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Dell Command | Configure

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

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Important Notes

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, see the Dell Command | Configure manual page for more information.
NOTE: Ensure that the SMM Security Mitigation BIOS Feature is Disabled on applicable platforms running Linux operating systems. Dell Command | Configure on Linux operating systems will not work as intended if the SMM Security Mitigation BIOS feature is Enabled.
NOTE: Dell Command | Configure 4.1 or later Supported Features Nomenclature (Names along with its Configuration Possible Value Names) have been refreshed across CLI and UI. Dell Command | Configure even though is Backward Compatible for the Older Nomenclature, it is highly advisable to migrate or create Scripts to start using these Newer Features Nomenclature.

View the complete list of the Newer and the Older Nomenclature in KB article 000181683, Reference list for updated names of attributes and possible values for Dell Command | Configure

NOTE: Error codes have been changed with Dell Command | Configure 4.1. See the updated codes in the Downloads section.

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

NOTE: Dell Command | Configure 4.2.0 or later user might see an error message as Importing ini file is failing for some features. For more information, check the log. During SCE execution or INI import. This happens when a feature depends on other features or needs a different environment during configuration. For example, - Enabling LegacyOrom when SecureBoot is enabled. To disable SoftGuardEn needs OSMM mode.

Dell Command | Configure

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 (UI) to configure various BIOS features. Dell Command | Configure supports the following Windows and Linux operating systems: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows Pre-installation Environment (Windows PE), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Ubuntu Desktop 20.04, Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 & Ubuntu 24.04.

The latest version of Dell Command | Configure is v5.1.0.

Downloads

Dell Command | Configure 5.1.0 (Released - 02/2025)

What's New

  • Supports Ubuntu 24.04 Operating system.
  • Updated OpenSSL to version 3.4.0 and libxml2 to version 2.13.5.
  • Supports the following new BIOS attributes:
    • SecureAdministrativeWorkstation
    • ChassisIntrusionCounter
    • OwnerTagWithLogo
    • ShutdownFailsafeTimer
    • RestartOnShutdown
    • EnhancedChasIntrusion
    • SafeAuthEnforce
    • ChassisIntrusionStatus
    • ChasIntrPwrOff
    • ChasIntrTPMClr
    • ChasIntrDrWipe
    • ForceMfgBootList
    • AmdTsme
    • AmdCpuCore
    • WyseOsSku
    • ConfigureSleep
    • ChargePowerLimitFactoryFlag
    • RearAudioJack
    • SuppressTypeCPwrWarn
    • IPv4PXEBoot
    • IPv6PXEBoot
    • IPvXBootOrder
    • FwARVerCommit
    • Wimob
    • AmdManageability
    • AmdWirelessMan
    • AmdKVMWiredMan
    • AmdKVMWirelessMan
    • AmdTextConWiredMan
    • AmdTextConWirelessMan
    • AmdUnProvision
  • From this release onwards, 32-bit (x86) systems are not supported.
  • Fixed the issue where the Select Days option in the AutoOn custom feature cannot be configured.
  • Fixed the issue where incorrect values appeared in Self Contained Executable(SCE) logs for certain BIOS attributes.
  • Fixed the issue where the warning message was missing after changing attribute values in the Dell Recommended Package tab.
  • Fixed an issue where DellSecureConfigurationService was not being removed from services after uninstalling Dell Command | Configure.
  • Fixed the issue where the certificates remained visible in the BIOS Authentication Management window after navigating to a different tab.

Previous Releases

Dell Command | Configure 5.0.1 (Released - 12/2024)


Dell Command | Configure 5.0.0 (Released - 11/2024)


Dell Command | Configure 4.12.0 (Released - 06/2024)


Dell Command | Configure 4.11.1 (Released - 01/2024)


Dell Command | Configure 4.11.0 (Released - 10/2023)

Dell Command | Configure 4.10.1 (Released - 03/2023)

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Activating the TPM with Dell Command | Configure

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Setting the BIOS defaults using Dell Command | Configure

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Article Number: 000178000
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 28 Feb 2025
Version:  30
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