These settings files contain commonly configured Dell BIOS settings. I have included a few example settings files in my GitHub. More detailed information about the settings will be written to the log file. The script will output these counts to the screen at the end. The script has logic built-in to detect if settings were already set correctly, were successfully set, failed to set, or were not found on the device. Note that the log file path will always be set to _SMSTSLogPath when run during a task sequence. The log file name and path can be changed using the LogFile parameter. Otherwise, the log file will be located in ProgramData\ConfigJonScripts\Dell. If the script is being run during a task sequence, the log file will be located in the _SMSTSLogPath. By default, this log file will be named Manage-DellBiosSettings-PSModule.Log. When the script runs, it will write to a log file. You can then sort through the exported settings and either save them as a CSV file or add them to the $Settings array in the body of the script. The CsvPath parameter can also be specified to output the list of settings to a CSV file.
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#List of settings to be configured =Ī full list of configurable settings can be exported from a device by calling the script with the GetSettings parameter. The settings should be in the format of “Setting Name,Setting Value” To specify settings in the script, look for the $Settings array near the top of the script. When using the script to set settings, the list of settings can either be specified in the script itself or in a CSV file.
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AdminPassword – Used to specify the BIOS password.Using this switch with the SetSettings switch will also cause the script to ignore any settings specified in the body of the script. If used with the SetSettings switch, this acts as the location where the script will read BIOS settings to be set from. If used with the GetSettings switch, this acts as the location where a list of current BIOS settings will be saved. CsvPath – Use this parameter to specify the location of a CSV file.Settings can be specified either in the body of the script or from a CSV file. SetSettings – Use this parameter to instruct the script to set specific BIOS settings.The settings will be displayed to the screen by default. GetSettings – Use this parameter to instruct the script to generate a list of all current BIOS settings.This script takes the basic commands and adds logic to allow for a more automated settings management process. Set-Item -Path DellSmbios:\Category\Setting -Value Enabled -Password ExamplePasswordįor more information on using the Dell PowerShell Provider, refer to the official documentation: Reference Guide, User Guide Manage-DellBiosSettings.ps1 #Set the value of a single BIOS setting when a BIOS password is set Once the Dell PowerShell Provider module has been installed, open an administrative PowerShell prompt and import the module. For more information, see my recent blog post, Working with the Dell Command | PowerShell Provider. This PowerShell module needs to be installed before running the Dell password management script. This PowerShell module allows Dell BIOS passwords and settings to be directly viewed and modified from a PowerShell prompt or script. Instead, Dell provides a PowerShell module called Dell Command | PowerShell Provider. Unlike HP and Lenovo, Dell does not provide command line access to their BIOS settings by default.
The script can be downloaded from my GitHub: Dell and PowerShell In this post I’ll be talking about using PowerShell to manage Dell BIOS settings.
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This post is one of 3 posts in my series on managing BIOS settings using PowerShell. For information on using the Dell PowerShell module to configure settings on older models, continue reading this post. For more information, see this post: Dell BIOS Settings Management – WMI. Update: Dell does now provide native WMI classes to manage BIOS settings on newer models. This post was updated on September 11th, 2020.
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