System Configuration User Guide

g. From the command prompt go to SysCfg Release folder and run the desired
commands for the utility
h. To uninstall SYSCFG run the following commands manually
• Delete the contents of the directory where the utility is installed.
• Manually uninstall drivers from the Device manager
3.2 Saving a Configuration
From S55XX platform series the utility supports saving BIOS and FW settings both in binary
and in text mode (from a text file, known as INI file). The advantage of using INI file is that
you can modify and change the values of any of the settings available in the INI file.
To save the BIOS and firmware configuration to a file, do the following:
1. Boot to one of the supported Operating Systems on the target system.
2. Change directories to the location of the syscfg executable. (This location must be
writable to allow you to save the system configuration.)
3. In Windows*, Windows Pre-installation Environment*, or EFI type: syscfg /s
filename
In Linux*, type: ./syscfg /s filename
When saving the settings to a file, you have the option to supply the file type (scf or ini).
The binary file filename.scf or filename.ini will contain the saved configuration. You can use
this file to restore the configuration on this target server or other servers using the /r
command.
In the absence of a user defined file type the default type would be ‘SCF. So if you neither
provide file type nor filename, the default filename will be syscfg,SCF
3.3 Restoring a Configuration
If you have already saved a configuration to a file, use the following procedure to restore
the system to the saved configuration, or set the configuration on identical servers to the
saved configuration.
From S55XX platform series the utility supports restoring BIOS and FW settings both in
binary and in text mode (from a text file, known as INI file). Unlike restoring from a binary
file, the advantage of using INI file is that you can modify and change the values of any of
the settings available in the INI file. In this scenario, the INI file does not clone servers but
provides a mechanism of configuring the same items with different values per your
requirement.
Note: For restoring un-editable fields, section name headers and key names should not be
edited or deleted from the INI file.
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