Users Guide

For more information, see Launching Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band.
2. Click Client Configuration → BIOS Settings.
3. Make any changes to the BIOS settings for your client systems.
4. Optionally, select task processing options:
• Continue processing. Do not stop on any errors — The application continues to apply the next
selected BIOS setting to the current and following clients.
• Continue to the next client, but stop processing this client on errors — The application stops
applying BIOS settings to the client with the error, and moves on to the other selected clients.
• Reboot client after applying changes
5. Click Next.
The Select Clients tab is displayed.
6. Search for client systems to which you want to apply the BIOS settings.
7. From the Available clients list select the client systems you want to manage and click the button to
move your selected systems or press the button to move all the discovered Dell clients into the
Selected clients list.
8. Click Next.
The Schedule Task tab is displayed.
9. You can either choose to apply the changes immediately, or schedule them to be applied later later.
Depending on the schedule, select one of the following options:
• Run now — the BIOS setting configuration is immediately applied and displays the Running status
in the Task Queue.
• Run At — the BIOS setting configuration is queued in the Task Queue.
NOTE: You can launch the Task Queue to view the list of completed and pending tasks.
NOTE: If the Dell client systems are not connected to the network, run the task again.
10. Provide a brief description of the BIOS attribute changes you are applying and click Next.
The Summary tab is displayed.
11. Click Finish.
The Task Queue window opens, and depending on how you scheduled the task, the task starts
running immediately, or is queued to run at a later time.
Setting BIOS Passwords
The feature allows you to manage your BIOS passwords, set passwords, clear passwords, or change the
length requirements for the passwords.
1. Launch Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band.
For more information, see Launching Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band.
2. Click Client Configuration → BIOS Passwords.
The BIOS Passwords tab is displayed.
3. Select one of the following options:
• Clear — clear either the Admin or System password.
NOTE: Clear the System password before clearing the Admin password
• Set — enter and confirm the Admin or System password.
NOTE: Client systems have to reboot after setting the Admin or System passwords.
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