Dell Command | Configure

NOTE: Dell Command | Configure 4.0 or later requires platforms supporting WMI-ACPI BIOS. The complete functionalities of Dell Command | Configure is available for the supported platforms, refer the Supported Platforms for more information.

For the limited functionalities on non WMI-ACPI complaint platforms, see Windows SMM Security Mitigations Table Compliance section in Dell Command | Configure User's guide.

Overview

Dell Command | Configure is a packaged software application that provides configuration capability to business client platforms.

This product consists of a Command Line Interface (CLI) and Graphical User Interface (GUI) to configure various BIOS features. Dell Command | Configure supports following Windows and Linux operating systems: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10, Windows Pre-installation Environment (Windows PE), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, and Ubuntu Desktop 16.04.

This is the 4.0 version of Dell Command | Configure.

Downloads

• Windows download  (Released - 12/19/2017)                           Error Codes
• Documentation

Fixes in the Release 

Not applicable

New in the Release

• Support for new platforms.
• Support for following new BIOS features/attributes:
  • --blocksid
  • --ppibypassforblocksid
  • --vmdpcieslot
  • --vmdnvmepcie0
  • --vmdnvmepcie1
  • --vmdnvmepcie0cpu1
  • --vmdnvmepcie1cpu1
  • --tpmppiclearoverride
  • --sata8
  • --emmcdevice
  • --speedshift
  • --reportlogotype
  • --dashsupport
  • --smmsecuritymitigation
• Support for WSMT Compliance. For more information about WSMT compliance, see Windows Security Mitigations Table (WSMT) Compliance section in Dell Command | Configure User's guide.

Known Issues

Issue: The exported SCE (.sh) file does not run on Linux, and displays the error message that "Improper version of OS used".

Description: The SCE (.sh) file exported using Dell Command | Configure GUI does not run on the systems running the following operating systems: RHEL 6.8, RHEL 7.3 & Ubuntu Desktop 14.04.

Resolution: Add the OS version of the target system by manually editing the exported .sh file.

Examples: 

For the systems running Ubuntu Desktop 14.04, edit the .sh file as highlighted below.

For the systems runningRHEL 7.3, edit the .sh file by as highlighted below.

Previous Releases

Dell Command | Configure 3.3

• Windows download  (Released - 08/03/2017)     
  
• Linux downloads       (Released - 07/21/2017)                     
  • RHEL6 64 bit
  • RHEL7 64 bit
  • Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 64 bit
• Documentation

Dell Command | Configure 3.2

• Windows download  (Released - 01/30/2017) 
• Linux downloads       (Released - 02/02/2017)                       
  • RHEL6 64 bit                                                                  
  • RHEL7 64 bit
  • Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 64 bit
• Documentation 

Dell Command | Configure 3.1.2

• Windows download
• Linux downloads
  • Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 64 bit
    
• Documentation

Dell Command | Configure 3.1

• Windows download  
• Linux downloads
  • RHEL6 64 bit
  • RHEL7 64 bit
• Documentation

Dell Command | Configure 3.0

• Windows download  
• Linux downloads
  • RHEL6 64 bit  
  • RHEL7 64 bit  
• Documentation

Whitepapers/Technical Documents

• Configuring Remote Wake-Up using Dell Client Command Suite
• Configuring Dell Business Client Systems using Dell Command | Configure
• Securing Dell Commercial Client Systems with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) using Dell
  Client Command Suite

Video

1. Activating the TPM with Dell Command | Configure

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2. Setting the BIOS defaults using Dell Command | Configure

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