

usbports=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

MmioAbove4Gb

Table 47. MmioAbove4Gb

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description This field helps in enabling support for PCIe devices that require large amount of memory. Enable this option only for 64-bit operating systems.

Example:

A:>syscfg --MmioAbove4Gb=Enabled MmioAbove4Gb=Enabled

Table 47. MmioAbove4Gb

Applicable Systems All 12G and later PowerEdge systems

52 SYSCFG

Usb3Setting

Table 48. Usb3Setting

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 13G: NA On 13G and later systems: Auto, Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the USB 3.0 port. Auto USB ports operate at USB 2.0 speed.

Enabled USB ports operates at USB 3.0 speed.

Disabled USB 3.0 host controller is disabled and the speed is set to USB 2.0.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Usb3Setting=Auto Usb3Setting=Auto

Applicable Systems All systems prior to PowerEdge 13G systems

CurrentEmbVideoState

Table 49. CurrentEmbVideoState

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the current state of the Embedded Video Controller.

Example:

A:>syscfg --CurrentEmbVideoState CurrentEmbVideoState=xxx

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

InternalSdCardPrimaryCard

Table 50. InternalSdCardPrimaryCard

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 13G: NA

On 13G and later systems: SdCard1, SdCard2

Description Sets an internal SD card as the primary SD card.

A:>syscfg --InternalSdCardPrimaryCard=SdCard1 InternalSdCardPrimaryCard=SdCard1

Table 50. InternalSdCardPrimaryCard

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 13G and later systems

SYSCFG 53

IscsiDev1Con ChapType

Table 51. IscsiDev1Con ChapType

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

On 14G and later systems: OneWay, Mutual

Description Sets the Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) type of the iSCSI connection. Where the value of n in IscsiDev1ConnChapType can be 1 or 2.

Example:

A:>syscfg --IscsiDev1Con1ChapType=Mutual IscsiDev1Con1ChapType=Mutual

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems

IscsiDev1Con DhcpEnDis

Table 52. IscsiDev1Con DhcpEnDis

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

On 14G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) of the iSCSI connection. Where the value of n in IscsiDev1ConnDhcpEnDis can be 1 or 2.

Example:

A:>syscfg --IscsiDev1Con1DhcpEnDis=Enabled IscsiDev1Con1DhcpEnDis=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems

IscsiDev1ConnEnDis

Table 53. IscsiDev1ConnEnDis

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

On 14G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Sets the configuration of the iSCSI connection. Where the value of n in IscsiDev1ConnEnDis can be 1 or 2.

Example:

A:>syscfg --IscsiDev1Con1EnDis=Enabled IscsiDev1Con1EnDis=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems

IscsiDev1ConnInterface

Table 54. IscsiDev1ConnInterface

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

On 14G and later systems: <FQDD name>

54 SYSCFG

Table 54. IscsiDev1ConnInterface (continued)

Description Displays the NIC interface of the iSCSI connection. Where the value of n in IscsiDev1ConnInterface can be 1 or 2.

Example:

A:>syscfg --IscsiDev1Con1Interface IscsiDev1Con1Interface=XXXX

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems

IscsiDev1ConnProtocol

Table 55. IscsiDev1ConnProtocol

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

On 14G and later systems: IPv4, IPv6

Description Displays the IP used for the iSCSI connection. Where the value of n in IscsiDev1ConnProtocol can be 1 or 2.

Example:

A:>syscfg --IscsiDev1Con1Protocol IscsiDev1Con1Interface=IPv4

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems

IscsiDev1ConnTimeout

Table 56. IscsiDev1ConnTimeout

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

On 14G and later systems: <integer>

Description Sets the time-out of the iSCSI connection. Where the value of n in IscsiDev1ConnTimeout can be 1 or 2.

Example:

A:>syscfg --IscsiDev1Con1Timeout=XXXX IscsiDev1Con1Timeout=XXXX

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems

IscsiDev1ConnVlanEnDis

Table 57. IscsiDev1ConnVlanEnDis

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

On 14G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the virtual LAN (VLAN) configuration of the iSCSI connection. Where the value of n in IscsiDev1ConnVlanEnDis can be 1 or 2.

SYSCFG 55

Table 57. IscsiDev1ConnVlanEnDis (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --IscsiDev1Con1VlanEnDis=Enabled IscsiDev1Con1VlanEnDis=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems

IscsiDev1ConnVlanId

Table 58. IscsiDev1ConnVlanId

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

On 14G and later systems: <integer>

Description Displays the virtual LAN (VLAN) ID of the iSCSI connection. Where the value of n in IscsiDev1ConnVlanId can be 1 or 2.

Example:

A:>syscfg --IscsiDev1Con1VlanId IscsiDev1Con1VlanId=XXXX

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems

IscsiDev1ConnAuth

Table 59. IscsiDev1ConnAuth

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

On 14G and later systems: None, Chap

Description Sets the authentication type of the iSCSI connection. Where the value of n in IscsiDev1ConnAuth can be 1 or 2.

Example:

A:>syscfg --IscsiDev1Con1Auth=None IscsiDev1Con1Auth=None

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems

Network Settings

You can manage the system network settings using the options in this group.

PxeDevnEnDis

Table 60. PxeDevnEnDis

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

56 SYSCFG

Table 60. PxeDevnEnDis (continued)

Description Enables or disables the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) device. When enabled, a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot option is created for the PXE device.

NOTE: The value of n in PxeDevnEnDis can be 14.

Example:

A:>syscfg --PxeDev1EnDis=Enabled PxeDev1EnDis=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

PxeDevnInterface

Table 61. PxeDevnInterface

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the NIC interface used for the PXE device.

NOTE: The value of n in PxeDevnInterface can be 14.

Example:

A:>syscfg --PxeDev1Interface

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

PxeDevnProtocol

Table 62. PxeDevnProtocol

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the IP version used for the PXE device.

NOTE: The value of n in PxeDevnVlanId can be 14.

Example:

A:>syscfg --PxeDev1Protocol

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

PxeDevnVlanEnDis

Table 63. PxeDevnVlanEnDis

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the virtual LAN (VLAN) of the PXE device.

SYSCFG 57

Table 63. PxeDevnVlanEnDis (continued)

NOTE: The value of n in PxeDevnVlanEnDis can be 14.

Example:

A:>syscfg --PxeDev1VlanEnDis=Enabled PxeDev1VlanEnDis=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

PxeDevnVlanId

Table 64. PxeDevnVlanId

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: <integer>

Description Sets the virtual LAN (VLAN) of the PXE device.

NOTE: The value of n in PxeDevnVlanId can be 14.

Example:

A:>syscfg --PxeDev1VlanId=XXXX

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

PxeDevnVlanPriority

Table 65. PxeDevnVlanPriority

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: <integer>

Description Sets the virtual LAN (VLAN) priority of the PXE device.

NOTE: The value of n in PxeDevnVlanPriority can be 14.

Example:

A:>syscfg --PxeDev1VlanPriority=X PxeDev1VlanPriority=X

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

HttpDev Interface

Table 66. HttpDev Interface

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

On 14G and later systems: NIC.Integrated.1-1-1, NIC.Integrated.1-2-1, NIC.Integrated.1-3-1, NIC.Integrated.1-4-1

Description The NIC interface used for HTTP device. The value of n in HttpDevnInterface can be from 1 to 4.

58 SYSCFG

Table 66. HttpDev Interface (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --HttpDev1Interface=NIC.Integrated.1-2-1

HttpDev1Interface=NIC.Integrated.1-1-1

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems

HttpDev Protocol

Table 67. HttpDev Protocol

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

On 14G and later systems: IPv4, IPv6

Description Determines whether the Internet Protocol version 4 older version or the Internet Protocol version 6 the newest version is used for this device. The value of n in HttpDevnProtocol can be from 1 to 4.

Example:

A:>syscfg --HttpDev2Protocol=IPv4

HttpDev2Protocol=IPv4

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems

HttpDev VlanEnDis

Table 68. HttpDev VlanEnDis

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

On 14G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Set the field to Enabled if your DNS or HTTP servers reside on a Virtual LAN (VLAN). The value of n in HttpDevnVlanEnDis can be from 1 to 4.

Example:

A:>syscfg --HttpDev3VlanEnDis=Enabled

HttpDev3VlanEnDis=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems

HttpDev VlanId

Table 69. HttpDev VlanId

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

On 14G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

SYSCFG 59

Table 69. HttpDev VlanId (continued)

Description When VLAN is enabled, identifies which of the 4094 possible VLANs contains the desired DNS or HTTP servers. This value can be 1 4094 inclusive. Where n is from 1 to 4.

Example:

A:>syscfg --HttpDev2VlanId=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems

Memory Settings

You can manage the memory-related configuration settings using the objects in this group.

CorrEccSmi/memprefailurenotify

Table 70. CorrEccSmi/memprefailurenotify

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the Correctable ECC SMIs. When enabled, the SMIs report the Correctable ECC errors.

This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --CorrEccSmi=Enabled

CorrEccSmi=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

DynamicCoreAllocation

Table 71. DynamicCoreAllocation

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the operating system capability to maintain the logical processors in the idle state to reduce power consumption.

Example:

A:>syscfg --DynamicCoreAllocation=Enabled

DynamicCoreAllocation=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

60 SYSCFG

MemOpMode/memoperatingmode

Table 72. MemOpMode/memoperatingmode

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: optimizer, mirror, advancedecc

On 12G and later systems: OptimizerMode, SpareMode, MirrorMode, AdvEccMode, SpareWithAdvEccMode

Description Selects the memory operating mode. This feature is active only if a valid memory configuration is detected. When OptimizerMode is enabled, the DRAM controllers operate independently in 64-bit mode and provide optimized memory performance. When MirrorMode is enabled, only half of the installed memory is reported as available to the operating system. When AdvECCMode is enabled, the two DRAM controllers are combined in 128-bit mode to provide optimized reliability. Memory that cannot be teamed by the controllers is not reported to the operating system. When SpareMode is enabled, the memory size reported to the operating system does not include the spare portion.

Example:

A:>syscfg --memoperatingmode=optimizer

memoperatingmode=optimizer

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 11G and later systems

MemOpVoltage/-dimmvoltage

Table 73. MemOpVoltage/-dimmvoltage

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: auto, 1.5

On 12G and later systems: AutoVolt, Volt15V

Description Sets the DIMM voltage selection. When set to AutoVolt(default value), the system automatically sets the voltage to the optimal setting based upon the DIMM capability and the installed DIMM population. This option also enables setting the system DIMM voltage to a higher (1.5V) setting if the DIMMs support multiple voltages and have been set to a lower voltage.

NOTE: Volt15V represents 1.5 Volt.

Example:

A:>syscfg --dimmvoltage=auto

dimmvoltage=auto

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

MemTest/memtest

Table 74. MemTest/memtest

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the POST extended memory test.

SYSCFG 61

Table 74. MemTest/memtest (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --MemTest=Enabled MemTest=Enabled

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

NodeInterleave/nodeinterleave

Table 75. NodeInterleave/nodeinterleave

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables node interleaving, if the system is configured with matching memory. If set to disable (default), the system supports Non-Uniform Memory (NUMA) architecture memory configurations. This field is active only if the memory configuration can support node interleaving.

NOTE: The nodeinterleave option is same as memintleave option. For

more information, see memintleave.

Example:

A:>syscfg --nodeinterleave=enable

nodeinterleave=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

redmem

Table 76. redmem

Valid Arguments off, spare, mirror, DDDC

Description Allows selection of the required redundant memory mode, or disables redundant memory. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --redmem=off redmem=off

Applicable Systems PowerEdge systems with Intel Xeon 7500 series processor

SerialDbgOut

Table 77. SerialDbgOut

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the RC/MRC Serial debug output.

62 SYSCFG

Table 77. SerialDbgOut (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --SerialDbgOut=Enabled

SerialDbgOut=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

SysMemSize/mem*

Table 78. SysMemSize/mem*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: read-only

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the amount of main memory in the system.

Example:

A:>syscfg --mem

mem=500

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 11G and later systems.

SnoopMode/snoopfilter

Table 79. SnoopMode/snoopfilter

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the snoop filter option from the system BIOS.

Example:

A:>syscfg --snoopfilter=enable

snoopfilter=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

SysMemSpeed*

Table 80. SysMemSpeed*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the clock frequency of the main memory.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SysMemSpeed

SYSCFG 63

Table 80. SysMemSpeed* (continued)

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

SysMemType*

Table 81. SysMemType*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the type of main memory installed in the system.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SysMemType

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

SysMemVolt*

Table 82. SysMemVolt*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the voltage of the main memory.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SysMemVolt

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

VideoMem*

Table 83. VideoMem*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the total amount of video memory available to the embedded video controller.

Example:

A:>syscfg --VideoMem

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

ClusterOnDie

Table 84. ClusterOnDie

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

64 SYSCFG

Table 84. ClusterOnDie (continued)

Description Enables or disables the Cluster On Die option. When enabled, the feature enhances the performance of the system with two caching agents.

A:>syscfg --ClusterOnDie=Enabled ClusterOnDie=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

RedundantOsLocation

Table 85. RedundantOsLocation

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

Description Specifies the backup device for the Redundant OS Control feature. When Redundant OS Boot is set to Enabled, the BIOS will boot to this device.

NOTE: In order for the devices and slots listed below to show up as optional backup devices, their settings must be as shown:

SD Card Port -- On Internal USB Port -- On Embedded SATA -- anything other than Off PCIe Slot Disablement -- Enabled

Example:

A:>syscfg --RedundantOsLocation

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems.

Miscellaneous Settings

You can manage the miscellaneous settings using the options in this group.

AssetTag/asset*

Table 86. AssetTag/asset*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: read-only

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Reports or sets the customer-programmable asset tag number for a system. This value can be replicated.

NOTE: The Asset Tag is a string assigned to a system, usually by an administrator, for security or tracking purposes. The Asset Tag can be up to 10 characters long and can contain only printable US-ASCII characters. For more information on delimiters, see Command Line Option Delimiters.

Example:

A:>syscfg --asset=<ASSETTAG>

asset=ASSETTAG

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems except Blade systems

SYSCFG 65

ErrPrompt/f1f2promptonerror

Table 87. ErrPrompt/f1f2promptonerror

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the BIOS to prompt F1 or F2 error codes.

Example:

A:>syscfg --f1f2promptonerror=enable

f1f2promptonerror=enable

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 10G and later systems

InSystemCharacterization

Table 88. InSystemCharacterization

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: FastBoot, OptimizedBoot, Disabled

Description In-System Characterization (ISC) runs during power-on self-test (POST) on detecting relevant changes in the system configuration to optimize power and performance. ISC takes about 20 seconds to run, and a system restart is required to apply the system configuration changes. The FastBoot option runs ISC and continues without applying ISC results until the next system restart. The OptimizedBoot option runs ISC and forces an immediate system restart to apply the results. If set to Disabled, ISC does not run.

Example:

A:>syscfg --InSystemCharacterization=FastBoot InSystemCharacterization=FastBoot

Table 88. InSystemCharacterization

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

NumLock/numlock

Table 89. NumLock/numlock

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: on, off

On 12G and later systems: On, Off

Description Turns the keyboard number lock on or off. This option is not replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --numlock=on

numlock=on

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

66 SYSCFG

ForceInt10

Table 90. ForceInt10

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 13G: NA

On 13G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Determines whether the system BIOS loads the legacy video (INT 10h) option ROM from the video controller or not. Set to Enabled if the operating system does not support UEFI video output standards.

NOTE: This field is supported only in UEFI boot mode. This field cannot be set to Enabled if UEFI SecureBoot is enabled.

Example:

A:>syscfg --ForceInt10=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 13G and later systems

InSystemCharacterization

Table 91. InSystemCharacterization

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: FastBoot, OptimizedBoot, Disabled

Description In-System Characterization (ISC) runs during power-on self-test (POST) on detecting relevant changes in the system configuration to optimize power and performance. ISC takes about 20 seconds to run, and a system restart is required to apply the system configuration changes. The FastBoot option runs ISC and continues without applying ISC results until the next system restart. The OptimizedBoot option runs ISC and forces an immediate system restart to apply the results. If set to Disabled, ISC does not run.

Example:

A:>syscfg --InSystemCharacterization=FastBoot InSystemCharacterization=FastBoot

Table 91. InSystemCharacterization

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

ReportKbdErr/rptkeyerr

Table 92. ReportKbdErr/rptkeyerr

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Report, Noreport

Description Enables or disables the BIOS to report keyboard errors during POST. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --rptkeyerr=disable

rptkeyerr=disable

SYSCFG 67

Table 92. ReportKbdErr/rptkeyerr (continued)

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

DellAutoDiscovery

Table 93. DellAutoDiscovery

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

On 14G and later systems: PlatformDefault, AutoDiscovery, ManualControl

Description Allow BIOS to dynamically scan for PCIe devices rather than relying strictly on system slot definitions. The Platform Default setting will strictly follow the system slot definitions when configuring each PCIe slot.

The Auto Discovery setting will analyze the installed PCIe cards and determine the correct configuration for each slot. This may include bifurcation of the slot for multiple devices. Manual Control allows the user to override bifurcation settings for each slot.

Example:

A:>syscfg --DellAutoDiscovery=PlatformDefault

DellAutoDiscovery=AutoDiscovery

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems

DellWyseP25BIOSAccess

Table 94. DellWyseP25BIOSAcess

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

On 14G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description This field enables or disables Remote user to access BIOS Setup via Dell Wyse P25/P45 Portal. If P25/P45 BIOS Access is turned OFF, it cannot be turned back on remotely from the P25/P45. Turning this feature OFF will also prevent keyboard and mouse access to Diagnostics, Boot Options, and other Pre-OS functionality.

Example:

A:>syscfg --DellWyseP25BIOSAccess=Enabled

DellWyseP25BIOSAccess=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems

One-Time Boot

You can manage the one time boot settings using the options in this group.

OneTimeBootMode

Table 95. OneTimeBootMode

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

68 SYSCFG

Table 95. OneTimeBootMode (continued)

On 12G and later systems: Disabled, OneTimeBootSeq, OneTimeHddSeq, OneTimeUefiBoot Seq, OneTimeCustomBootSeqStr, OneTimeCustomH ddSeqStr, OneTimeCustomU efiBootSeqStr

Description Allows to set the one-time boot sequence.

Example:

A:>syscfg --OneTimeBootMode=Disabled

OneTimeBootMode=Disabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

OneTimeBootSeqDev/nextboot

Table 96. OneTimeBootSeqDev/nextboot

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: <valid device name> (from the bootseq option device list)

On 12G and later systems: numerical list separated by commas or list of device names separated by commas

Description Sets the specified device as the first device in the boot order for the next boot cycle only. The device must be a device from the bootseq option device list. Run the bootseq option to see a list of available device names. For more information, see --bootmode . This option is not replicated. If Boot Mode is set to UEFI, the system temporarily switches the Boot Mode to BIOS when attempting a one-time boot to the device.

Example:

A:>syscfg --OneTimeBootSeqDev= 2,3,4,5,1,6

The following devices are set in the boot sequence:

Device 2:* usbcdrom.slot.1- USB CD-ROM device

Device 3:* virtualcd.slot.1 VIRTUAL CDROM

Device 4:* hdd.emb.0 -Hard drive C:

Device 5:* nic.emb.1 - MBA v2.5.12 Slot 0500

Device 1:* virtualfloppy.slot.1 - VIRTUAL FLOPPY

Device 6:* usbfloppy.slot.1 - USB Floppy device

NOTE: The asterisk indicates that the device is enabled in the BIOS.

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

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OneTimeHddSeqDev

Table 97. OneTimeHddSeqDev

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: numerical list separated by commas or list of device names separated by commas

Description Determines the one-time boot hard disk when the One-Time Boot Device List is set to BIOS Hard-Disk Drive Sequence Device. If Boot Mode is set to UEFI, the system temporarily switches the Boot Mode to BIOS when attempting a one-time boot to the device.

Example:

A:>syscfg --OneTimeHddSeqDev= 2,3,4,5,1,6

The following devices are set in the boot sequence:

Device 2:* usbcdrom.slot.1- USB CD-ROM device

Device 3:* virtualcd.slot.1 VIRTUAL CDROM

Device 4:* hdd.emb.0 -Hard drive C:

Device 5:* nic.emb.1 - MBA v2.5.12 Slot 0500

Device 1:* virtualfloppy.slot.1 - VIRTUAL FLOPPY

Device 6:* usbfloppy.slot.1 - USB Floppy device

NOTE: The asterisk indicates that the device is enabled in the BIOS.

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

OneTimeUefiBootSeqDev

Table 98. OneTimeUefiBootSeqDev

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: numerical list separated by commas or list of device names separated by commas

Description Determines the one-time boot device when the One-Time Boot Device List is set to UEFI Boot Sequence Device. If Boot Mode is set to BIOS, the system temporarily switches the Boot Mode to UEFI when attempting a one-time boot to the device.

70 SYSCFG

Table 98. OneTimeUefiBootSeqDev (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --OneTimeUefiBootSeqDev= 2,3,4,5,1,6

The following devices are set in the boot sequence:

Device 2:* usbcdrom.slot.1- USB CD-ROM device

Device 3:* virtualcd.slot.1 VIRTUAL CDROM

Device 4:* hdd.emb.0 -Hard drive C:

Device 5:* nic.emb.1 - MBA v2.5.12 Slot 0500

Device 1:* virtualfloppy.slot.1 - VIRTUAL FLOPPY

Device 6:* usbfloppy.slot.1 - USB Floppy device

NOTE: The asterisk indicates that the device is enabled in the BIOS.

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Processor Settings

You can manage the processor settings using the options in this group.

DataReuse/datareuse

Table 99. DataReuse/datareuse

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables (default value) or disables data reuse in cache. Set to enable for High Performance Computing (HPC) applications. Set to disable for energy efficiency. This option can be replicated.

A:>syscfg --datareuse=enable

datareuse=enable

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 11G and later systems

DcuIpPrefetcher

Table 100. DcuIpPrefetcher

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables (default value) or disables DCU IP Prefetcher.

SYSCFG 71

Table 100. DcuIpPrefetcher (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --DcuIpPrefetcher=Enabled DcuIpPrefetcher=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

DcuStreamerPrefetcher/dcustreamerprefetcher

Table 101. DcuStreamerPrefetcher/dcustreamerprefetcher

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables DCU Streamer Prefetcher. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --dcustreamerprefetcher=enable

dcustreamerprefetcher=enable

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 11G and later systems

LogicalProc/logicproc

Table 102. LogicalProc/logicproc

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the logical processors of a system. When this option is set to Enabled (default value), the BIOS reports all logical processors. When set to Disabled, the BIOS only reports one logical processor per core. Each processor core supports maximum two logical processors. This option is available on all systems that support logical processing (Hyperthreading).

This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --logicproc=enable

logicproc=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

Proc1Brand*

Table 103. Proc1Brand*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the brand text provided by the processor manufacturer.

72 SYSCFG

Table 103. Proc1Brand* (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc1Brand

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Proc1Id*

Table 104. Proc1Id*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the family, model, and stepping values of the processor.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc1Id

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Proc1L2Cache*

Table 105. Proc1L2Cache*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the amount of memory in the corresponding processor cache.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc1L2Cache

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Proc1L3Cache*

Table 106. Proc1L3Cache*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the amount of memory in the corresponding processor cache.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc1L3Cache

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

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Proc1NumCores*

Table 107. Proc1NumCores*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the number of cores in the processor package.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc1NumCores

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Proc2Brand*

Table 108. Proc2Brand*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the brand text provided by the processor manufacturer.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc2Brand

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Proc2Id*

Table 109. Proc2Id*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the family, model, and stepping values of the processor.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc2Id

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Proc2L2Cache*

Table 110. Proc2L2Cache*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the amount of memory in the corresponding processor cache.

74 SYSCFG

Table 110. Proc2L2Cache* (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc2L2Cache

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Proc2L3Cache*

Table 111. Proc2L3Cache*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the amount of memory in the corresponding processor cache.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc2L3Cache

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Proc2NumCores*

Table 112. Proc2NumCores*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the number of cores in the processor package.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc2NumCores

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Proc3Brand*

Table 113. Proc3Brand*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the brand text provided by the processor manufacturer.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc3Brand

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

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Proc3Id*

Table 114. Proc3Id*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the family, model, and stepping values of the processor.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc3Id

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Proc3L2Cache*

Table 115. Proc3L2Cache*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the amount of memory in the corresponding processor cache.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc3L2Cache

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Proc3L3Cache*

Table 116. Proc3L3Cache*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the amount of memory in the corresponding processor cache.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc3L3Cache

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Proc3NumCores*

Table 117. Proc3NumCores*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the number of cores in the processor package.

76 SYSCFG

Table 117. Proc3NumCores* (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc3NumCores

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Proc4Brand*

Table 118. Proc4Brand*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the brand text provided by the processor manufacturer.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc4Brand

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Proc4Id*

Table 119. Proc4Id*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the family, model, and stepping values of the processor.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc4Id

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Proc4L2Cache*

Table 120. Proc4L2Cache*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the amount of memory in the corresponding processor cache.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc4L2Cache

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

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Proc4L3Cache

Table 121. Proc4L3Cache

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the amount of memory in the corresponding processor cache.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc4L3Cache

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Proc4NumCores*

Table 122. Proc4NumCores*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the number of cores in the processor package.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc4NumCores

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

Proc64bit*

Table 123. Proc64bit

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Specifies if the installed processor supports 64-bit extensions or not.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc64bit

Applicable Systems On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems and later systems.

ProcAdjCacheLine/adjcacheprefetch

Table 124. ProcAdjCacheLine / adjcacheprefetch

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: Enable, Disable

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description When set to Enabled (default), the system is optimized for applications that require high utilization of sequential memory access. When set to Disabled, the system is optimized for applications that require high utilization of random memory access.

78 SYSCFG

Table 124. ProcAdjCacheLine / adjcacheprefetch (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --adjcacheprefetch=enable

adjcacheprefetch=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

ProcBusSpeed*

Table 125. ProcBusSpeed

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the bus speed of the processor.

Example:

A:>syscfg --ProcBusSpeed

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems.

ProcCores/cpucore

Table 126. ProcCores/cpucore

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, all

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: single, all, dual, quad, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18

Description Controls the number of enabled cores in each processor. The default value is set to the maximum number of cores per processor. The number of cores depends on the processor. Reading the cpucore that is set to the highest value of number of cores displays as all.

For example, if six-core CPU is installed, after setting to the highest value, 6, when you read the cpucore, it displays as all.

Example:

A:>syscfg --cpucore=1

cpucore=1

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

ProcCoreSpeed*

Table 127. ProcCoreSpeed

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

SYSCFG 79

Table 127. ProcCoreSpeed (continued)

Description Displays the clock speed of the processors.

Example:

A:>syscfg --ProcCoreSpeed

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems.

ProcExecuteDisable/cpuxdsupport

Table 128. ProcExecuteDisable / cpuxdsupport

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: enable, disable

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the Execute Disable Memory Protection Technology feature of the CPU.

Example:

A:>syscfg --cpuxdsupport=enable

cpuxdsupport=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems running on Intel processors.

ProcHwPrefetcher/hwprefetcher

Table 129. ProcHwPrefetcher / hwprefetcher

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: enable, disable

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher. Processor preempts what data might be needed next, when set to enable. When some data is found, it loads several steps in advance.

Processor does not preempt, when set to disable.

This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --hwprefetcher=enable

hwprefetcher=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

ProcVirtualization / virtualization

Table 130. ProcVirtualization / virtualization

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: enable, disable

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

80 SYSCFG

Table 130. ProcVirtualization / virtualization (continued)

Description Enables or disables virtualization in the CPU. When set to enable, it enables the additional hardware capabilities from Virtualization technology in applicable CPUs.

When set to disable, it disables the additional hardware capabilities from Virtualization technology.

This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --virtualization=enable

virtualization=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

QpiBandwidthPriority / qpibandwidthpriority

Table 131. QpiBandwidthPriority / qpibandwidthpriority

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: compute, io

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: InputOutput, Compute

Description Sets the bandwidth priority to compute or io. Set to compute for computation- intensive applications. Set to io for I/O intensive applications. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --qpibandwidthpriority=compute

qpibandwidthpriority=compute

Applicable Systems Dells 11th generation PowerEdge and later systems

QpiSpeed

Table 132. QpiSpeed

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: MaxDataRate, 9GTps, 8GTps, 7GTps, 6GTps

Description Sets the speed of the processor.

Example:

A:>syscfg --QpiSpeed=8GTps

QpiSpeed=8GTps

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

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RtidSetting

Table 133. RtidSetting

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description When set to Enabled, it allocates more (Requestor Transaction IDs) RTIDs to the remote socket thereby increasing cache performance between the sockets.

Example:

A:>syscfg --RtidSetting=Enabled

RtidSetting=Enabled

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

ProcnControlledTurbo

Table 134. ProcnControlledTurbo

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 13th generation PowerEdge systems: enable, disable

On Dells 13th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Disabled, ControlledTurboLimit, ControlledTurboLimitMinus1, ControlledTurboLimitMinus2, ControlledTurboLimitMinus3

Description Controls the turbo engagement. Enable this option only if SysProfile is set to

PerfOptimized.

NOTE: The value of n in ProcnControlledTurbo can be 14.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc1ControlledTurbo=Disabled

Table 134. ProcnControlledTurbo

Applicable Systems On Dells 13th generation PowerEdge and later systems

ProcConfigTdp

Table 135. ProcConfigTdp

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 13th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 13th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Nominal, Level1, Level2

Description Configures the Thermal Design Power (TDP).

Example:

A:>syscfg --ProcConfigTdp=Nominal ProcConfigTdp=Nominal

Table 135. ProcConfigTdp

Applicable Systems On Dells 13th generation PowerEdge systems and later systems.

82 SYSCFG

ProcX2Apic

Table 136. ProcX2Apic

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the x2APIC mode.

Example:

A:>syscfg --ProcX2Apic=Enabled ProcX2Apic=Enabled

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SATA Settings

You can manage the BIOS SATA settings using the options in this group.

EmbSata / embsataraid

Table 137. EmbSata / embsataraid

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: off, combined, ata, ahci, raid, qdma

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Off, AtaMode, RaidMode, AhciMode

Description Configures an embedded SATA RAID controller. This option can be replicated. off /Off disables the embedded SATA RAID controller. combined sets the SATA RAID controller to combined mode. ata/ AtaMode sets SATA RAID controller to ATA mode. ahci/ AhciMode sets ATA RAID controller to ahci mode. raid/RaidMode sets SATA RAID controller to RAID mode. qdma sets the SATA RAID controller to support ATAPI devices at transfer

rates much higher than PIO. A device driver must be installed on your system to use the QDMA mode.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embsataraid=off

embsataraid=off

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

eSataPort1

Table 138. eSataPort1

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Off, Auto

Description Sets the embedded SATA port1 to auto or off.

SYSCFG 83

Table 138. eSataPort1 (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --eSataPort1=Off

eSataPort1=Off

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

eSataPort1Capacity*

Table 139. eSataPort1Capacity

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the total capacity of a hard-disk drive. This option is undefined for removable-media devices such as optical drives.

Example:

A:>syscfg --eSataPort1Capacity

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems.

eSataPort1DriveType*

Table 140. eSataPort1DriveType

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Indicates the type of device attached to the embedded SATA port.

Example:

A:>syscfg --eSataPort1DriveType

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems.

eSataPort1Model*

Table 141. eSataPort1Model

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the drive model of the selected device.

Example:

A:>syscfg --eSataPort1Model

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems.

84 SYSCFG

SataPortA / sata0

Table 142. SataPortA / sata0

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: auto, off

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Off, Auto

Description Sets the drive type of the selected device to off or auto This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --sata0=auto

sata0=auto

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

SataPortACapacity*

Table 143. SataPortACapacity

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the total capacity of a hard disk drive. This option is undefined for removable-media devices such as optical drives.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortACapacity

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortADriveType*

Table 144. SataPortADriveType

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Indicates the type of device attached to the SATA port.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortADriveType

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortAModel*

Table 145. SataPortAModel

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

SYSCFG 85

Table 145. SataPortAModel (continued)

Description Displays the drive model of the selected device.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortAModel

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortB / sata1

Table 146. SataPortB / sata1

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: auto, off

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Auto, Off

Description Turns the SATA port 1 to auto or off. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --sata1=auto

sata1=auto

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

SataPortBCapacity*

Table 147. SataPortBCapacity

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the total capacity of a hard disk drive. This option is undefined for removable-media devices such as optical drives.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortBCapacity

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortBDriveType*

Table 148. SataPortBDriveType

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Indicates the type of device attached to the SATA port.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortBDriveType

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

86 SYSCFG

SataPortBModel*

Table 149. SataPortBModel

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the drive model of the selected device.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortBModel

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortC / Sata2

Table 150. SataPortC / Sata2

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: auto, off

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Off, Auto

Description Turns the SATA port 2 to auto or off. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --sata2=auto

sata2=auto

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

SataPortCCapacity*

Table 151. SataPortCCapacity

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the total capacity of a hard disk drive. This option is undefined for removable-media devices such as optical drives.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortCCapacity

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortCDriveType*

Table 152. SataPortCDriveType

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Indicates the type of device attached to the SATA port.

SYSCFG 87

Table 152. SataPortCDriveType (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortCDriveType

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortCModel*

Table 153. SataPortCModel

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the drive model of the selected device.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortCModel

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortD / sata3

Table 154. SataPortD / sata3

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: auto, off

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Auto, Off

Description Turns the SATA port 3 to auto or off. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --sata3=auto

sata3=auto

Description Turns the SATA port 3 to auto or off. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --sata3=auto

sata3=auto

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

SataPortDCapacity*

Table 155. SataPortDCapacity

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

88 SYSCFG

Table 155. SataPortDCapacity (continued)

Description Displays the total capacity of a hard disk drive. This option is undefined for removable-media devices such as optical drives.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortDCapacity

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortDDriveType*

Table 156. SataPortDDriveType

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description This option indicates type of device attached to this SATA port.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortDDriveType

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortDModel*

Table 157. SataPortDModel

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the drive model of the selected device.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortDModel

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortE / sata4

Table 158. SataPortE / sata4

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: auto, off

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Off, Auto

Description Turns the SATA port 4 to auto or off. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --sata4=auto

sata4=auto

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

SYSCFG 89

SataPortECapacity*

Table 159. SataPortECapacity

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the total capacity of a hard disk drive. This option is undefined for removable-media devices such as optical drives.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortECapacity

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortEDriveType*

Table 160. SataPortEDriveType

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description This option indicates type of device attached to this SATA port.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortEDriveType

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortEModel*

Table 161. SataPortEModel

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the drive model of the selected device.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortEModel

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortF / sata5

Table 162. SataPortF / sata5

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: auto, off

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Off, Auto

Description Turns the SATA port 5 to auto or off. This option can be replicated.

90 SYSCFG

Table 162. SataPortF / sata5 (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --sata5=auto

sata5=auto

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

SataPortFCapacity*

Table 163. SataPortFCapacity

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the total capacity of a hard disk drive. This option is undefined for removable-media devices such as optical drives.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortFCapacity

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortFDriveType*

Table 164. SataPortFDriveType

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description This option indicates type of device attached to this SATA port.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortFDriveType

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortFModel*

Table 165. SataPortFModel

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the drive model of the selected device.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortFModel

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SYSCFG 91

SataPortG / sata6

Table 166. SataPortG / sata6

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: auto, off

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Off, Auto

Description Turns the SATA port 6 to auto or off. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --sata6=auto

sata6=auto

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems.

SataPortGCapacity*

Table 167. SataPortGCapacity

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the total capacity of a hard disk drive. This option is undefined for removable-media devices such as optical drives.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortGCapacity

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortGDriveType*

Table 168. SataPortGDriveType

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description This option indicates type of device attached to this SATA port.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortGDriveType

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortGModel*

Table 169. SataPortGModel

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the drive model of the selected device.

92 SYSCFG

Table 169. SataPortGModel (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortGModel

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortH / sata7

Table 170. SataPortH / sata7

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: auto, off

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Off, Auto

Description Turns the SATA port 7 to auto or off. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --sata7=auto

sata7=auto

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

SataPortHCapacity*

Table 171. SataPortHCapacity

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the total capacity of a hard-disk drive. This option is undefined for removable-media devices such as optical drives.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortHCapacity

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems.

SataPortHDriveType*

Table 172. SataPortHDriveType

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description This option indicates type of device attached to this SATA port.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortHDriveType

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SYSCFG 93

SataPortHModel*

Table 173. SataPortHModel

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the drive model of the selected device.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortHModel

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortI / sata7

Table 174. SataPortI / sata7

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: auto, off

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Off, Auto

Description Turns the SATA port 7 to auto or off. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --sata7=auto

sata7=auto

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

SataPortICapacity*

Table 175. SataPortICapacity

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the total capacity of a hard disk drive. This option is undefined for removable-media devices such as optical drives.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortICapacity

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortIDriveType*

Table 176. SataPortIDriveType

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description This option indicates type of device attached to this SATA port.

94 SYSCFG

Table 176. SataPortIDriveType (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortIDriveType

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortIModel*

Table 177. SataPortIModel

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the drive model of the selected device.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortHModel

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortJ / sata7

Table 178. SataPortJModel

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: auto, off

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Off, Auto

Description Turns the SATA port 7 to auto or off. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --sata7=auto

sata7=auto

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

SataPortJCapacity*

Table 179. SataPortJCapacity

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the total capacity of a hard disk drive. This option is undefined for removable-media devices such as optical drives.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortJCapacity

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SYSCFG 95

SataPortJDriveType*

Table 180. SataPortJDriveType

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description This option indicates type of device attached to this SATA port.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortJDriveType

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SataPortJModel*

Table 181. SataPortJModel

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the drive model of the selected device.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SataPortJModel

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SecurityFreezeLock

Table 182. SecurityFreezeLock

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Sends the Security Freeze Lock command to the embedded SATA drives during power-on self-test (POST). The option is applicable only to ATA and AHCI, and not to RAID.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SecurityFreezeLock=Enabled SecurityFreezeLock=Enabled

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

Serial Communication

You can manage the serial port settings using the options in this group.

96 SYSCFG

ConTermType / conterm

Table 183. ConTermType / conterm

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: vt100, ansi

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Vt100, Vt220, Ansi

Description Sets the console terminal type. On some systems, vt100 may also set the terminal type to vt220. This option is available on all supported systems that support console redirection. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --conterm=vt100

conterm=vt100

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

ExtSerialConnector / extserial

Table 184. ExtSerialConnector / extserial

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: com1, com2, rad

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Serial1, Serial2, RemoteAccDeviceDescription

Description Sets the behavior of the external serial connector. When set to com1 , the BIOS maps the external serial connector to COM port 1. The com1 setting is the default.

When set to com2 , the external serial connector is routed to the COM2 interface. Terminal escape sequences can toggle the external connector between the system (COM2) and the remote access device.

When set to rad , the external serial connector is routed to the remote access device interface. Terminal escape sequences can toggle the external connector between the system (COM2) and the remote access device.

This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --extserial=com1

extserial=com1

The --serialcomm option can be used with the external serial (--extserial) option instead of the --conred (available on systems earlier than PowerEdge 9G systems) option.

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems except Blade systems.

FailSafeBaud / fsbr

Table 185. FailSafeBaud / fsbr

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: 115200, 57600, 19200, 9600

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: 115200, 57600, 19200, 9600

SYSCFG 97

Table 185. FailSafeBaud / fsbr (continued)

Description Sets the console redirection fail safe baud rate in bps. The BIOS attempts to determine the baud rate automatically. This failsafe baud rate is used only if the attempt fails.

Example:

A:>syscfg --fsbr=9600

fsbr=9600

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

RedirAfterBoot

Table 186. RedirAfterBoot

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Sets the BIOS console redirection to enable or disable when the operating system is loaded.

Example:

A:>syscfg --RedirAfterBoot=Enabled RedirAfterBoot=Enabled

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SerialComm / serialcomm

Table 187. SerialComm / serialcomm

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: on, com1cr, com2cr, off

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: OnNoConRedir, OnConRedirCom1, OnConRedirCom2, Off

Description Enables or disables the serial communication devices (Serial Device 1 and Serial Device 2) in BIOS.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SerialComm=OnNoConRedir SerialComm=OnNoConRedir

Applicable Systems All Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SerialPortAddress / serialportaddrsel

Table 188. SerialPortAddress / serialportaddrsel

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: default, alternate

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Serial1Com1Serial2Com2, Serial1Com2Serial2Com1, Com1, Com2

98 SYSCFG

Table 188. SerialPortAddress / serialportaddrsel (continued)

Description Sets the port address of the serial devices.

On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems, when this option is default, Serial Device 1 is set to COM port 1 and Serial Device 2 is set to COM port 2.

On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems, when this option is alternate, Serial Device 1 is set to COM port 2 and Serial Device 2 is set to COM port 1.

This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --serialportaddrsel=default

serialportaddrsel=default

Applicable Systems Dells 11th generation PowerEdge and later systems

Slot Disablement

You can manage the slot disablement settings using the options in this group.

Slotn

Table 189. Slotn

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Enabled, Disabled, BootDriverDisabled

Description Controls the configuration of the installed card in the specified slot.

NOTE: The value of n in Slotn can be 110.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Slot1=Enabled Slot1=Enabled

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SlotnBif

Table 190. SlotnBif

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

On 14G: x16, x4, x8, x4x4x8, x8x4x4

Description Controls the configuration of the installed card in the specified slot. Where the value of n in Slotn can be 1 or 2.

Example:

A:>syscfg --Slot1Bif=x8

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems

SYSCFG 99

System Information

You can view the system configuration details using the options in this group.

SysMfrContactInfo*

Table 191. SysMfrContactInfo

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the information for contacting the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of this system.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SysMfrContactInfo

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SystemBiosVersion / biosver*

Table 192. SystemBiosVersion / biosver

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: Read-only

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the current revision of the system BIOS firmware.

Example:

A:>syscfg --biosver

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

SystemManufacturer*

Table 193. SystemManufacturer

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the name of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of this system.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SystemManufacturer

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SystemModelName*

Table 194. SystemModelName

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

100 SYSCFG

Table 194. SystemModelName (continued)

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the product name of the system.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SystemModelName

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SystemServiceTag / svctag / syssvctag*

Table 195. SystemServiceTag / svctag / syssvctag

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: Read-only

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the system service tag (a unique identifier assigned by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of this system).

NOTE: The syssvctag option reports the system service tag on a Blade

system.

Example:

A:>syscfg --svctag

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

SystemMeVersion*

Table 196. SystemMeVersion

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 13th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 13th generation PowerEdge systems: Read-only

Description Displays the version of the Management Engine firmware.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SystemMeVersion

Applicable Systems Dells 13th generation PowerEdge systems

UefiComplianceVersion*

Table 197. UefiComplianceVersion

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Read-only

Description Displays the UEFI compliance level of the system firmware.

Example:

A:>syscfg --UefiComplianceVersion

SYSCFG 101

Table 197. UefiComplianceVersion (continued)

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

System Profile Settings

You can manage the system profile settings using the options in this group.

CollaborativeCpuPerfCtrl

Table 198. CollaborativeCpuPerfCtrl

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description When set to Enabled, the operating system demand based power management (OS DBPM) and system demand based power management (System DBPM) controls the CPU power management. This feature can be enabled only when CPU power management (ProcPwrPerf) is set to system DBPM in Custom mode.

Example:

A:>syscfg --CollaborativeCpuPerfCtrl=Enabled

CollaborativeCpuPerfCtrl=Enabled

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

MemFrequency / memorypowermode

Table 199. MemFrequency / memorypowermode

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: min, 978, 800, 1067, 1333, max

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: MaxPerf, 2133MHz, 1866MHz, 1600MHz, 1333MHz, 1067MHz, 800MHz, MaxReliability

Description Sets the speed of system memory.

NOTE: On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems, memorypowermode is a suboption of Power.

Example:

A:>syscfg --MemFrequency=MaxPerf

MemFrequency=MaxPerf

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

MemPatrolScrub

Table 200. MemPatrolScrub

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

102 SYSCFG

Table 200. MemPatrolScrub (continued)

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Standard, Extended, Disabled

Description Sets the Memory Patrol Scrub frequency as Standard Mode, Extended Mode, or Disabled.

Example:

A:>syscfg --MemPatrolScrub=Standard

MemPatrolScrub=Standard

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

MemRefreshRate

Table 201. MemRefreshRate

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: 1x, 2x

Description Sets the Memory Refresh Rate as 1x or 2x Example:

A:>syscfg --MemRefreshRate=1x

MemRefreshRate=1x

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

MemVolt

Table 202. MemVolt

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: AutoVolt, Volt15V, Volt135V

NOTE: Volt15V represents 1.5 Volt and Volt135V represents 1.35 Volts.

Description Sets the DIMM voltage selection.

Example:

A:>syscfg --MemVolt=AutoVolt

MemVolt=AutoVolt

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

SYSCFG 103

MonitorMwait

Table 203. MonitorMwait

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables Monitor/Mwait instructions. You can disable Monitor/Mwait only when C state is disabled in Custom mode.

Example:

A:>syscfg --MonitorMwait=Enabled

MonitorMwait=Enabled

Applicable Systems Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

PowerSaver

Table 204. PowerSaver

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 13th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 13th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the power-saving Dell Active Power Controller (DAPC) algorithm.

Example:

A:>syscfg --PowerSaver=Enabled PowerSaver=Enabled

Applicable Systems Dells 13th generation PowerEdge and later systems

ProcC1E/cpucle

Table 205. ProcC1E/cpucle

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: enable, disable

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables C1-E. By default, it is enabled. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --cpucle=enable

cpucle=enable

Applicable Systems On Dells 11th generation PowerEdge systems and later systems

104 SYSCFG

ProcCStates / cstates

Table 206. ProcCStates / cstates

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems

: enable, disable On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the power c states of the processor. When enabled, the processor can operate in all available power states.

A:>syscfg --cstates=enable

cstates=enable

Applicable Systems On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems

ProcPwrPerf / cpupowermode

Table 207. ProcPwrPerf / cpupowermode

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: min, max, osdbpm, systemdbpm

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: MaxPerf, MinPwr, SysDbpm, OsDbpm

Description Sets CPU Power Management to maximum performance, operating system DBPM, or System DBPM (DAPC).

NOTE: The cpupowermode option is a suboption of Power.

Example:

A:>syscfg --ProcPwrPerf=OsDbpm ProcPwrPerf=OsDbpm

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

ProcTurboMode / turbomode

Table 208. ProcTurboMode / turbomode

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: enable, disable

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables core-based turbo mode. Turbo mode is a feature on Intel processors that allows one processor core to increase the frequency by one bin whenever the other core has gone into an idle state. When enabled, the processor can operate in Turbo Boost Mode.

Example:

A:>syscfg --turbomode=enable

--turbomode=enable

SYSCFG 105

Table 208. ProcTurboMode / turbomode (continued)

Applicable Systems Dells 11th generation PowerEdge and later systems running on Intel processors

SysProfile / profile

Table 209. SysProfile / profile

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: maxperformance, osctl, apc, custom

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: PerfPerWatt OptimizedOs, PerfPerWatt OptimizedDapc, PerfOptimized, Custom, DenseCfg Optimized

Description Configures the system power profile. When set to a mode other than custom, BIOS will set each option accordingly. When set to custom, you can change setting of each option.

NOTE: On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems, profile is a sub-option of power.

Example:

A:>syscfg --profile=maxperformance profile=maxperformance

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

EnergyEfficientTurbo

Table 210. EnergyEfficientTurbo

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 13th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 13th generation PowerEdge and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the Energy Efficient Turbo (EET). EET is a mode of operation where the core frequency of a processor is adjusted within the turbo range based on workload.

Example:

A:>syscfg --EnergyEfficientTurbo=Enabled EnergyEfficientTurbo=Enabled

Applicable Systems Dells 13th generation PowerEdge and later systems

ProcnTurboCoreNum

Table 211. ProcnTurboCoreNum

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 13th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 13th generation PowerEdge and later systems: All, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18

Description Sets the number of Turbos Boost-enabled cores for a processor. By default, the maximum number of cores per processor is enabled.

NOTE: The value of n in ProcnTurboCoreNum can be 03.

106 SYSCFG

Table 211. ProcnTurboCoreNum (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --Proc1TurboCoreNum=6 Proc1TurboCoreNum=6

Table 211. ProcnTurboCoreNum

Applicable Systems On Dells 13th generation PowerEdge and later systems

EnergyPerformanceBias

Table 212. EnergyPerformanceBias

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 13th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 13th generation PowerEdge and later systems: MaxPower, BalancedPerformance, BalancedEfficiency, LowPower

Description Sets the Energy Efficient Policy. The CPU uses this setting to control the internal behavior of the processor and to determine whether to target higher performance or better power savings.

Example:

A:>syscfg --EnergyPerformanceBias=MaxPower

Applicable Systems Dells 13th generation PowerEdge and later systems

UncoreFrequency

Table 213. UncoreFrequency

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 13th generation PowerEdge systems: NA

On Dells 13th generation PowerEdge and later systems: DynamicUFS, MaxUFS, MinUFS

Description Sets the processor uncore frequency. Dynamic mode allows the processor to optimize power resources across the cores and uncore during runtime. The optimization of the uncore frequency to either save power or to optimize the performance is dependent on the EnergyPerformanceBias option setting.

Example:

A:>syscfg --UncoreFrequency=DynamicUFS

Applicable Systems Dells 13th generation PowerEdge and later systems

System Security

You can manage the system security properties of the BIOS using the options in this group.

AcPwrRcvry / acpower

Table 214. AcPwrRcvry / acpower

Valid Arguments On systems prior to Dells 12th generation PowerEdge systems: on, off, last

SYSCFG 107

Table 214. AcPwrRcvry / acpower (continued)

On Dells 12th generation PowerEdge and later systems: On, Off, Last

Description Sets the behavior for the system after AC power is lost. This option specifies how the system responds to the restoration of AC power and is particularly useful in systems that are turned off using a power strip. When set to on, the system turns on after AC is restored. When set to off, the system does not turn on after AC is restored. When set to last, the system turns on if the system was on when AC power was lost; if the system was off when AC power was lost, the system remains off when power is restored. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --acpower=on acpower=on

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

AcPwrRcvryDelay

Table 215. AcPwrRcvryDelay

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: Immediate, User, Random

Description Specifies how the system supports the staggering of power-up after AC power has been restored to the system.

Example:

A:>syscfg --AcPwrRcvryDelay=Immediate

AcPwrRcvryDelay=Immediate

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

AcPwrRcvryUserDelay

Table 216. AcPwrRcvryUserDelay

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: <integer>

Description Controls the user defined AC Recovery Delay. The delay must be in the range of 60 seconds to 240 seconds.

Example:

A:>syscfg --AcPwrRcvryUserDelay=60

AcPwrRcvryUserDelay=60

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

108 SYSCFG

AesNi

Table 217. AesNi

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Displays the current status of Intel Processor AES-NI feature.

Example:

A:>syscfg --AesNi=Enabled

AesNi=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

IntelTxt/inteltxt

Table 218. IntelTxt/inteltxt

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: On, Off

Description Turns the Trusted Execution Technology on or off. To enable Intel TXT, VT must be enabled, and the TPM must be enabled with pre-boot measurements and activated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --inteltxt=enable

inteltxt=enable

NOTE: To enable the Intel TXT option in a supported processor, make sure that the:

Virtualization technology in Processor setting is enabled.

TPM module is installed and initialed as OK by BIOS.

TPM security in System security is set to on with pre-boot measurements.

User password is not set.

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge 11G and later systems with Intel processors.

NmiButton/nmibutton

Table 219. NmiButton/nmibutton

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) button on the front panel. The NMI button can be used to alert the operating system in certain cases.

NOTE: This option configures Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) and Remote Access Controller (RAC) settings.

SYSCFG 109

Table 219. NmiButton/nmibutton (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --nmibutton=enable

nmibutton=enable

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 11G and later systems

PasswordStatus/pwdlock

Table 220. PasswordStatus/pwdlock

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: lock, unlock

On 12G and later systems: Locked, Unlocked

Description Locks the system password. To prevent the system password from being modified, set this option to lockedand enable setup password. This field also prevents the system password from being disabled by the user while the system boots.

Example:

A:>syscfg --pwdlock=lock

pwdlock=lock

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

PwrButton/powerbutton

Table 221. PwrButton/powerbutton

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enable, disable

On 12G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description Enables or disables the power button on the front panel.

Example:

A:>syscfg --powerbutton=enable

powerbutton=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

SetupPassword/setuppwd*

Table 222. SetupPassword/setuppwd*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: read-only

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Sets the setup password for the BIOS. The setup password locks the BIOS F2 screen. The argument string supplied to this option is the password. Passwords are

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Table 222. SetupPassword/setuppwd* (continued)

limited to alphanumeric characters and cannot exceed 32 characters in length. If a current setup password is set, it must be given through the oldsetuppwd option. This option is not replicated. For more information on delimiters, see Command Line Option Delimiters .

Example:

A:>syscfg --setuppwd=asetuppassword The password has been set. Please use a warm reboot to apply the password to the system.

Example 2:

A:>syscfg --setuppwd=asetuppassword -- oldsetuppwd=currentpassword The password has been set. Please use a warm reboot to apply the password to the system.

Example 3:

A:>syscfg --setuppwd=asetuppassword -- oldsetuppwd=currentpassword The old password entered is incorrect. The new password will not be set. Please try again.

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

SysPassword/syspwd*

Table 223. SysPassword/syspwd*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: read-only

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Sets the system password for the BIOS. The system password is required when booting the system. The argument string supplied to this option is the password. Generally, passwords are limited to alphanumeric characters and cannot exceed 32 characters in length. If a current system password is set, it must be given through the oldsyspwd option. This option is not replicated. For more information on delimiters, see Command Line Option Delimiters .

Example 1:

A:>syscfg --syspwd=password The password has been set. Please use a warm reboot to apply the password to the system.

Example 2:

A:>syscfg --syspwd=password --oldsyspwd=password The password has been set. Please use a warm reboot to apply the password to the system

.

NOTE: You cannot disable your password using DTK. To disable your password, you must use the system BIOS.

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems

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SystemCpldVersion*

Table 224. SystemCpldVersion*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the current revision of the Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) of the system.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SystemCpldVersion

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

TcmActivation/tcmactivation

Table 225. TcmActivation/tcmactivation

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enabled, disabled, and nochange

On 12G systems: NoChange, Activate, Deactivate

Description Allows the user to change the operational state of the Trusted Cryptography Module (TCM). This field is read-only when TCM Security is set to Off.

NOTE: The tcmactivation option is a sub-option of tcm.

Example:

A:>syscfg --tcmactivation=enabled

tcmactivation=enabled

Applicable Systems All systems prior to PowerEdge 13G systems.

TcmClear/tcmclear

Table 226. TcmClear/tcmclear

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 13G: Yes, No

On 13G systems: NA

Description CAUTION: Clearing the TCM will cause loss of all keys in the TCM. This could affect booting of the operating system.

When set to Yes, all the contents of the TCM will be cleared. This field is read-only when TCMSecurity is set to Off.

NOTE: The tcmclear option is a sub-option of tcm.

Example:

A:>syscfg --TcmClear=Yes

TcmClear=Yes

Applicable Systems All systems prior to PowerEdge 13G systems.

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TcmSecurity/tcmsecurity

Table 227. TcmSecurity/tcmsecurity

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: on, off

On 12G and later systems: On, Off

Description Controls the reporting of the Trusted Cryptography Module (TCM) in the system.

NOTE: The tcmsecurity option is a sub-option of tcm.

Example:

A:>syscfg --tcmsecurity=on

tcmsecurity=on

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

TpmActivation/tpmactivation

Table 228. TpmActivation/tpmactivation

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: enabled, disabled, nochange

On 12G systems: NoChange, Activate, Deactivate

Description Allows the user to change the operational state of the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). This field is read-only when TPM Security is set to Off.

NOTE: The tpmactivation option is a sub-option of tpm.

Example:

A:>syscfg --tpmactivation=enabled

tpmactivation=enabled

Applicable Systems All systems prior to PowerEdge 13G systems.

TpmClear/tpmclear

Table 229. TpmClear/tpmclear

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G systems: Yes, No

Description CAUTION: Clearing the TPM will cause loss of all keys in the TPM. This could affect booting of the operating system.

When set to Yes, all the contents of the TPM will be cleared. This field is read-only when TCMSecurity is set to Off.

NOTE: The tpmclear option is a sub-option of tpm.

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Table 229. TpmClear/tpmclear (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --TpmClear=Yes

TpmClear=Yes

Applicable Systems All systems prior to PowerEdge 13G systems.

TpmSecurity/tpmsecurity

Table 230. TpmSecurity/tpmsecurity

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: off, onwithpbm, onwithoutpbm

On 12G and later systems: Off, OnPbm, OnNoPbm

Description Controls the reporting of the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) in the system.

NOTE: The tpmsecurity option is a sub-option of tpm.

Example:

A:>syscfg --tpmsecurity=off

tpmsecurity=off

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems.

TpmStatus

Table 231. TpmStatus

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the current status of TPM.

Example:

A:>syscfg --TpmStatus

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

TpmInfo*

Table 232. TpmInfo*

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 13G: NA

On 13G and later systems: read-only

Description Displays the TPM type and firmware version.

Example:

A:>syscfg --TpmInfo

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Table 232. TpmInfo* (continued)

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 13G and later systems

TpmCommand

Table 233. TpmCommand

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 13G: NA

On 13G and later systems: None, Activate, Deactivate, Clear

Description Configures the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). None

Commands are not sent to the TPM. Activate TPM is enabled.

Deactivate TPM is disabled.

Clear All the contents of TPM are cleared.

NOTE: This field is read-only when TpmSecurityis set to Off.

CAUTION: Clearing TPM results in loss of all keys in the TPM. This could affect booting to operating system.

Example:

A:>syscfg --TpmCommand=Activate

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 13G and later systems

SecureBoot

Table 234. SecureBoot

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: Enabled.

Description Enables the BootSeqRetry feature. When set to Enabled, the system re-attempts the boot sequence after a 30-second timeout, if the last boot attempt has failed.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SecureBoot=Enabled SecureBoot=Enabled

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

SecureBootPolicy

Table 235. SecureBootPolicy

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G: NA

On 12G and later systems: Standard, Custom

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Table 235. SecureBootPolicy (continued)

Description Sets the process to authenticate pre-boot images. When set to Standard, the BIOS uses the system manufacturer keys and certificates to authenticate pre-boot images. When set to Custom, the BIOS uses user-defined keys and certificates. The default value is Standard.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SecureBootPolicy=Standard SecureBootPolicy=Standard

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 12G and later systems

UefiVariableAccess

Table 236. UefiVariableAccess

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 13G: NA

On 13G and later systems: Standard, Controlled

Description Secures the UEFI variables. When set to Standard, the UEFI variables are accessible from the operating system as per the UEFI specification. When set to Controlled, selected UEFI variables are protected in the operating system and new UEFI boot entries are pushed to the end of the current boot order.

Example:

A:>syscfg --UefiVariableAccess=Standard UefiVariableAccess=Standard

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 13G and later systems

SecureBootMode

Table 237. SecureBootMode

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: NA

On 14G and later systems: UserMode, DeployedMode.

Description This feature configures the BIOS uses the Secure Boot Policy Objects PK, KEK, db, dbx. In Setup Mode and Audit Mode, PK is not present, and BIOS does not authenticate programmatic updates to the policy objects.

In User Mode and Deployed Mode, PK is present, and BIOS performs signature verification on programmatic attempts to update policy objects.

Deployed Mode is the most secure mode. Use Setup, Audit, or User Mode when provisioning the system, then use Deployed Mode for normal operation. Available mode transitions depend on the current mode and PK presence.

In Audit Mode, the BIOS performs signature verification on preboot images and logs results in the Image Execution Information Table, but executes the images whether they pass or fail verification. Audit Mode is useful for programmatically determining a working set of policy objects.

Example:

A:>syscfg --SecureBootMode=UserMode SecureBootMode=UserMode

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 14G and later systems

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TpmPpiBypassClear

Table 238. TpmPpiBypassClear

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: N/A

On 14G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description When set to Enabled, allows the Operating System to bypass Physical Presence Interface (PPI) prompts when issuing PPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) clear operations.

Example:

A:>syscfg --tpmPpiByPassClear=Enabled

tpmPpiBypassClear=Enabled

Applicable Systems 14G PowerEdge systems.

TpmPpiBypassProvision

Table 239. TpmPpiBypassProvision

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 14G: N/A

On 14G and later systems: Enabled, Disabled

Description When set to Enabled, allows the Operating System to bypass Physical Presence Interface (PPI) prompts when issuing PPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) provisioning operations.

Example:

A:>syscfg --tpmPpiByPassProvision=Enabled

tpmPpiBypassProvision=Enabled

Applicable Systems 14G PowerEdge systems.

UEFI Boot Settings

You can manage the UEFI settings using the options in this group.

UefiBootSeq

Table 240. UefiBootSeq

Valid Arguments On systems prior to 12G

: NA On 12G and later systems

: list of device names separated by commas

Description Enables, disables, and orders the devices in a UEFI boot order list. Only the devices present on the system are listed in the UefiBootSeq. The first option in the list is attempted first. If the first option is not successful, the second option is attempted, and so on. The system attempts to launch only the enabled boot options and does

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Table 240. UefiBootSeq (continued)

not launch disabled boot options. This option is applicable when bootmode is set to UEFI and has no effect when bootmode is set to BIOS.

NOTE: Only the devices listed in the bootseq are enabled.

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge 12 and later systems.

DTKTORACADM

The DTK SYSCFG deployment scripts are converted to equivalent RACADM scripts, that helps in migration to utilize RACADM in the deployment solution. The utility has the conversion tool for converting the SYSCFG scripts in both environments: Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. Starting 12th generation of PowerEdge servers and later, selected set of SYSCFG commands are a part of the DTK sample scripts. The list of DTK sample scripts are present in \Toolkit\Tools\CONVERTER\windows_scripts.lst for Microsoft Windows operating systems and toolkit/ Converter/ linux_scripts.lst for Linux operating system. The converted scripts are available in the folder racscripts.

Table 241. DTKTORACADM Command on Windows Operating System

Valid Arguments dtktoracadm.exe or dtktoracadm.exe windows_scripts.lst debug Description On systems running Windows operating system, run the command, where

windows_scripts.lst is the input file which contains the list of path to run the RACADM scripts and debug is an option which list the file status.

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge 12 and later systems.

Table 242. DTKTORACADM Command on Linux Operating System

Valid Arguments python dtktoracadm.py or python dtktoracadm.py linux_scripts.lst debug

Description On the system running Linux operating system, in the prompt type the command, where linux_scripts.lst is the input which contains the list of path to run the RACADM scripts and debug is an option which list the file status.

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge 12 and later systems.

The set of converted commands are available in dtktoracadm_dict.map. For more information see, Dell EMC OpenManage Deployment Toolkit User's Guide or Dell EMC OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Installation Guide. The following table lists the set of commands available:

Table 243. SYSCFG equivalent RACADM commands

Group SYSCFG Commands Equivalent RACADM Commands

iDRAC Settings lcp --dnsdhcp iDRAC.IPv4.DNSFromDHCP

lcp --domainname iDRAC.NIC.DNSDomainName

lcp --dnsracname iDRAC.NIC.DNSRacName

lcp --dnsregisterrac iDRAC.NIC.DNSRegister

--idractype iDRAC.Info.Type -z legacy

--autoneg iDRAC.NIC.Autoneg

--gateway iDRAC.IPv4.Gateway

--ipaddress iDRAC.IPv4.Address

--macaddress iDRAC.NIC.MACAddres

--nicselectionfailover iDRAC.NIC.Failover

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Table 243. SYSCFG equivalent RACADM commands (continued)

Group SYSCFG Commands Equivalent RACADM Commands

--subnetmask iDRAC.IPv4.Netmask

--vlanid iDRAC.NIC.VLanID

--dnsserver1v6 get iDRAC.IPv6.DNS1

--dnsserver2v6 get iDRAC.IPv6.DNS2

--gatewayv6 iDRAC.IPv6.Gateway

--ipv6address1 iDRAC.IPv6.Address1

--ipv6address2 iDRAC.IPv6.Address2

--linklocaladdrv6 iDRAC.IPv6.LinkLocalAddress

--prefixlengthv6 iDRAC.IPv6.PrefixLength

--connectionmode iDRAC.IPMISerial.ConnectionMode

--msgcommbitrate iDRAC.IPMISerial.BaudRat

--msgcommflowctrl iDRAC.IPMISerial.FlowControl

--tmcfghandshakectrl iDRAC.IPMISerial.HandshakeControl

--tmcfglineediting iDRAC.IPMISerial.LineEdit

--tmcfgnewlineseq iDRAC.IPMISerial.NewLineSeq

--solcharaccuminterval iDRAC.IPMISOL.AccumulateInterval

--solbitrate iDRAC.IPMISOL.BaudRate

--solprivlevel iDRAC.IPMISOL.MinPrivilege

--solcharsendthreshold iDRAC.IPMISOL.SendThreshold

BIOS Option Settings --HddSeq BIOS.BiosBootSettings.HddSeq

Boot Settings --BootMode BIOS.BiosBootSettings.BootMode

--BootSeqRetry BIOS.BiosBootSettings.BootSeqRetry

--HddFailover BIOS.BiosBootSettings.HddFailover

--SetBootOrderFqddn BIOS.BiosBootSettings.SetBootOrderFqddn

--SetLegacyHddOrderFqddn BIOS.BiosBootSettings.SetLegacyHddOrderFqddn

Integrated Devices --EmbVideo BIOS.IntegratedDevices.EmbVideo

--IoatEngine BIOS.IntegratedDevices.IoatEngine

--IntegratedNetwork1 BIOS.IntegratedDevices.IntegratedNetwork1

--IntegratedNetwork2 BIOS.IntegratedDevices.IntegratedNetwork2

--IntegratedRaid BIOS.IntegratedDevices.IntegratedRaid

--InternalUsb BIOS.IntegratedDevices.InternalUsb

--OsWatchdogTimer BIOS.IntegratedDevices.OsWatchdogTimer

--SriovGlobalEnable BIOS.IntegratedDevices.SriovGlobalEnable

--Usb3Setting BIOS.IntegratedDevices.Usb3Setting

Memory Settings --DynamicCoreAllocation BIOS.ProcSettings.DynamicCoreAllocation

--CorrEccSmi BIOS.MemSettings.CorrEccSmi

--MemTest BIOS.MemSettings.MemTest

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Table 243. SYSCFG equivalent RACADM commands (continued)

Group SYSCFG Commands Equivalent RACADM Commands

--NodeInterleave BIOS.MemSettings.NodeInterleave

--memopmode BIOS.memsettings.MemOpMode

--videomem BIOS.memsettings.VideoMem

--sysmemvolt BIOS.MemSettings.SysMemVolt

--sysmemtype BIOS.MemSettings.SysMemType

--sysmemspeed BIOS.MemSettings.SysMemSpeed

--sysmemsize BIOS.memsettings.SysMemSize

--memoperatingmode BIOS.memsettings.MemOpMode

Miscellaneous Settings --AssetTag BIOS.MiscSettings.AssetTag

--ErrPrompt BIOS.MiscSettings.ErrPrompt

--NumLock BIOS.MiscSettings.NumLock

--ForceInt10 BIOS.MiscSettings.ForceInt10

--insystemcharacterization BIOS.MiscSettings.InSystemCharacterization

Processor Settings --DcuIpPrefetcher BIOS.ProcSettings.DcuIpPrefetcher

--DcuStreamerPrefetcher BIOS.ProcSettings.DcuStreamerPrefetcher

--LogicalProc BIOS.ProcSettings.LogicalProc

--ProcExecuteDisable BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcExecuteDisable

--ProcHwPrefetcher BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcHwPrefetcher

--ProcVirtualization BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcVirtualization

--RtidSetting BIOS.ProcSettings.RtidSetting

--ProcX2Apic BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcX2Apic

--cpucore BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcCores

--cpuspeed BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcCoreSpeed

--logicproc BIOS.procsettings.LogicalProc

--proc1brand BIOS.procsettings.Proc1Brand

--proc1id BIOS.procsettings.Proc1Id

--proc1l2cache BIOS.procsettings.Proc1L2Cache

--proc1l3cache BIOS.procsettings.Proc1L3Cache

--proc1numcores BIOS.procsettings.Proc1NumCores

--proc2brand BIOS.procsettings.Proc2Brand

--proc2id BIOS.procsettings.Proc2Id

--proc2l2cache BIOS.procsettings.Proc2L2Cache

--proc2l3cache BIOS.procsettings.Proc2L3Cache

--proc2numcores BIOS.procsettings.Proc2NumCores

--proc64bit BIOS.procsettings.Proc64bit

--procadjcacheline BIOS.procsettings.ProcAdjCacheLine

--procbusspeed BIOS.procsettings.ProcBusSpeed

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Table 243. SYSCFG equivalent RACADM commands (continued)

Group SYSCFG Commands Equivalent RACADM Commands

--proccorespeed BIOS.procsettings.ProcCoreSpeed

--qpispeed BIOS.procsettings.QpiSpeed

--procconfigtdp BIOS.procsettings.ProcConfigTdp

SATA Settings --WriteCache BIOS.SataSettings.WriteCache

--SecurityFreezeLock BIOS.SataSettings.SecurityFreezeLock

--embsata BIOS.SataSettings.EmbSata

--sata0 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortA

--sata1 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortB

--sata2 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortC

--sata3 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortD

--sata4 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortE

--sata5 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortF

--sata7 BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortH

--sataporta BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortA

--sataportb BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortB

--sataportc BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortC

--sataportd BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortD

--sataporte BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortE

--sataportf BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortF

--sataportg BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortG

--sataportgmodel BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortGModel

--sataportgdrivetype BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortGDriveType

--sataportgcapacity BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortGCapacity

--sataporth BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortH

--sataporthmodel BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortHModel

--sataporthdrivetype BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortHDriveType

--sataporthcapacity BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortHCapacity

--sataporti BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortI

--sataportimodel BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortIModel

--sataportidrivetype BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortIDriveType

--sataporticapacity BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortICapacity

--sataportj BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortJ

--sataportjmodel BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortJModel

--sataportjdrivetyp BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortJDriveType

--sataportjcapacity BIOS.SataSettings.SataPortJCapacity

Serial Communication --ConTerrmType BIOS.SerialCommSettings.ConTermType

--ExtSerialConnector BIOS.SerialCommSettings.ExtSerialConnector

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Table 243. SYSCFG equivalent RACADM commands (continued)

Group SYSCFG Commands Equivalent RACADM Commands

--FailSafeBaud BIOS.SerialCommSettings.FailSafeBaud

--RedirAfterBoot BIOS.SerialCommSettings.RedirAfterBoot

Slot Disablement --Slotn BIOS.SlotDisablement.Slotn

System Information --svctag BIOS.SysInformation.SystemServiceTag

System Security --AcPwrRcvryDelay BIOS.SysSecurity.AcPwrRcvryDelay

--PwrButton BIOS.SysSecurity.PwrButton

--SetupPassword BIOS.SysSecurity.SetupPassword

--SysPassword BIOS.SysSecurity.SysPassword

System Power --maxpowercap System.Power.Cap.MaxThreshold

--minpowercap System.Power.Cap.MinThreshold

--capenable System.Power.Cap.Enable

--nmibutton BIOS.SysSecurity.NmiButton

--powerbutton BIOS.SysSecurity.PwrButton

SYSCFG Options On PowerEdge Systems Prior To PowerEdge 12G Systems

The following are the valid options and arguments supported on PowerEdge systems earlier than PowerEdge 12G systems.

assignintr

Table 244. assignintr

Valid Arguments standard, distributed

Description Controls the interrupt assignment of PCI devices in the system. This option is set to standard by default, causing standard interrupt routing that uses interrupt A, B, C, and D for all PCIe devices. When set to distributed, the interrupt routing is swizzled at the MCH root ports to minimize sharing of interrupts across all PCIe (and PCI-X in the Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC) mode) devices.

Example:

A:>syscfg --assignintr=standard

assignintr=standard

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems

bezelir

Table 245. bezelir

Valid Arguments enable, disable

Description Enables or disables the ESM to monitor and log front bezel intrusion conditions.

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Table 245. bezelir (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --bezelir=enable

bezelir=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems

cmosdefaults

Table 246. cmosdefaults

Valid Arguments enable, disable

Description Enables or disables the request for a default CMOS value during the next reboot.

A:>syscfg --cmosdefaults=enable

cmosdefaults=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems

conboot

Table 247. conboot

Valid Arguments enable, disable

Description Enables or disables configuring or reporting of console redirection after reboot. This option is available on all supported systems that support console redirection. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --conboot=enable

conboot=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12Gsystems

coreperformanceboost

Table 248. coreperformanceboost

Valid Arguments enable, disable

Description Enables or disables the AMD Core Performance Boost feature. When enabled, it allows higher performance power states if additional power is available to the CPU. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --coreperformanceboost=enable

coreperformanceboost=enable

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Table 248. coreperformanceboost (continued)

Applicable Systems PowerEdge R715, R815, R515, R415, and M915 systems with AMD Opteron 6000 series processor

dbpm

Table 249. dbpm

Valid Arguments enable, disable

Description Enables or disables demand-based power management. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --dbpm=enable

dbpm=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems

embhypervisor

Table 250. embhypervisor

Valid Arguments off, on

Description Turns on or off the embedded hypervisor port.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embhypervisor=on

embhypervisor=on

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems

embideraid

Table 251. embideraid

Valid Arguments on, off

Description Turns on or off the embedded IDE RAID controller. This option is only valid for supported systems that have IDE ROMB. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embideraid=on

embideraid=on

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems

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embnic1pxe

Table 252. embnic1pxe

Valid Arguments enable, disable

Description Enables or disables Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) on the first embedded NIC. If PXE is disabled, the first NIC is not found in the boot order. If PXE is enabled, the first NIC is placed at the end of the boot order. This option is only present on systems that do not support the embnic1 option. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embnic1pxe=enable

embnic1pxe=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems

embnic2pxe

Table 253. embnic2pxe

Valid Arguments enable, disable

Description Enables or disables Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) on the second embedded NIC. If PXE is disabled, the second NIC is not found in the boot order. If PXE is enabled, the second NIC is placed at the end of the boot order. This option is only present on systems that do not support the embnic2 option. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embnic2pxe=enable

embnic2pxe=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems

embnics

Table 254. embnics

Valid Arguments enable, disable

Description Turns both the embedded NICs on or off. This option is only present on systems that do not support the embnic1 and embnic2 options. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embnics=enable

--embnics=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems

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embscsi1

Table 255. embscsi1

Valid Arguments on, off Description Turns the first embedded SCSI controller. This option is only valid for supported

systems that have an embedded SCSI controller. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embscsi1=on

embscsi1=on

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems

embscsi2

Table 256. embscsi2

Valid Arguments on, off Description Turns the second embedded SCSI controller. This option is only valid for supported

systems that have an embedded SCSI controller. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embscsi2=on

embscsi2=on

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems

embscsiraid

Table 257. embscsiraid

Valid Arguments raid, off, scsi Description Sets the specified value for the SCSI RAID controller. This option is only valid for

supported systems that have SCSI ROMB. Some systems do not support the scsi argument. This option can be replicated.

CAUTION: If you change the controller from SCSI to RAID mode, data loss may occur. Backup any data you must save before changing modes.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embscsiraid=raid

embscsiraid=raid

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems

embscsiraidchb

Table 258. embscsiraidchb

Valid Arguments raid, scsi

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Table 258. embscsiraidchb (continued)

Description Sets the second channel on an embedded RAID controller to SCSI or RAID. This option is only valid for systems that support RAID/RAID and RAID/SCSI settings for channels A and B. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embscsiraidchb=raid

embscsiraidchb=raid

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems

embscsiraidchb

Table 259. embscsiraidchb

Valid Arguments raid, scsi

Description Sets the second channel on an embedded RAID controller to SCSI or RAID. This option is only valid for systems that support RAID/RAID and RAID/SCSI settings for channels A and B. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embscsiraidchb=raid

embscsiraidchb=raid

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems

embsdcardredundancy

Table 260. embsdcardredundancy

Valid Arguments mirrormode, disable

Description Sets the redundancy to mirrormode or disabled.

If set to mirrormode, read-write operation occurs on both the secure digital (SD) cards. If one of the SD cards fails and is replaced, on booting, the data is copied to that SD card.

If set to disable, read-write operation occurs only on SD card 1.

On Blade systems, disable the vflash key to configure this option.

Example:

A:>syscfg --embsdcardredundancy=mirrormode

embsdcardredundancy=mirrormode

Applicable Systems This option is degraded.

redmem

Table 261. redmem

Valid Arguments off, spare, mirror, DDDC

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Table 261. redmem (continued)

Description Allows selection of the required redundant memory mode, or disables redundant memory. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --redmem=off redmem=off

Applicable Systems PowerEdge systems with Intel Xeon 7500 series processor

power

Table 262. power

Valid Arguments NA

Description For details about the power suboptions and arguments, see Sub Options For Power Option.

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 11G systems

tcm

Table 263. tcm

Option tcm Valid Arguments NA

Description For details about the tcm suboptions and arguments, see Sub Options For tcm Option.

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 10G, 11G, and 12G systems

tpm

Table 264. tpm

Valid Arguments NA

Description For details about the tpm suboptions and arguments, see Sub Options For tpm Option.

Applicable Systems PowerEdge 10G, 11G, and 12G systems

Sub Options And Arguments For power Option Table 265. Sub Options And Arguments For power Option

Option Sub-option Arguments Description

power --profile <powerprofile>

where powerprofile can be maxperformance, osctl, apc

Displays the settings similar to the BIOS setup screen for the respective profile. Reboot the system for the settings to take effect.

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Table 265. Sub Options And Arguments For power Option (continued)

Option Sub-option Arguments Description

If power profiles are not available on the platform, an error message is displayed.

A:>syscfg power-- profile=maxperformance -- setuppwdoverride

custom Creates the custom profile. Reboot the system for the settings to take effect.

A:>syscfg power --profile=custom -- setuppwdoverride

--cpupowermode min, max, osdbpm, systemdbpm

Allows you to set the CPU power and performance management to minimum power, maximum performance, operating system DBPM, or system DBPM mode.

Example:

A:>syscfg power --profile=custom -- cpupowermode=min --setuppwdoverride

--memorypowermode min, 978, 800, 1067, 1333, max

Allows you to set memory power and performance management to minimum power mode, maximum power mode, 978 Mhz, 800 Mhz, 1067 Mhz, or 1333 Mhz.

A:>syscfg power -- profile=custom --memorypowermode=min --setuppwdoverride

--fanpowermode min, max Allows you to set the fan algorithm to the minimum power optimized or maximum performance optimized mode.

A:>syscfg power --profile=custom -- fanpowermode=min --setuppwdoverride

NOTE: Set the value of profile to custom to change the values of cpupowermode , memorypowermode , and fanpowermode.

--profile NA Displays the profile set and the respective profile parameters.

--cap NOTE: This option is available only with the appropriate installed license.

Displays the values of budgetcap, and the maximum and minimum power thresholds in Watts.

--cap --unit

NOTE: This option is available only with the appropriate installed license.

<budgetcap> is the limit for power consumption in Watts, or btuphr, or percent.

<unit> is the unit of the <budgetcap> value and

The value of must be between the maximum and minimum threshold values, else an error is displayed. If the value is less than the minimum threshold value, a warning message appears.

If the unit is btuphr, it is converted in to Watts using the formula Watt = BTU/hr /3.413. If the unit

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Table 265. Sub Options And Arguments For power Option (continued)

Option Sub-option Arguments Description

can be watt, or btuphr, or percent.

is percent, the formula is Power Cap (Watts) = [Power supply rating for input power (Watts) - Min potential power (Watts)] * Power Cap (%) + Min potential power (Watts)]

Example:

A:>syscfg power --cap=<value> -- unit=watt --setuppwdoverride

--maxpowercap Displays the value of the maximum power threshold.

--minpowercap Displays the value of the minimum power threshold.

--valsetuppwd <string> Validates the setup password for power authentication. If you try to change the DTK settings, you are prompted to enter this password to access the settings. For more information on delimiters, see Command Line Option Delimiters.

A:>syscfg power --profile= maxperformance --valsetuppwd=

-- setuppwdoverride

NA Does not prompt you for a password to access the DTK settings on systems that do not have a setup password configured.

A:>syscfg power --profile= maxperformance setuppwdoverride

Sub Options And Arguments For tcm Option Table 266. Sub Options And Arguments For tcm Option

Option Sub-option Arguments Description

tcm --tcmsecurity off Does not report the presence of TCM to the operating system.

on Reports the presence of TCM to the operating system.

Example:

A:>syscfg tcm --tcmsecurity=off

--tcmactivation enabled Enables and activates the TCM feature.

disabled Disables and deactivates the TCM feature.

nochange Does not alter the operational state of the TCM feature.

Example:

A:>syscfg tcm --tcmactivation=enabled

--tcmclear NA Clears the contents of the TCM chip without erasing the tcmsecurity and tcmactivation settings.

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Table 266. Sub Options And Arguments For tcm Option (continued)

Option Sub-option Arguments Description

Example:

A:>syscfg tcm -- tcmactivation=enabled --tcmclear -- setuppwdoverride

--tcmundoclear NA Cancels the result of the tcmclear setting.

Example:

A:>syscfg tcm -- tcmactivation=enabled --tcmundoclear --setuppwdoverride

Sub Options And Arguments For tpm Option The following table lists the sub-options and arguments for the tpm option.

Table 267. Sub Options And Arguments For tpm Option

Option Sub-option Arguments Description

tpm --tpmsecurity off Does not report the presence of TPM to the operating system.

onwithpbm Directs the BIOS to store the TCG compliant measurements to the TPM during a POST operation.

onwithoutpbm Directs the BIOS to bypass the preboot measurements.

Example:

A:>syscfg tpm -- tpmsecurity=onwithoutpbm

--setuppwdoverride

--tpmactivation enabled Enables and activates the TPM feature.

disabled Disables and deactivates the TPM feature.

nochange Does not alter the operational state of the TPM feature.

Example:

A:>syscfg tpm --tpmactivation=enabled -- setuppwdoverride

NOTE: You cannot set tpmactivation when tpmsecurity is set to off.

NOTE: After setting tpmactivation to enabled or disabled, if you reboot your system, DTK displays the TPM Configuration Honoured system will reset and the system reboots again message and reboots.

NOTE: When you set tpmactivation to enabled or disabled, DTK displays the value of

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Table 267. Sub Options And Arguments For tpm Option (continued)

Option Sub-option Arguments Description

tpmactivation as nochange. However, the TPM feature is activated/deactivated when you reboot the system.

--tpmclear NA Clears the contents of the TPM chip without erasing the tpmsecurity and tpmactivation settings.

Example:

A:>syscfg tpm -- tpmactivation=enabled --tpmclear -- setuppwdoverride

--undotpmclear NA Cancels the result of the tpmclear setting. If you specify this setting before specifying the tpmclear setting, the There is currently no pending TPM Clear request message is displayed.

Example:

A:>syscfg tpm -- tpmactivation=enabled --undotpmclear --setuppwdoverride

--valsetuppwd <string> Validates the setup password for TPM authentication. If you try to change DTK settings, you are prompted to enter this password to access the settings. For more information on delimiters, see Command Line Option Delimiters.

Example:

A:>syscfg tpm -- tpmactivation=enabled --tpmclear -- valsetuppwd=

-- setuppwdoverride

NA On systems that do not have a setup password configured, if you set this option, you are not prompted for a password to access DTK settings.

A:>syscfg tpm -- tpmactivation=enabled --tpmclear -- setuppwdoverride

SYSCFG For BMC And Remote Access Controller Configuration SYSCFG configures Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) and Remote Access Controller (RAC) settings.

NOTE: Some of the following options or arguments might not be available on all systems.

NOTE: For options that use text strings such as username, password, hostname, and community string, using some

characters such as , <, >, | , or = on the command line can be misinterpreted by the command line parser and cause

errors.

NOTE: The following options or arguments are also applicable to DRAC 5.

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The following tables document valid options, sub-options, and arguments along with a description of the expected behavior of each option and suboption. Options, sub-options, and arguments are case-sensitive. All options, sub-options, and pre-defined arguments are lowercase unless explicitly stated otherwise. Some features that must be noted while reading this section are:

Unless otherwise specified, all sub-options to options are optional. If a sub-option is not specified for an option, all valid sub-option values are displayed for the option. If sub-options are

specified, then only those suboptions are reported. Wherever options or sub-options take empty strings as input, the string NULL should be input. For example, options such as

username and suboptions such as commstring and hostname can take an empty string as input.

bmcversion

Table 268. bmcversion options

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

bmcversion Displays the version information for the BMC and the BMC firmware. This option cannot be replicated.

--devid NA Reports the BMC device ID.

--devrevision NA Reports the BMC device revision.

--majorfwversion NA Reports the BMC device major firmware revision.

--minorfwversion NA Reports the BMC device minor firmware revision.

Example:

A:>syscfg bmcversion devid=32

devrevision=0

majorfwversion=0

minorfwversion=40

chassistype*

Table 269. chassistype*

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--chassistype* NA NA Identifies the Chassis Management Controller (CMC). The possible values are 9 (M1000e), 10 (VRTX), and 0 (others).

Example:

A:>syscfg -- chassistype chassistype=10 (VRTX)

clearsel*

Table 270. clearsel*

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--clearsel* NA NA Clears the System Event Log (SEL). This option cannot be replicated.

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Table 270. clearsel*

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

Example:

A:>syscfg -- clearsel Clearing SEL...

controlpanelaccess

Table 271. controlpanelaccess

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--controlpanelaccess NA viewandmodify, viewonly, disabled

Sets or gets the access level for the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD).

Example:

A:>syscfg -- controlpanelaccess= viewandmodify controlpanelaccess= viewandmodify

deviceguid*

Table 272. deviceguid*

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--deviceguid* NA NA Displays the GUID for the BMC. This option cannot be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg--deviceguid

deviceguid=XXXXXXXXXX

encryptkey

Table 273. encryptkey

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--encryptkey NA <hexadecimal number> Encrypts the IPMI sessions.

The hexadecimal number entered as an argument is case insensitive although the value returned by the encryptkey option is always in uppercase.

The value returned is appended with zeroes so that it is always 40 characters long.

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Table 273. encryptkey

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

Example:

A:>syscfg -- encryptkey=abcd

encryptkey= ABCD00000000000 000000000000000 0000000000

fiberchannel

Table 274. fiberchannel

Valid Arguments enable, disable

Description Enables or disables embedded fiber channel. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --fiberchannel=enable

fiberchannel=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

floppy

Table 275. floppy

Option --floppy Valid Arguments auto, off, readonly

Description Sets the diskette drive controller to auto, off, or readonly. This option is available on all supported systems that have a supported diskette drive. This option can be replicated

Example:

A:>syscfg --floppy=auto

floppy=auto

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

formfactor

Table 276. formfactor

Valid Arguments read-only

Description Displays the geometry of PowerEdge Blade systems. The option can have the following values: halfheight (the Blade systems occupies 1 slot of the chassis), halfheight, dualwide (the Blade system occupies 2 horizontal slots of the chassis), fullheight (the Blade system occupies 2 vertical slots of the chassis), fullheight, dualwide (the Blade system occupies 4 slots of the chassis) and quarterheight (the Blade systems occupies half slot of the chassis).

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Table 276. formfactor (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --formfactor=fullheight, dualwide formfactor=fullheight, dualwide

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge blade systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

hddfailover

Table 277. hddfailover

Valid Arguments off, on

Descriptionoff Specifies the device in the Hard Disk Drive Sequence menu that has not been attempted in the boot sequence. When set to on, all devices are attempted in an order in which they are configured. When set to off, only the first device in the hard disk sequence is attempted. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --hddfailover=on

hddfailover=on

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

hpcmode

Table 278. hpcmode

Valid Arguments enable, disable

Description Enables or disables the High Performance Computing (HPC) Mode. When set to enable, the HPC is enabled utilizing only the high frequency P-State settings. When set to disable (default value), all P-States inherent to the CPU are used.

To fully enable HPC Mode, set the power management to custom, cpu power and performance management to OsDbpm, and fan power and performance management to maximum performance.

Example:

A:>syscfg --hpcmode=enable

hpcmode=enable

Applicable Systems All systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems with AMD Opteron 6200 series processor

htassist

Table 279. htassist

Valid Arguments enable, disable

Description Enables or disables the Probe Filter chipset option. Some applications may have lower performance when the chipset feature is disabled.

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Table 279. htassist (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --htassist=enable

htassist=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems with AMD Opteron processors.

idecdrom

Table 280. idecdrom

Valid Arguments auto, off

Description Turns the CD drive on or off. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --idecdrom=auto

idecdrom=auto

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

idracgui

Table 281. idracgui

Valid Arguments enable, disable

Description Enables and disables the iDRAC GUI. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --idracgui=disable

idracgui=disable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

lpt

Table 282. lpt

Valid Arguments lpt1, lpt2, lpt3, disable

Description Configures or reports the I/O address of the LPT (parallel) port. This option is available on all supported systems with an LPT port. This option is recorded to an output file for replication.

Example:

A:>syscfg --lpt=lpt1

lpt=lpt1

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Table 282. lpt (continued)

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

memdynamicpower

Table 283. memdynamicpower

Valid Arguments enable, disable

Description Enables or disables the dynamic memory power states. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --memdynamicpower=enable

memdynamicpower=enable

Applicable Systems PowerEdge systems with Intel Xeon 7500 series

memintleave

Table 284. memintleave

Valid Arguments enable, disable

Description Enables or disables the memory interleave mode. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --memintleave=enable

memintleave=enable

NOTE: The memintleave option is same as Nodeinterleave option. For

more information, see Memory Settings group.

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

memremap

Table 285. memremap

Valid Arguments off, auto

Description Sets the memory remapping to off or auto.

Example:

A:>syscfg --memremap=off

memremap=off

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

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mouse

Table 286. mouse

Valid Arguments on, off

Description Turns the mouse controller on or off.

This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --mouse=off

mouse=off

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

noraidprompt*

Table 287. noraidprompt*

Valid Arguments NA

Description Specifies that the BIOS must not prompt for confirmation when changing the mode of a RAID controller. This option can only be used with the --embscsiraid or -- embscsiraidchb options.

Without this option, the user is prompted during POST to confirm the change of a RAID controller from RAID (SCSI) to SCSI (RAID). This option is not replicated.

CAUTION: When changing a RAID controller from SCSI to RAID or from RAID to SCSI, data is lost on the affected hard drives. The warning message for this data is not displayed if you use the --noraidprompt option. To avoid data loss, back up any information on the hard drives before changing the type of controller used with the drives

Example:

A:>syscfg --embscsiraid=raid --noraidprompt

embscsiraid=raid

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

oldsetuppwd

Table 288. oldsetuppwd

Valid Arguments <string>

Description Allows to set a new setup password if a setup password is already present on the system. The setup password locks the BIOS setup screen. The argument string supplied to this option is the current password. If this password is not correct, the new setup password is not applied to the system. Generally, passwords are limited to alphanumeric characters and cannot exceed 32 characters in length. This option is not replicated. For more information on delimiters, see Command Line Option Delimiters.

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Table 288. oldsetuppwd (continued)

Example:

A:>syscfg --setuppwd=asetuppassword -- oldsetuppwd=currentpassword

The password has been set.Please use a warm reboot to apply the password to the system.

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

oldsyspwd

Table 289. oldsyspwd

Valid Arguments <string>

Description Supplies the current system password for the BIOS. This option is only given when setting the new system password. If this password does not match the current system password, the new password is not applied to the system. The system password is required when booting the system. The argument string supplied to this option is the password. Generally, passwords are limited to alphanumeric characters and cannot exceed 32 characters in length. This option is not replicated. For more information on delimiters see Command Line Option Delimiters.

Example1:

A:>syscfg --syspwd=<anotherpassword> -- oldsyspwd=<password>

The password has been set.Please use a warm reboot to apply the password to the system.

Example 2:

A:>syscfg --syspwd=<asyspassword> -- oldsyspwd=<currentpassword>

The old password entered is incorrect. The new password will not be set. Please try again.

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

opticaldrivectrl

Table 290. opticaldrivectrl

Valid Arguments enable, disable

Description Enables or disables the optical CD-ROM controller.

Example:

A:>syscfg --opticaldrivectrl=enable

opticaldrivectrl=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

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remflashmedia

Table 291. remflashmedia

Valid Arguments read-only

Description Displays the redundancy status of internal dual SD module. The status can be:

Full Secure digital card (SD) 1 and 2 are functioning properly. Lost Either any of the secure digital cards or both are not functioning

properly.

The option also displays the status of the individual SD cards as follows:

Active The card is used for secure digital reads. Standby The card is receiving a copy of all secure digital reads. Failed An error is reported during a secure digital read or write. Absent No secure digital media is detected. Offline At boot, card identification signature is different from the non-volatile

storage value or card is the destination of a copying operation that is in progress. Write Protected The card is write-protected.

Example:

A:>syscfg --remflashmedia

Internal Dual SD ModuleRedundancy=Lost

SD1 status=Absent

SD1 status=Active

Applicable Systems All systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems

serial1

Table 292. serial1

Valid Arguments disable, com1, com3, com1_bmc, bmcserial, bmclan, rac

Description Configures or reports the first serial port communication port. This option can be replicated.

bmcserial maps serial port 1 to BMC Serial. bmclan routes the serial traffic destined for serial1 out to NIC1. com1_bmc maps serial port 1 to COM port 1 BMC. rac maps serial port 1 to the RAC device.

Example:

A:>syscfg --serial1=rac

serial1=rac

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

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serial2

Table 293. serial2

Valid Arguments auto, disable, com2, com4

Description Configures or reports the second serial port communication port. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --serial2=rac

serial2=rac

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

slotname

Table 294. slotname

Valid Arguments read-only

Description Reports the slot name of the blade.

Example:

A:>syscfg --slotname

slotname=Slot5

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

sma

Table 295. sma

Valid Arguments enable, disable

Description Enables or disables processor sequential memory access.

Example:

A:>syscfg --sma=disable

sma=disable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

sysrev*

Table 296. sysrev*

Valid Arguments read-only

Description Reports the system revision.

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

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usb

Table 297. usb

Valid Arguments on, legacy, off

Description Sets or reports the status of the USB port. When set to on, USB keyboards and mice function only for systems with operating systems that have native USB support. When set to legacy, USB keyboards and mice are supported through the BIOS to function in operating systems that do not natively support USB. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --usb=on

usb=on

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

usbflash

Table 298. usbflash

Valid Arguments auto, fdd, hdd

Description Sets or reports the emulation for an USB flash device. The USB flash device can be set to emulate a hard drive (HDD) or a diskette drive (FDD). This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg --usbflash=auto

usbflash=auto

Applicable Systems All systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

vflash

Table 299. vflash

Valid Arguments enable, disable

Description Enables or disables vflash on iDRAC.

Example:

A:>syscfg --vflash=enable

vflash=enable

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge 11G systems or systems with iDRAC6

identify

Table 300. identify

Valid Arguments 0254

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Table 300. identify (continued)

Description Flashes the identification LED for a specified number of seconds.

NOTE: Use 0 to stop the blinking of the LED.

Example:

A:>syscfg --identify=10

identify=10

Applicable Systems All PowerEdge 11G systems with a BMC

idracversion

Table 301. idracversion

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--idracversion Displays the version information for the iDRAC and the iDRAC firmware. This option cannot be replicated.

--devid NA Reports the iDRAC device ID.

--devrevision NA Reports the iDRAC device revision.

--majorfwversion NA Reports the major firmware revision of iDRAC.

--minorfwversion NA Reports the minor firmware revision of iDRAC.

A:>syscfg --idracversion devid=32 devrevision=0 majorfwversion=0 minorfwversion=40

kvmstatusonlcd

Table 302. kvmstatusonlcd

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments

Description Applicable Systems

-- kvmstatusonlcd

NA active, inactive

Configures the Dell Virtual KVM (vKVM) session status on the LCD.

Example:

A:>syscfg -- kvmstatusonlcd=active

kvmstatusonlcd=active

PowerEdge 11G systems

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lancfgparams

Table 303. lancfgparams

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

lancfgparams or lcp

Configures and displays LAN configuration parameters. This option can be replicated.

--ipaddrsrc static, dhcp Sets the IP address source for the LAN channel. This sub-option can be replicated.

--ipaddress <ipaddress> Sets the IP address for the LAN channel. This sub-option cannot be replicated.

--subnetmask <subnetmask> Sets the subnet mask for the LAN channel. This sub-option can be replicated.

--gateway <gateway> Sets the gateway for the LAN channel. This sub-option can be replicated.

--commstring <string> Sets the community string (maximum of 16 printable ASCII characters) used in a platform event trap (PET). This sub-option can be replicated.

--destipaddr <ipaddress> Sets the destination IP address or Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) for the alert destination specified with the alertdest sub-option.

The destipaddr sub-option is dependent on the alertdest sub-option. If the alertdest sub-option is not specified on the command line, the first alert destination (alertdest=1) is set with this IP address or FQDN. This sub-option can be replicated.

NOTE: FQDN is applicable only for

destipaddr option and is supported only

on PowerEdge 12G systems.

Example 1 (to set the destination IP address):

A:>syscfg lcp --alertdest=1 -- destipaddr=192.168.100.15

Example 2 (to set the destination IP address as FQDN):

A:>syscfg lcp --alertdest=1 -- destipaddr=xxx.yyy.com

--alertdest 1, 2, 3, 4 Sets the destination for the LAN alert. This sub-option can be replicated.

--vlantag enable, disable

Enables or disables VLAN tagging. This sub- option can be replicated.

--vlanid <string> Sets the 12-bit VLAN ID. This sub-option can be replicated.

--vlanpriority 07 Sets the VLAN priority value. This sub-option can be replicated.

--macaddress NA Displays the BMC MAC address. This sub- option cannot be replicated.

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Table 303. lancfgparams (continued)

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--nicselection NOTE: This option is available only with the appropriate installed license.

shared, sharedfailove r, dedicated, sharedreceive onall

Sets the operating mode of the NIC to shared, sharedfailover, dedicated, or sharedreceiveonall. Some of these options are not applicable on certain systems.

NOTE:

This option is applicable on systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems. The sharedreceiveonall argument is available only on PowerEdge 11G systems.

--nicselection NOTE: This option is available only with the appropriate installed license.

dedicated, lom1, lom2, lom3, lom4

Sets the operating mode of the iDRAC7 NIC to dedicated, lom1, lom2, lom3, or lom4. Some of these options are not applicable on certain systems due to underlying hardware.

NOTE: This option is applicable on PowerEdge 11G systems.

--nicselectionfailover NOTE: This option is available only with the appropriate installed license.

none, lom1, lom2, lom3, lom4, all

Sets the operating mode of the NIC selection failover to none, lom1, lom2, lom3, lom4, or all. Some of these options are not applicable on certain systems. due to underlying hardware.

NOTE: This option is applicable on PowerEdge 12G systems.

--fullduplex enable, disable

Enables or disables full duplex on the RAC network interface.

--autoneg enable, disable

Enables or disables autonegotiation.

--speed 10,100 Sets the network interface speed to 10 or 100 Mbps.

--dnsdhcp enable, disable

Enables or disables obtaining the DNS server IP address through DHCP.

--dnsserver1 <ipaddress> Sets the IP address of the primary DNS server for domain name resolution.

--dnsserver2 <ipaddress> Sets the IP address of the secondary DNS server for domain name resolution.

--dnsregisterrac enable, disable

Enables or disables binding of the RAC name to the IP address.

--dnsracname <string> Sets the name of the RAC.

--domainnamefromdhcp enable, disable

Enables or disables getting the RAC domain name through DHCP.

--domainname <string> Sets the domain name of the RAC.

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Table 303. lancfgparams (continued)

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

Example 1 (to display the current LAN configuration settings):

A:>syscfg --lancfgparams

destipaddr=192.168.100.15

vlantag=enable

vlanid=1000

vlanpriority=7

macaddress=0:6:5b:fb:c8:a7

commstring=public

ipaddrsrc=static

ipaddress=192.168.100.10

subnetmask=255.255.255.0

gateway=192.168.100.1

Example 2 (to set the LAN configuration parameters):

A:>syscfg --lancfgparams

--destipaddr=192.168.100.15

--vlantag=enable

--vlanid=1000

--vlanpriority=7

--macaddress=0:6:5b:fb:c8:a7

--commstring=public

--ipaddrsrc=static

--ipaddress=192.168.100.10

--subnetmask=255.255.255.0

--gateway=192.168.100.1

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lanchannelaccess

Table 304. lanchannelaccess

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

lanchannelaccess or lca

Sets or displays the LAN channel access settings such as alerting, IPMI over LAN, and user privilege. This option can be replicated.

--pefalerting enable, disable Enables or disables PEF alerts. This sub- option can be replicated.

--ipmioverlan disable, alwaysavail

Sets the LAN channel access mode. This sub-option can be replicated.

--channelprivlmt user, operator, administrator

Sets the maximum privilege level accepted for the LAN channel. This sub-option can be replicated.

Example (to configure the LAN channel with alerts and IPMI over LAN enabled):

A:>syscfg lanchannelaccess-- pefalerting=enable -- ipmioverlan=alwaysavail

lanchannelinfo

Table 305. lanchannelinfo

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

lanchannelinfo or lci

NA NA Displays media and protocol information about the LAN channel. This option cannot be replicated.

lanuseraccess

Table 306. lanuseraccess

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

lanuseraccess or lua

Configures the privilege level and channel accessibility associated with a specified User ID for the LAN channel.

--userid 216, if your system has a DRAC 5 controller

Sets the User ID. This sub-option can be replicated.

--usrprivlmt user, operator, administrator, noaccess

Sets the maximum BMC user privilege level for the LAN channel for the userid specified using the useridsub-option. This sub-option can be replicated. This sub- option is dependent on the userid sub- option.

--currentenableduserids NA Reports the number of currently enabled User IDs on the LAN channel.

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Table 306. lanuseraccess (continued)

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--useridswithfixednames NA Reports the number of User IDs with fixed names on the LAN channel.

Example 1 (to enable User ID 2 on the LAN channel with administrator privileges):

A:>syscfg lanuseraccess --userid=2 -- usrprivlmt=administrator

Example 2 (to enable User ID 4 on the LAN channel with user privileges):

A:>syscfg lanuseraccess -- userid=4 --usrprivlmt=user

lcd1

Table 307. lcd1

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--lcd1 NA <string> Sets the first line of user-defined text on the system LCD. This option can be replicated. For more information on delimiters, see Command Line Option Delimiters.

NOTE: Before setting user strings for -- lcd1 , ensure that --lcd is set to user.

lcd2

Table 308. lcd2

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--lcd1 NA <string> Sets the second line of user-defined text on the system LCD. This option can be replicated. For more information on delimiters, see Command Line Option Delimiters.

loaddefaults*

Table 309. loaddefaults*

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--loaddefaults* NA NA Restores the BMC to the defaults originally loaded on the controller. This option is used to return the BMC to a known-good state. This option cannot be replicated.

NOTE: The NMI, power button, and SOL defaults are not reset by using this option.

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Table 309. loaddefaults*

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

Example:

A:>syscfg --loaddefaults

Loading defaults...

nextboot

Table 310. nextboot

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--nextboot or -- OneTimeBootSeqDev

NA valid device name (from the bootseq option device list)

Sets the specified device as the first device in the boot order for the next boot cycle only. The device must be a device from the bootseq option device list. Run the bootseq option to see a list of available device names. For more information, see -- bootseq. This option is not replicated.

Example 1:

A:>syscfg --bootseq

Device 1: floppy.emb.0 - Diskette Drive A:

Device 2: cdrom.emb.0 - CD-ROM device

Device 3: hdd.emb.0 - Hard Drive C:

Device 4: nic.emb.1 - Intel Boot Agent Version 4.0.17

Device 5: nic.emb.2 - Intel Boot Agent Version 4.0.17

Example 2:

A:>syscfg --nextboot=nic.emb.1

nextboot=nic.emb.1

nmibutton

Table 311. nmibutton

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--nmibutton NA enable, disable Enables or disables the NMI button. This option can be replicated.

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Table 311. nmibutton

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

Example:

A:>syscfg --nmibutton=enable

nmibutton=enable

passwordaction

Table 312. passwordaction

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

passwordaction Configures and tests the password for the specified User ID. This option cannot be replicated. All three sub-options, action, userid, and password must be included in the command line.

NOTE: This option does not support 20 byte passwords.

--userid 216, if your system has a DRAC 5 controller

Specifies the BMC User ID. This sub-option cannot be replicated.

--action setpassword, testpassword

Sets or tests the password for the specified User ID. This sub-option cannot be replicated.

--password <string> Sets the password (maximum of 16 printable ASCII characters) for the specified BMC User ID. This sub-option cannot be replicated.

Example (to set and test the password for User ID 3):

A:>syscfg passwordaction -- userid=3 --action=setpassword --password=bmcmaster passwordaction userid=3 action=setpassword password=*********

A:>syscfg passwordaction -- userid=3 --action=testpassword -- password=bmcmastor

Password test failed.

pefcfgparams

Table 313. pefcfgparams

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

pefcfgparams or pcp

Configures and displays PEF configuration parameters. This option can be replicated.

--filter fanfail, voltfail,

Specifies a PEF value. This sub-option can be replicated.

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Table 313. pefcfgparams (continued)

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

discretevoltfail , tempwarn, tempfail, intrusion, redundegraded,re dunlost, procwarn, procfail, powerwarn, powerfail, hardwarelogfail, autorecovery, batterywarn, batteryfail, powerabsent, procabsent, systempowerwarn, systempowerfail

For a complete list of all possible PEF messages along a description of each event, see BMC Platform Events Filter Alert Messages

--filteraction powercycle, reset, powerdown, power reduction, none

Sets the event filter action for the filter specified using the filter sub-option. This sub-option depends on the filter sub- option. This sub-option can be replicated.

--hostname <string> Sets the host name (maximum of 62 printable ASCII characters) for the BMC. This sub- option can be replicated.

The hostname string must comprise only the followig characters: hyphen (-) , underscore (_) , and period (.) .

--filteralert enable, disable Enables or disables alerts for the filter specified using the filter sub-option. This sub- option is dependent on the filter sub-option. This sub-option can be replicated.

--alertpolnum 1, 2, 3, 4 Specifies the alert policy entry number. This sub-option can be replicated.

--alertpolstatus enable, disable Enables or disables the alert policy specified using the alertpolnum sub-option. This sub- option can be replicated. This sub-option is dependent on the alertpolnum sub-option.

Example: (to set the PEF configuration parameters):

Example 1 (To configure the PEF so that the system is powered down in response to a fan failure event):

A:>syscfg pefcfgparams --filter= fanfail-- filteraction=powerdown

pefcfgparams filter=fanfail filteraction=powerdown

Example 2 (To configure the PEF so that a PEF alert is not sent to the destination

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Table 313. pefcfgparams (continued)

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

IP address in response to a chassis intrusion event):

A:>syscfg pefcfgparams --filter= intrusion-- filteralert=disable

pefcfgparams filter= intrusion filteralert=disable

Table 314. pefcffgparams

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments

Description Applicable Systems

pefcfgparams or pcp

Configures and displays PEF configuration parameters. This option can be replicated.

All PowerEdge systems

--filter fanfail, voltfail, discretevolt fail, tempwarn, tempfail, intrusion, redundegrade d,redunlost, procwarn, procfail, powerwarn, powerfail, hardwarelogf ail, autorecovery , batterywarn, batteryfail, powerabsent, procabsent, systempowerw arn, systempowerf ail

Specifies a PEF value. This sub- option can be replicated.

For a complete list of all possible PEF messages along a description of each event, see BMC Platform Events Filter Alert Messages

NOTE: The fanfail option is

not supported on PowerEdge 10G systems.

--filteraction powercycle, reset, powerdown, power reduction, none

Sets the event filter action for the filter specified using the filter sub-option. This sub-option depends on the filter sub-option. This sub- option can be replicated.

--hostname <string> Sets the host name (maximum of 62 printable ASCII characters) for the BMC. This sub-option can be replicated.

The hostname string must comprise only the followig characters: hyphen (-) , underscore (_) , and period (.) .

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Table 314. pefcffgparams (continued)

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments

Description Applicable Systems

The length of the hostname string must be 62 characters or less for PowerEdge 9G systems and later.

--filteralert enable, disable

Enables or disables alerts for the filter specified using the filter sub- option. This sub-option is dependent on the filter sub-option. This sub- option can be replicated.

--alertpolnum 1, 2, 3, 4 Specifies the alert policy entry number. This sub-option can be replicated.

-- alertpolstatus

enable, disable

Enables or disables the alert policy specified using the alertpolnum sub-option. This sub-option can be replicated. This sub-option is dependent on the alertpolnum sub-option.

Example: (to set the PEF configuration parameters):

Example 1 (To configure the PEF so that the system is powered down in response to a fan failure event):

A:>syscfg pefcfgparams --filter= fanfail-- filteraction=powerdown

pefcfgparams filter=fanfail filteraction=powerdown

Example 2 (To configure the PEF so that a PEF alert is not sent to the destination IP address in response to a chassis intrusion event):

A:>syscfg pefcfgparams --filter= intrusion-- filteralert=disable

pefcfgparams filter= intrusion filteralert=disable

powerbutton

Table 315. powerbutton

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--powerbutton NA enable, disable Enables or disables the power button. This option can be replicated.

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Table 315. powerbutton

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

Example:

A:>syscfg --powerbutton=enable

powerbutton=enable

powerctl

Table 316. powerctl

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--powerctl NA powerdown Performs a chassis powerdown and controls the reset of the system.

Powerdown turns off the system.

powercycle Turns off the system and automatically turns on your system after a few seconds.

reset Resets the system.

softshutdown In Linux, the system turns off immediately.

NOTE: In Windows PE, this option does not work.

NOTE: This option applies only to PowerEdge systems that are configured with a BMC.

NOTE: This argument requires ACPI support to function properly.

racreset*

Table 317. racreset*

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--racreset* NA NA Resets the RAC. It cannot be accompanied with any other option. This option cannot be replicated.

serialcfgparams

Table 318. serialcfgparams

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

serialcfgparams or scp

Configures and displays serial configuration parameters. This option can be replicated.

--connectionmode basic, terminal Sets the connection mode used to perform IPMI messaging to the BMC. This sub-option can be replicated.

--msgcomm noflowctrl, rtscts

Sets the IPMI message communication flow control. This suboption can be replicated.

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Table 318. serialcfgparams (continued)

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--msgcommdtrhangup NA Reports the IPMI message communication DTR hang-up. This suboption cannot be replicated.

--msgcommbitrate 9600, 19200, 57600, 115200

Sets the IPMI message communication baud rate in bits per second (bps). This sub-option can be replicated.

--tmcfglineediting enable, disable Sets the line editing value for terminal mode configuration. This sub-option can be replicated.

--tmcfgdelctrl del, bksp Sets the delete control value for terminal mode configuration. This sub-option can be replicated.

--tmcfgechoctrl echo, noecho Sets the echo control value for terminal mode configuration. This sub-option can be replicated.

--tmcfghandshakectrl enable, disable Sets the handshake control value for terminal mode configuration. This sub-option can be replicated.

--tmcfgnewlineseq noterm, crlf, null, cr, lfcr,1f

Sets the new line sequence value for terminal mode configuration. This sub-option can be replicated.

-- tmcfginputnewlineseq

cr, null Sets the input new line sequence value for terminal mode configuration. This sub-option can be replicated.

Example (to display the current serial configuration settings):

A:>syscfg serialcfgparams serialcfgparams tmcfgdelctrl=del

tmcfgechoctrl=echo

tmcfghandshakectrl=enable

connectionmode=terminal

tmcfgnewlineseq=crlf

msgcommflowctrl=rtscts

tmcfginputnewlineseq=cr

msgcommdtrhangup=disable

msgcommbitrate=19200

tmcfglineediting=enable

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serialchannelaccess

Table 319. serialchannelaccess

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--serialchannelaccess or sca

Sets or displays the channel access settings for the serial channel. This option can be replicated.

--ipmioverserial disable, alwaysavail

Sets the serial channel access mode. This sub-option can be replicated.

--channelprivlmt user, operator, administrator

Sets the maximum privilege level accepted for the serial channel. This sub-option can be replicated.

Example (to configure the serial channel with IPMI over serial disabled and the maximum privilege level set to administrator):

A:>syscfg serialchannel access -- ipmioverserial=disable

-- channelprivlmt=administrat or serialchannelaccess

ipmioverserial=disable

channelprivlmt=administrat or

serialchannelinfo

Table 320. serialchannelinfo

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--serialchannelinfo or sci

Displays media and protocol information about the serial channel. This option cannot be replicated.

--mediumtype NA Displays the medium type for the serial channel. This sub-option cannot be replicated.

--prottype NA Displays the protocol type for the serial channel. This sub-option cannot be replicated.

--ssnsupport NA Displays the session support information for the serial channel. This sub-option cannot be replicated.

--activessncount NA Displays the number of sessions that are activated on the serial channel. This sub- option cannot be replicated.

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Table 320. serialchannelinfo (continued)

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

Example:

A:>syscfg serialchannelinfo --mediumtype

mediumtype= asynch

serialuseraccess

Table 321. serialuseraccess

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

serialuseraccess or sua

Configures the privilege level and channel accessibility associated with a specified User ID for the serial channel. This option can be replicated.

--userid 216, if your system has a DRAC 5 controller

Sets the User ID. This sub-option can be replicated.

--usrprivlmt user, operator, administrator,noa ccess

Sets the maximum BMC user privilege level for the serial channel for the User ID specified using the userid sub-option. This sub-option can be replicated. This sub-option is dependent on the userid sub-option.

-- currentenableduserid s

NA Reports the number of currently enabled User IDs on the serial channel. This sub-option can be replicated.

-- useridswithfixedname s

NA Reports the number of User IDs with fixed names on the serial channel. This sub-option can be replicated.

Example 1 (to enable User ID 2 on the serial channel with administrator privileges ) :

A:>syscfg serialuseraccess --userid=2 -- usrprivlmt=administrator

userid=2

usrprivlmt=administrator

status=enable

Example 2 (to enable User ID 4 on the serial channel with user privileges ):

A:>syscfg serialuseraccess

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Table 321. serialuseraccess (continued)

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--userid=4 -- usrprivlmt=user

userid=4

usrprivlmt=user

status=enable

solaction

Table 322. solaction

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

solaction This option enables or disables Serial-Over- LAN (SOL) access for a particular user. This option can be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg solaction --userid=2 --action=disable

solaction userid=2 action=disable

--userid 216, if your system has a DRAC 5 controller

Specifies the BMC user ID. This sub-option can be replicated.

--action enable, disable Enables or disables the user ID specified using the userid sub-option. This sub-option can be replicated and is dependent on the userid sub- option.

solcfgparams

Table 323. solcfgparams

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

solcfgparams Configures and displays SOL configuration parameters. This option can be replicated.

--solenable enable, disable Enables or disables if the SOL payload type can be activated. This option can be replicated.

--solprivlevel user, operator, administrator

Sets the minimum user privilege level required to activate the SOL. This option can be replicated.

--solcharaccuminterval 1255 Sets the Character Accumulate Interval in 5 ms increments (1255). This sets the typical amount of time that the BMC waits before

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Table 323. solcfgparams (continued)

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

transmitting a partial SOL character data packet. This option can be replicated.

--solcharsendthreshold 1255 Specifies that the BMC automatically sends an SOL character data packet containing this number of characters in increments of 5 (1 255) as soon as this number of characters (or greater) has been accepted from the baseboard serial controller into the BMC. This option can be replicated.

--solbitrate 9600, 19200 Sets the serial channel communication bit rate (in bps) with the BMC when SOL is activated. This option can be replicated.

NOTE: The arguments for solbitrate vary with various Dell systems. If an argument valid for a particular Dell system is entered for another system, the Parameter out of range error

is displayed.

Example 1 (to display the current SOL configuration):

A:>syscfg solcfgparams solcfgparams solenable=enable solprivlevel=administrator solcharaccum interval=25 solcharsend threshold=25 solbitrate=9600

Example 2 (to set the SOL configuration parameters):

A:>syscfg solcfgparams --solenable=disable --solprivlevel=administrator --solcharaccum interval=25 --solcharsend threshold=100 --solbitrate=9600 solcfgparams solenable=disable solprivlevel=administrator solcharaccum interval=25 solcharsend threshold=100 solbitrate=9600

ssninfo

Table 324. ssninfo

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

ssninfo Displays information about the number of possible active sessions and the number of currently active sessions on all channels on the BMC. This option cannot be replicated.

NOTE: All PowerEdge systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.

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Table 324. ssninfo (continued)

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--maxactivessns NA Displays the maximum possible active BMC sessions. This sub-option cannot be replicated.

--currentactivessns NA Displays the number of currently active sessions on all channels of the BMC. This sub-option cannot be replicated.

Example:

A:>syscfg ssninfo currentactivessns=1 maxactivessns=4

useraction

NOTE: For 14th generation of PowerEdge Systems, you have to configure the username and password before executing

this command for a particular userid.

Table 325. useraction

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

useraction Enables and disables BMC, sua, and lua user IDs. This option can be replicated.

--userid 216, if your system has a DRAC 5 controller

Specifies the BMC user ID. This sub-option can be replicated.

--action enable, disable Enables or disables the user ID specified using the userid sub-option. This sub-option can be replicated. This sub-option is dependent on the userid sub-option.

Example to disable User ID 3:

A:>syscfg useraction --userid=3 -- action=disable

useraction userid=3 action=disable

username

Table 326. username

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

username Sets the BMC User ID and username. This option can be replicated.

--userid 216 if your system has a DRAC 5 controller

Specifies the User ID. This sub-option can be replicated.

--name <string> Sets the username (maximum of 16 printable ASCII characters) for the User ID specified using the userid sub-option. This sub-option can be replicated. This sub-option is dependent on the userid sub-option.

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Table 326. username (continued)

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

Example 1( to configure User ID 3 with a user name ):

A:>syscfg username --userid=3 -- name=bmcmaster

username userid=3 name=bmcmaster

Example 2 (to display the username for User ID 3):

A:>syscfg username --userid=3 -- name

username userid=3 name=bmcmaster

version*

Table 327. version*

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--version* NA NA Displays the version information for the SYSCFG utility.

virutualmedia

Table 328. virutualmedia

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description

--virutualmedia NOTE: This option is available only with the appropriate installed license.

NA enable, disable, auto

Enables or disables the virtual media. This option cannot be replicated.

SYSCFG For State Configuration The SYSCFG utility allows the user to write a state data value on a system. This value is preserved across reboot or power-off operations. Users can use this state data value for storing important state information, such as the progress of a multi-reboot deployment process.

SYSCFG Options For State Configuration

The following table lists all valid options and arguments along with a description of the expected behavior of each option.

NOTE: Some of the following options or arguments are not available on all systems.

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