Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 4.3 Command Line Interface Reference Guide

Allows to set a new setup password if a setup password is already present on the system. The setup password locks the BIOS setup screen. The argument string supplied to this option is the current password. If this password is not correct, the new setup password is not applied to the system. Generally, passwords are limited to alphanumeric characters and cannot exceed 32 characters in length. This option is not replicated. For more information on delimiters, see Command Line Option Delimiters .

Example:

A:>syscfg --setuppwd=asetuppassword --oldsetuppwd=currentpassword

The password has been set.Please use a warm reboot to apply the password to the system.