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 3.2 version of Dell Command | Configure.
Downloads
- Windows download (Released - 12/23/2016)
- Linux downloads
- RHEL6 64 bit
- RHEL7 64 bit
- Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 64 bit
- Documentation
New in the Release
- New platforms.
- Support for SMBIOS 3.0
- Updated the default installation path for Linux (RHEL and Ubuntu) as /opt/dell/dcc.
- Support for following new BIOS features/attributes:
- Determining if BIOS should attempt to boot from the legacy boot list when the UEFI boot list fails (--attemptlegacyboot).
- Configuring the Active State Power Management (ASPM) level (--aspm).
- Configuring the automatic BIOS recovery without any user interaction if BIOS corruption is detected (--biosautorecovery).
- Configuring the BIOS connect feature (--biosconnect).
- Configuring the state of the available BiosConnect boot paths (--biosconnectactivation).
- Allowing or restricting downgrading of the system BIOS (--biosdowngrade).
- Configuring the BIOS integrity check during the booting process (--biosintegritycheck).
- Allowing or restricting the BIOS event log to be cleared on the next boot (--bioslogclear).
- Configuring the visibility of BIOS settings (--biossetupadvmode).
- Configuring the time-out value for the keyboard backlight when an AC adapter is plugged into the system (--brightnessac).
- Configuring the panel brightness to be used when the system is using battery power only (--brightnessbattery).
- Configuring the Reliability Availability Serviceability (RSA) support on CPUs (--cpursa).
- Configures the CPU snoop mode (--cpusnoop).
- Configuring the platform external displays (--dgpuexterndisplay).
- Configuring Configures the dock battery charge mode (--dockbattchrgcfg).
- Allowing or restricting to use the docking station in the absence of AC power while the battery is charged for more than specified percentage (--docksupportonbattery).
- Configuring the fan speed control if the fan speed is set to Auto using fanspeed attribute (--fanspeedctrllevel).
- Configuring whether to clear the fault tolerant memory log during the next boot (--faulttolerantmemlogclear).
- Configuring the full screen logo that appears during BIOS POST (--fullscreenlogo)
- Configuring GPS WWAN Radio (--gpsonwwanradio).
- Configuring System Isochronous mode (--isochronous).
- Configuring the time-out value for the keyboard backlight when an AC adapter is plugged into the system (--kbdbacklighttimeoutac).
- Configuring the time-out value for the keyboard backlight when the system is running only on battery power (--kbdbacklighttimeoutbatt).
- Configuring lid switch functions (--lidswitch).
- Configuring the liquid cooler 1, and the liquid cooler 2 (--liquidcooler1, and --liquidcooler2).
- Configuring M2 PCIE SSD 0 and M2 PCIE SSD 1 (--m2pciessd0, and --m2pciessd1).
- Configuring the master password settings (--masterpwdlockout).
- Configuring the time limit value of the memory fault tolerance (--memfaulttoltimelmt).
- Configuring Reliability Availability Serviceability (RSA) support on memory modules (--memoryrsa).
- Configuring the memory performance monitor feature (--memperformancemonitor).
- Configuring the Reliability Availability Serviceability (RSA) support on PCIe devices (--pciersa).
- Allows or restricts the power event log to be cleared on the next boot (--powerlogclear).
- Configuring the Stealth Mode control of the Intel 8260 card (--poweroffintel8260stealthmode).
- Configuring the Dell recovery tool (--recoverytool).
- Allowing or restricting the system to boot from SD card (--sdcardboot).
- Configuring the read-only mode for SD card (--sdcardreadonly).
- Configures Secure Guard Extensions (SGX) feature (--secureguardext).
- Indicating that the power button has been pressed during POST (--signoflifeindication).
- Determining which sleep mode to be used by the operating system (--sleepmode).
- Configuring the boot flow for SupportAssist OS recovery tool in the event of certain system errors (--supportassistosrcvry).
- Deleting the service OS non-volatile region (--svcosclear).
- Allows or restricts the thermal event log to be cleared on the next boot (--thermallogclear).
- Configuring the thunderbolt controller in the system (--thunderbolt).
- Configuring the thunderbolt security level (--thunderboltsecuritylevel).
- Configuring the maximum power for type-C connector (--typecbtryovrldprotection).
- Determining whether the system should prompt the user to enter the Admin password, if set, while booting from a UEFI boot path from the F12 Boot Menu (--uefibootpathsecurity).
- Configuring the provisioning of Intel AMT from a USB storage device (--usbprovision).
- Configuring the USB wake from s4 power state of the system (--usbwakefroms4)
- Support for additional possible values for the following BIOS features/attributes:
- --cpucore
- --speaker
- --primaryvideodeviceslot
- --processorcorecount
- Withdrawal of support for the following BIOS features/attributes:
- --clearsel
- --speakervol
Previous Releases
Dell Command | Configure 3.1.2
- Windows download
- Linux downloads
- Documentation
- Windows download
- Linux downloads
- Documentation
Dell Command | Configure 3.0
- Windows download
- Linux downloads
- Documentation
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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