BIOS Password Is Not Included in the Exported Configuration of Dell Command Update

Customers may face a problem with Dell Command Update when importing configuration from computer to another.

They will find that the BIOS Password value is not included in the imported configuration.

They will also find that when the configuration is imported to the target computer, the BIOS password will be blank.

If the customer wants to deploy updates using the BIOS password feature, they must use the CLI by following the step described below:

1. Create an encrypted BIOS password setting:

   • dcu-cli /generateencryptedpassword -encryptionkey=""MyEncryptionKey01"" -password=""The Local System BIOS Password"" -outputpath=""C:\temp""

   • An encrypted password is saved to the file 'C:\temp\encryptedPassword.txt'.

   • Program exited with return code: 0

2. Open the encryptedPassword.txt file and copy the encrypted password.

   • In this example, the encrypted password is:
     ""AdMNCABdAq6eZ2CX4My2aUFINCYBzTv99yYH8eb4Yjow+4jjppfZzt8pICNXj+MMLzQjCVJFvGfKEd7toFXy57fDwVZq6G+dpdUg8++yZQWmPKWTKBbu/tAxi9Ni""

3. Run the following command on the target computers, substituting the user’s encrypted password and encryption key for mine.

   • dcu-cli /applyupdates -encryptionkey=""MyEncryptionKey01"" -encryptedpassword=""AdMNCABdAq6eZ2CX4My2aUFINCYBzTv99yYH8eb4Yjow+4jjppfZzt8pICNXj+MMLzQjCVJFvGfKEd7toFXy57fDwVZq6G+dpdUg8++yZQWmPKWTKBbu/tAxi9Ni""