Dell Client Command Suite Webcast

Join our weekly webcast to discuss the Dell Client Command Suite and other systems management topics of interest to Dell customers.  

When: Thursdays at 10am US Central Time (see schedule below for details) Download a calendar invite (.ics) here

Where: http://delltechcenter.adobeconnect.com/command/

Upcoming Webcast Topics

Previously Recorded Webcasts

Dell Command | Update

Dell Command | Update replaces DCSU and is a part of the Dell Client Command Suite. It provides a 2-click solution for getting all the latest drivers, firmware, and BIOS updates for your Latitude, Optiplex, and Precision systems. You can use Dell Repository Manager to create a local repository of updates that Dell Command | Update will use.

Download DellCommand|Update 2.4(releasedJune20,2017)

DocumentationLinks

New features in version 2.4

Fixes
-AddawarenessofDellCommand|Update3.0architecture

Newfeaturesinversion 2.3.1

Fixes
- Minor Bugs

Enhancements -
Added a warning message to prompt the user not to disconnect any peripheral devices like power adapters and USB Type-C devices, while installing BIOS and Firmware updates.

New features in version 2.3 include:

• Support for updating Independent Software Vendor (ISV) certified drivers.

• Support for selecting and installing all updates associated with Dell Docking Solution.

• Support for a new CLI return code: 5 to indicate that reboot and scan is required.

New features in version 2.2 include:

- Support for Dell Docking Solution

New features in version 2.1.1 include:

- Advanced Driver Restore feature updated to support the high performance commercial systems.
- Self-Update feature of Dell Command | Update changed to accommodate version 2.1.

New features in version 2.1 include:

- Support for Windows 10 operating system
- Ability to detect Windows BitLocker and notify end-user.
- Ability to provide feedback from application GUI.
- Support for additional languages: Chinese (Taiwan), Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR), Dutch (Netherlands), Italian

DellCommand|Update3.0forWindows10only

Download Dell Command | Update 2.3.13.0 (released  May31June20, 20172018)

DocumentationLinks

Newfeaturesinversion3.0

• LeveragestheUWPapplicationformatforWindows10
• usesaservicesoAdminrightsarenotrequired
• RequiresWin101607
• AddsBIOSpasswordsupport
• RemovesSchedulingcapability-lockedatevery3days(willberestoredinfuturerelease)
• Removescommandlinesupport(willberestoredinfuturerelease)
• Restartisrequiredtoinstall

White Papers for iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller Technology

General Overview

Comparison of iDRAC8 versus iDRAC9 Features (New for 14G)

Ordering New Features and Options on iDRAC9 and 14G PowerEdge Servers (New for 14G)

iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller—Best in class management for Dell EMC 14th generation PowerEdge Servers (New for 14G)

14G Support for HTTP and HTTPS across iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller Interfaces (New for 14G)

Comparing in and out-of-band functionality for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers (New for 14G)

Dell EMC PowerEdge Software Server Licensing  (New for 14G)

Systems Management Overview Guide v12(New for 14G)

Using Server Message Block (SMB) in iDRAC9 of Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers (New for 14G)

Networking and I/O configuration

(Direct from Dev) Multi-Vector Cooling (New for 14G)

Network Switch Connection View (New for 14G)

iDRAC Connection View(VIDEO) (New for 14G)

Understand Network Adapters Relationship with iDRAC (New for 14G)

Disabling a Third-Party PCIe Card Cooling Response with Dell PowerEdge Servers 

IPv6 Best Practices using iDRAC 

Managing IO Identity and Server State Information 

Optimizing I/O Identity and Applying Persistence Policy on Network and Fibre Channel Adapters 

Retrieving Server OS Networking Information through iDRAC 

Understanding PreBoot Networking on Dell PowerEdge Servers 

Auto-Discovery Network Setup Specification

Configuring BIOS and NIC Using RACADM through Dell iDRAC

Converged Network Adapters with NIC, iSCSI, and FCoE Support

OS to BMC Pass-through operation

FCoE Boot Configuration Setup on Intel Card

FCoE boot using Broadcom card

Network IO Identity

Reinitiate Auto-Discovery

Remote NIC Configuration Management  

Scripting and Server Configuration Profiles

Automated Server Management with PowerShell Using iDRAC REST API (New for 14G)

Server cloning by using Server Configuration Profiles (SCP) on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers (New for 14G)

RESTful Server Configuration with iDRAC REST API (Updated for 14G)

Optimizing WS-Man to retrieve Lifecycle Logs from iDRAC9 (New for 14G)

Implementation of the DMTF Redfish API on Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers (New for 14G)

WSMAN File Transfer(New for 14G)

Overview of Dell Systems Management using IPMI 

Understanding Physical Computer System View Profile Implementation 

Lifecycle Controller Workflow Optimization

Lifecycle Controller (with WS-Man) Best Practices Specification (Jan 2017)

Lifecycle Controller 2 Web Services Interface Guide (WS-Man Scripting Guide) for Windows  (Jan 2017)

Lifecycle Controller 2 Web Services Interface Guide (WS-Man Scripting Guide) for Linux (Jan 2017)

Dell PowerEdge Redfish API Overview

AutoConfig - Enabling rapid configuration of Dell servers using DHCP (Updated for 14G)

Creating Applications using the WSMAN API 

Methods to Save and Restore PowerEdge Server Configuration Settings and Firmware Images 

Using Filter Dialects with the WSMAN API 

Automatic Backup Server Profile

Creating and Managing Server Configuration Profiles

Hardware Inventory Viewing Script

How to Build Inventory Reports 

iDRAC Cloning

Import and Export Server Profiles

Server Configuration Profile - XML File Structure (files )

BIOS and UEFI

SettingupBIOSon14thGeneration(14G)DellEMCPowerEdgeServers(Newfor14G)

Signing UEFI images for Secure Boot feature in 14G Dell EMC PowerEdge servers (New for 14G)

Secure Boot Management on 14G Dell EMC PowerEdge servers (New for 14G)

Configuring Low-Latency Environments in PowerEdge Servers

Defining a Secure Boot Policy 

OS deployment

Unattended Installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Operating System on Dell PowerEdge Servers Using iDRAC With Lifecycle Controller
Unattended Installation of Windows 2012 (12G and 13G)

Operating System Deployment in PowerEdge Servers

Operating Systems Deployment using iSCSI or FCOE LUN

Updates

After Meltdown- a quick reminder about PowerEdge BIOS update best practices

Firmware Update Dependency with Lifecycle Controller on 14G Dell EMC PowerEdge servers (new for 14G)

Creating and updating iDRAC repository with Repository Manager

Lifecycle Controller with Dell Repository Manager

PowerEdge Updates with Repository Manager Best Practices Guide

Recommended methods of Updating Firmware on Dell Servers

Recommended Workflow for Performing Firmware Updates on PowerEdge Servers

Remote Firmware Update

Using Dell Repository Manager to create a Bootable ISO and perform updates

Storage & PERC

Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) and RAID-Level Migration (RLM) of VDs using PERC 9 & PERC 10 (New for 14G)

Dell’s vFlash SD Flash Media Card – Better Endurance and Performance via Over-Provisioning

Understanding Real Time Storage Configuration for PERC9(new for 13G)
Managing Web Server Certificates on iDRAC (New for 13G)
Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD Devie Monitoring, Inventory, and Configuration (New for 13G)
vFlash Overview

vFlash Partition Management 

vFlash using the Lifecycle Controller GUI

Security

Cyber-Resilient Security in 14th generation Dell EMC PowerEdge servers(Feb 2018)

Dell EMC iDRAC Response to CVE-2017-1000251 “BlueBorne”[26 Sept 2017]

(Direct from Dev) System Erase on PowerEdge Servers(New for 14G)

(Direct from Dev) Security in Server Design (New for 14G)

(Video) Secure Boot Configuration and Certificate Management using RACADM (New)  

(Video) Secure Boot Configuration and Certificate Management using WSMAN (New)  

Securing 14th generation Dell EMC PowerEdge servers with System Erase (New for 14G)

Factory Generated Default iDRAC9 Password(New for 14G)

Active Directory Integration & Certificates

Active Directory Setup Using Lifecycle Controller

Integrate iDRAC8 with Active Directory

Monitoring and Alerting

Understanding OpenManage Mobile (OMM) and Quick Sync Security (New for 14G)

Understanding iDRAC Quick Sync 2 (New for 14G)

Managing the Rollup Health status by using iDRAC on the Dell EMC 14th generation and later PowerEdge servers (New for 14G)

Monitoring & configuring Server Group by using iDRAC Group Manager (New for 14G)

Managing iDRAC9 Event Alerts on 14th generation (14G) Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers (New for 14G)

Accessing Remote Desktop using VNC on PowerEdge Servers (New for 14G)

Web Services Eventing Support for Hardware Inventory and Monitoring 

Pre-failure alerts provided by Dell server systems management 

Enhanced Out of Band Performance Monitoring 

Agent-free Inventory and Monitoring for Storage and Network Devices

Discovering Features in the iDRAC Remote Services API

Support Assist & Part Replacement

SupportAssist Collections on Dell EMC’s 14th generation of PowerEdge servers (New for 14G)

SupportAssist on Dell EMC’s 14th generation of PowerEdge servers (New for 14G)

Motherboard Replacement

Lifecycle Controller Part Replacement

Part Replacement

iDRAC Service Module (iSM)

Installing iDRAC Service Module (iSM) by using iDRAC9 on the 14th generation (14G) Dell EMC PowerEdge server (New for 14G)

iDRAC Service Module 2.1 or later on Ubuntu & Debian Linux Operating Systems

iDRAC Service Module - Windows Management Instrumentation

iDRAC Service Module - iDRAC CPU Hard Reset

iDRAC Service Module - iDRAC Access via Host OS

iDRAC Service Module - iDRAC SNMP Alerts

iDRAC Service Module - In-band iDRAC SNMP Alerts

iDRAC Service Module - iDRAC Access via Host Operating System

This technical white paper explains the factors driving the introduction of the factory generated default password feature for iDRAC9 for Dell EMC 14th generation (14G) PowerEdge servers. Also, it provides guidance on how to adopt the feature in terms of best practices for provisioning, configuring, and maintaining. Each of the above practices have a strong influence on the secure operation and assurance of iDRAC9 for 14G PowerEdge Servers. The feature has a major impact on the default user account password in terms of the factory-default or shipping value. Prior to this generation of servers, the password was a publically well-known value calvin used across all servers. This technical white paper introduces this new feature and attempts to cover the main aspects that are crucial in comprehending its impact on the system management processes and procedures.

Dell Command | Monitor

NOTE:  Dell Command | Monitor 10.0 (Windows) or later requires platforms supporting WMI-ACPI BIOS. The complete functionalities of Dell Command | Monitor is available for the supported platforms, refer the Supported Platforms for more information.

 NOTE: Ensure SMM Security Mitigation BIOS Feature is Disabled on applicable platforms running Linux operating systems. Dell Command | Monitor on Linux operating systems will not work as intended if SMM Security MitigationBIOS feature is Enabled.

Dell Command | Monitor is designed for Dell Enterprise Client systems, Dell IoT Gateway systems, as well as for Dell Embedded PCs.

With Dell Command | Monitor, system administrators can remotely manage assets, monitor system health, and inventory deployed systems in an enterprise.

NOTE: Dell Command | Monitor was formerly Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation (OMCI). After the OMCI version 8.2.1, OMCI is rebranded as Dell Command | Monitor.

Dell Command | Monitor interfaces with leading enterprise management consoles that support industry standards. This approach helps to ensure that Dell systems can be managed by a broad array of existing enterprise management tools. It also interfaces with the Dell Integration Suite for System Center 2012, Dell KACE K1000 Management Appliance,  Dell OpenManage Essentials and our Client Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). Finally, tight integration with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) allows customers to take advantage of the rich scripting capabilities for collecting information and customizing system settings. This product is provided at no additional charge to Dell customers.

The latest version of Dell Command | Monitor is v10.0.

 Downloads

• Dell Command | Monitor 10.0 for Windows  (Released - 04/30/2018)
  
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
• Dell Command Monitor 10.0 for Linux 

• • Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 64-bit      (Released - 04/30/2018)
  • RHEL 7.0 64-bit                          (Released - 04/30/2018)
  • RHEL 6.0 64-bit                          (Released - 04/30/2018)

• Dell Command | Monitor Documentation

[View:https://youtu.be/0CzPBTWKVkc:550:575]

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94k6DxjX5Qo:550:0]

Dell Command | Monitor Quick Links

Enhancements included in the latest release

New Bios Settings introduced in DCIM_BIOSEnumeration Class:

Enable Block SID
PPI Bypass for Block SID Command
PCIE0
PCIE1
PCIE0_CPU1
PCIE1_CPU1
SMM Security Mitigation
PPI Bypass for TPM Clear
eMMC
Intel Speed Shift Technology
SATA-8
Report Logo Type
Broadcom TruManage
Secure Boot Mode
Dust Filter Maintenance
Wake on 2nd LAN (RJ-45/SFP)
HDD0 Fan Enable
HDD4 Fan Enable
Enable Tablet Button LED Sign of Life
Auto Switch
Fan Speed Auto Level on CPU Zone
Fan Speed Auto Level on PSU Zone
BIOS Enumeration Mode
Slice Battery Custom Charge Limit
Battery Slice Charge Configuration

Installing Dell Command | Monitor

Installing Dell Command | Monitor manually is pretty simple. Just download the latest version (links above) and install with administrative rights. 

To perform an unattended installation to be used with your favorite software distribution tool, perform the following steps:

1. Download the latest version of Dell Command | Monitor  (links above).
2. Launch the executable with the following parameters:

Systems-Management_Application_XXXXX_WIN32_<version number>_<revision number>.EXE /s

Previous Releases

Download

• Dell Command | Monitor v9.19.3 for Windows32-bit  (released07/29/2015Released-08/03/2017)

  Download
  

  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit

• UbuntuDesktop16.04 64-bit      (released07/29/2015Released-08/03/2017)
• RHEL7.064-bit                          (Released-08/03/2017)
• RHEL6.064-bit                          (Released-08/03/2017)

• Dell Command | Monitor v9.1 Documentation

Sample Scripts

Check if a BIOS password is set

Software RAID

Introduction to Software RAID

Documentation

Videos

Introduction to Software RAID

ThebelowtableexplainsthesoftwareRAIDindetail: 

• S140–  S140 is Software RAID solution on 14th generation of PowerEdge R740/R740xd, R640, R940, C6400, C6420, R440, T440, T640, R540, M640, and FC640 systems. The S140 controller supports up to 24 NVMe PCIe SSDs, SATA SSDs, SATA HDDs depending on your system backplane configuration.

You can configure the RAID system, create and manage multiple disk groups, control and monitor multiple RAID systems, and provide online maintenance by using:

• • BIOS Configuration Utility (Ctrl+R)
  • Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) RAID Configuration Utility
  • Dell OpenManage Storage Management
  • Lifecycle Controller

High-level specifications:

• • Supports 512 native and 512e drives.
  • Supports software-based RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 10 on chipset-connect SATA and NVMe drives
  • Supports I/O controller - Intel C621 (C620 series chipset)
  • Supports PTR (Prepare to remove) for NVMe Non-RAID drives

• S130– S130 is Software RAID solution on 13th generation of PowerEdge systems. It supports up to 10 chipset connect SATA drives.

            NOTE: The S130 is not supported on PowerEdge R930, C6320, and C6320p systems.

            You can configure the RAID system, create and manage multiple disk groups, control and monitor multiple RAID systems, and provide online maintenance by using:

• • BIOS Configuration Utility (Ctrl+R)
  • Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) RAID Configuration Utility
  • Dell OpenManage Storage Management
  • Lifecycle Controller

            High-level specifications:

• • Supports 512 native, 512e drives, and 4Kn native drives
  • Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 10.
  • Supports I/O controller—Intel X99 and Intel C236 chipsets

            NOTE: The Intel C236 chipset is supported only on PowerEdge R330, R230, T330, and T130 systems.

• S110 - The S110 controller is a software RAID solution available on all the 12G PowerEdge systems. It supports up to 4 chipset SATA drives.

               You can configure the RAID system, create and manage multiple disk groups, control and monitor multiple RAID systems, and provide online maintenance by using:

• • BIOS Configuration Utility (Ctrl+R)
  • Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) RAID Configuration Utility
  • Human Interface Infrastructure (HII) 

               High-level specifications:

• • Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 10
  • Supports I/O Controller HUB (ICH) or Platform Controller Hub (PCH) chipset

Documentation

• PowerEdge RAID Controller S140
• PowerEdge RAID Controller S130
• PowerEdge RAID Controller S110

Videos

Installing Windows/Linux operating systems on Dell SWRAID controllers playlist

1. Installing Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 on PERC S130 controller by using virtual media in UEFI mode
2. Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 1 on PERC S130 controller by using virtual media
3. Swapping RAID type between Windows and Linux operating systems by using software RAID HII
4. To enable software RAID on Dell’s 13th generation of PowerEdge systems or later

Hot Bus Adapter (HBA)

Introduction to Host Bus Adapter 

HBA features

Documentation

Introduction to Host Bus Adapter 

The available Dell Host Bus Adapters are:

• HBA330 – supports all the 13G and 14G PowerEdge systems.
• 2
• 12 Gbps SAS HBA – supports all the 13G and 14G PowerEdge systems.
• 6 Gbps SAS HBA – supports all the 11G and 12G PowerEdge systems.

High-level specifications:

• The Dell 12 Gbps SAS HBA, 6 Gbps SAS HBA, and HBA330 controllers provide physical disk drive interface with no-RAID capability.
• The Dell 12 Gbps SAS HBA, 6 Gbps SAS HBA, and HBA330 cards support 8 SAS ports operating at 12 Gbps data transfer rates.

Form Factors:

• The Dell 6 Gbps SAS HBA is available in half-height and half-length PCIe card form factor for external storage.
• The Dell 12 Gbps SAS HBA is available in low-profile and full-height form factor for external storage.
• The PERC HBA330 card is available in Adapter (low profile and full height) and Mini Monolithic form factors.

You can configure and view device configuration by using:

• BIOS Configuration Utility (Ctrl+C)
• Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) RAID Configuration Utility

HBA features

• The 12 Gbps SAS HBA controller supports external tape devices. The 12 Gbps SAS HBA controller is equipped with port activity or status LEDs. The LEDs enable you to quickly determine the status of an external SAS port. Each x4 connector has its own set of LEDs. For more information, see the Dell PowerEdge Controller 9 HBA User’s Guide at Dell.com/storagecontrollermanuals.

• The PowerEdge HBA330 controller supports internal tape devices. The HBA330 card helps you to manage demanding workloads with high-performance connectivity and flexibility for SDS environments and applications that manage storage. This card supports up to 12 Gbps throughput. For more information, see the Dell PowerEdge Controller 9 HBA User’s Guide at Dell.com/storagecontrollermanuals.
  
  
• The Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA supports Dell-supported external SAS tape devices, Dell-supported internal SAS tape devices, and RAID Bunch of Disks (RBOD) connectivity (6 Gbps SAS HBA). For more information, see the Dell PowerEdge 6 Gbps SAS HBA and Internal Tape Adapter User’s Guide at Dell.com/storagecontrollermanuals.
  

Documentation

• Dell PowerEdge 6 Gbps SAS HBA and Internal Tape Adapter User's Guide
• Dell PowerEdge Controller 9 HBA User's Guide

PowerEdge RAID Controller

Introduction to PERC                                                         Shared PERC

Why PERC?

Documentation

Videos

Introduction to PERC

The PowerEdge RAID Controllers supported on the Dell systems are:

PERC 10– The PERC 10 cards are supported on the 14^th generation of Dell systems. The PERC 10 series of cards consist of PERC H740P and H840 cards. The PERC H740P is an internal card and PERC H840 is an external card.

High-level specifications:

• The PERC H740P and H840 cards support RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and also provide non-volatile cache memory.
• The PERC H840 card supports up to 192 external drives.
• The PERC 10 cards support 8 GB DDR4 2133 Mhz cache memory.
• The PERC 10 supports Citrix XenServer 7.1 and Ubuntu LTS 16.04 (Native only)

Form Factors:

• The H740P is available in the Adapter (low profile and full height) and Mini Monolithic form factors for internal storage.
• The PERC H840 is only available in the Adapter (low profile and full height) form factor.

PERC 9– The PERC 9 cards are supported on both the 14^th and 13^th generation of Dell systems. The PERC 9 series of cards consist of PERC H830, H730, H730P, H330, FD33xS, and FD33xD cards. The PERC H730, H730P, and H330 cards are internal cards. The PERC H830 is an external card.

High-level specifications:

• The PERC H830, H730, H730P, FD33xS, and FD33xD cards support RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and also provide non-volatile cache memory.
• The PERC H330 card supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and does not support non-volatile cache memory.

Form Factors:

• The PERC H730 and H330 cards are available in Adapter (low profile and full height), Mini Monolithic, and Mini Blade form factors for internal storage and tape devices.
• The PERC H830 is only available in the Adapter (low profile and full height) form factor.
• The PERC H730P is available in the Adapter (low profile and full height), Slim, and Mini Monolithic form factors for internal storage.

PERC 8– The PERC 8 cards are supported on the 12^th generation of Dell systems. The PERC 8 series of cards consist of PERC H810, H710, H710P, and H310 cards. The PERC H710, H710P, and H310 cards are internal cards. The PERC H810 is an external card.

High-level specifications:

• The PERC H810, H710, and H710P cards support RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and also provide non-volatile cache memory.
• The PERC H310 card supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and does not support non-volatile cache memory.

Form Factor:

• The PERC H810 is only available in the Adapter form factor.
• The PERC H710P, H710, and H310 are available in Adapter, Mini Mono, and Mini Blade form factors.

Why PERC?

As enterprise data requirements continue to increase, deploying powerful, easy-to-manage RAID solutions become essential for organizations seeking to simplify their IT environments, while increasing controller and storage reliability, and server uptime. The Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) line of storage controllers has evolved to address these data storage requirements, providing innovative features to help support complex server-based storage environments, increase server uptime, and reduce administrative burdens.

The Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 10 (PERC) line of storage controllers offers the following high level features:

• Enterprise data protection
• Intuitive RAID management
• Controller features
  • FastPath
  • Configuring Virtual Disks
  • Disk roaming
  • 1 MB IO
  • Physical disk power management
  • Secure firmware update
  • Auto Configure RAID 0
  • PERC H840 enclosure support
  • Profile Management
• Virtual disk features
  • Virtual disk write cache policies
  • Virtual disk read cache policies
  • Virtual disk migration
  • Virtual disk initialization
  • Reconfiguration of virtual disks
  • Background operations
• Hard drive features
  • Self-Encrypting Disks
  • ISE
  • 4 KB sector disk drives
• Fault tolerance
  • The SMART feature
  • Patrol Read
  • Physical disk failure detection
  • Using persistent hot spare slots
  • Physical disk hot swapping
  • Using replace member and revertible hot spares
  • Controller cache preservation
  • Battery Transparent Learn Cycle

The Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 9 (PERC) line of storage controllers offers the following high level features:

• Enterprise data protection
• Intuitive RAID management
• Enhanced rebuild prioritization
• Secure firmware update
• Improved RAID 10 configuration
• Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
• Online RAID Level Migration (RLM)
• Controller cache preservation
• Consistency check
• Physical disk power management
• 240 virtual disk support for H830
• PERC 9 personality management
• FastPath
• Support for stripe size up to 1 MB
• Fast initialization
• Redundant path support for PERC H830
• TRIM for SSDs
• NVRAM Wipe

Documentation

PowerEdge RAID Controller H840

• Owner’s Manual
• Spec sheet

PowerEdge RAID Controller H740P

• Owner’s Manual
• Spec sheet

PowerEdge RAID Controller H830

• Owner’s Manual
• Spec sheet

 PowerEdge RAID Controller H730

• Owner’s Manual
• Spec sheet

PowerEdge RAID Controller H730p

• Owner’s Manual
• Spec sheet

PowerEdge RAID Controller H330

• Owner’s Manual
• Spec sheet

12 GbpS SAS HBA

• Owner’s Manual
• Spec sheet

PowerEdge RAID Controller H810

• Owner’s Manual
• Spec sheet

PowerEdge RAID Controller H710

• Owner’s Manual
• Spec sheet

PowerEdge RAID Controller H710P

• Owner’s Manual
• Spec sheet

PowerEdge RAID Controller H310

• Owner’s Manual
• Spec sheet

6 GbpS SAS HBA

• Owner’s Manual
• Spec sheet

Other links:

• Reconfiguration Of Virtual Disks on the PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H310, H710, H710P, and H810

Videos

Dell PERC - Controller OperationsPlaylist on YouTube

• Auto Configure to RAID 0 on Dell PERC 9 or later
• Setting the Power Saving mode to Maximum on Dell PERC
• Setting the Power Saving mode to Balanced on Dell PERC
• Conversion from RAID to HBA mode on Dell PERC 9 or later
• Conversion from HBA to RAID mode on Dell PERC 9 or later
• Change controller properties of Dell PERC card

Dell PERC – Virtual Disk Operations Playlist on YouTube

• Performing reconfiguration for RAID level 10 on PERC Controller
• Clearing Foreign Configuration Using Virtual Disk Management Menu
• Importing Foreign Configurations Using the Virtual Disk Management Menu
• Importing virtual disk configuration of a RAID Controller from 11G to 12G server
• Importing virtual disk configuration of a RAID Controller from 12G to 13G server
• Securing and Importing the Secure Virtual disks on PERC 9 RAID Controller
• Performing Online Capacity Expansion on PERC controller
• Reconfiguring RAID level from RAID 1 to RAID 6 on PERC controller
• Performing RAID level reconfiguration from RAID 5 to RAID 0 on PERC Controller
• Creating RAID levels by using different strip sizes and read or write policies on Dell PERC

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.

NOTE: Ensure 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 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 GUI. Dell Command | Configure even though is Backward Compatible for the Older Nomenclature, it is highly advisable to migrate/create Scripts to start using these Newer Features Nomenclature.

View the complete list of the Newer and the Older Nomenclature here

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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 4.1 version of Dell Command | Configure.

Downloads

• Windows download  (Released - 05/15/2018)   
• Linux downloads       (Released - 05/16/2018)                     

• • RHEL6 64 bit
  • RHEL7 64 bit
  • Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 64 bit

• Documentation
• Error Codes

Fixes in the Release 

Fix: Dell Command | Configure sets an unknown password for the BIOS issue has been resolved

Description: While running the following command cctk.exe --setuppwd --valsetuppwd=abcd1234, Dell Command | Configure displays Only validation option. No actions will be performed. Password is set successfully message issue has been resolved now.

Fix: Local package takes few seconds to load for the first time issue has been resolved
Description: Once you launch the GUI Application for the first time, the local system package takes few seconds to load. As a result of that, the application takes few seconds to display the data grid. This delay is not observed during the next cycle onwards issue has been resolved now.

Fix: GUI Application takes few seconds to exit if closed immediately after launch issue has been resolved
Description: Once you launch the GUI Application and close it immediately, the closure is delayed by few seconds. This happens for the first time and is not observed during the next cycle onwards issue has been resolved now.

Fix: Issue in validating the feature for non enum types has been resolved

New in the Release

• Support for new platforms.

• Support for the following new BIOS attributes: --BroadcomTruManage, --SecureBootMode, --DustFilter, -BIOSEnumMode, --FanSpdAutoLvlonCpuZone, -   FanSpdAutoLvlonPsuZone,--PcieBusAllocation, --TbtPcieModeAutoSwitch and --WakeOnLan2.

• Support for Thermal Configuration category.
• Significant performance improvement:

            – GUI launch time has been improved

            – SCE execution time has been improved

            – Configuration read and write time using command line has been improved

Previous Releases

Dell Command | Configure 4.0

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

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

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0td0uIyRtag:550:0]

2. Setting the BIOS defaults using Dell Command | Configure

 [View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0M63d_obSc:550:0]

Switch Configuration Guides for PS Series or SC Series SANs

Switch Configuration Guides for PS Series (EqualLogic) or SC Series (Compellent) SANs provide step-by-step instructions for configuring Ethernet switches for use with Dell storage using Dell best practices.

SC Series | PS Series

The Rapid EqualLogic Configuration Portal is also available as a quick deployment resource for PS Series iSCSI SAN solutions.

For more information on PS Series SAN design recommendations, see the Dell PS Series Configuration Guide.

For the archived list of previous Switch Reference Architectures, see Switch Reference Architectures.

ImageAssist Virtual Machine Tutorials

ImageAssist Virtual Machine Tutorials by David Urdiales

One of ImageAssist best practices is to use a virtual environment to create our golden image. We can leverage ImageAssist with a Virtual Machine to create and maintain a cross-platform deployable Windows image. Using a virtual environment provides an advantage with keeping up with operating system changes and upgrades, as well as, avoiding issues with system drivers. 

This is why, though we can create our image using a physical Dell system, we still recommend the use of a virtual machine. Below are some video tutorials for three different virtual machine solutions. The tutorials were made using an OEM download copy of Windows 10. In the videos we demonstrate how to create our Reference image that will later progress to your maintenance image then finally your Golden image for deployment. The virtual machine solutions used are:

• VMWare Workstation 12
• VirtualBox
• Microsoft Hyper-V

Microsoft Hyper-V can be added as a feature in Windows 10 with no additional cost. VirtualBox is also a free solution download as to VMWare Workstation is not. Below are the Tutorial video for each platform. We don't recommend using the VM to create the USB Drive for our Dell PE Key. It's best to use the host to create the USB Drive. Please see the link ImageAssist - Create USB Drive  for more information.

NOTE: Depending on your VM host, in regards to VM resources, 2GB of Memory and 2 Processors is acceptable as a bare minimum. However, the process may take longer. All videos listed were trimmed to save time for the purpose of the tutorial.

ImageAssist - Hyper-V Tutorial

Hyper-V does not support Win7 UEFI (Generation 2), it only supports Win7 MBR (Generation 1).  

• ImageAssist Hyper-V Part 1 - Hyper-V_Build
• ImageAssist Hyper-V Part 2 - Installing Windows
• ImageAssist Hyper-V Part 3 - Reference Image_Capture

ImageAssist - VirtualBox Tutorial

(Please install 'Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack' along with VirtualBox)

• ImageAssist VirtualBox Tutorial Part -1
• ImageAssist VirtualBox Tutorial Part -2

 ImageAssist - VMWare Tutorial

• ImageAssist VMWare Tutorial Part 1
• ImageAssist VMWare Tutorial Part 2

 ImageAssist - Non OEM Windows install Tutorial

The purpose of this video is to illustrate how a non OEM version of Windows 10 procedure looks like. The build of the VM was done in VMWare Workstation, but the capture process remains the same as illustrated in the VirtualBox and Hyper-V tutorials.

•  ImageAssist - Non-OEM Windows Install

 The links below provide a more comprehensive understanding to each process of the Dell ImageAssist tool:

• ImageAssist - Introduction
• ImageAssist - Best Practices
• ImageAssist - Installation
• ImageAssist - Guide Me
• ImageAssist - Create USB Drive
• ImageAssist - Create Unattend XML
• ImageAssist - Auto Capture Image
• ImageAssist - Capture Backup Image
• ImageAssist - Restore Image

Feel free to either call or email us with any additional assistance needed or questions you may have. Here's how to contact our ImageAssist Help Desk:

Phone: 866-340-0541
Email: US_OSImaging@dell.com