Quick Reference Guide

Introduction 9
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The syscfg.ini file cannot be used across different systems. The file output
operation places system identification information at the beginning of the
[syscfg] section. This information is used to determine if the file can be
accepted as input for a system. The following information is used for
system identification:
• System ID Byte(s)
• System Name
•BIOS Version
If these values do not match the values found on the system, the file input
operation fails.
The following is the SYSCFG behavior during replication:
• Options not available in SYSCFG are termed invalid options. If SYSCFG
encounters an invalid option in the
syscfg.ini file, the SYSCFG
utility terminates.
• Unsupported options are options available in SYSCFG but not applicable
on certain systems. If SYSCFG encounters an unsupported option,
SYSCFG logs this option and continues to the next option.
For example, the
virtualization option is not available on Dell PowerEdge
x 8 xx series systems.
• Unsupported arguments are arguments valid in SYSCFG but not
applicable on certain systems. If SYSCFG encounters an unsupported
argument, SYSCFG terminates.
For example, the command
syscfg –-embsataraid=ahci is not
applicable on some Dell PowerEdge
x 9 xx series systems.
• SYSCFG logs a message in the log file for each option processed in the
syscfg.ini file. To generate the log file, use the logfile option.
RAID Replication
The RAID replication feature reads the RAID configuration information
from the source system and creates a raid.ini file. This raid.ini file can be
applied to the RAID configurations of the target system. The RAID
replication requires both, the source system and the target system to have
similar RAID controllers.