Product guide

Chapter 3: Server Utilities QSSC-S4R Server System Product Guide

Version 1.0

 Microsoft Windows* Installation Environment

 Microsoft Windows*

 Microsoft Windows PE (WinPE)

 Red Hat Enterprise Linus (RHEL)

 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)

 UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface)

Some platforms may not support all the operating environments for this utility. Refer to the SYSCFG User Guide

for details.

SYSCFG INI file

The utility supports saving and restoring BIOS and firmware settings both in binary and text mode (from a text

file, known as INI file). The advantage of using an 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 an INI file, do the following:

 Boot to one of the supported operating systems on the target system.

 Change directories to the location of the syscfg executable. (This location must be writable to allow you to

save the system configuration.)

 In Microsoft Windows*, Windows Pre-installation Environment*, or EFI, type: syscfg /s ini filename.ini

 In Linux*, type: ./syscfg /s ini filename.ini

If you have already saved the 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.

Unlike restoring from a binary file, the advantage of using an 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 uneditable fields, section name headers and key names should not be edited or

deleted from the INI file.

To restore both BIOS and FW settings defined in an INI file, do the following:

 Boot the system to one of the supported operating systems.

 Change directories to the directory containing the syscfg executable. (The saved configuration file should

also be located in this directory.)

 In Microsoft Windows*, Windows Pre-installation Environment*, or EFI, type: syscfg /r filename.ini /b

 In Linux*, type: ./syscfg /r ini filename.ini /b

SYSCFG installation and usage

 Linux:

 Download BIOS, Firmware Update, and Configuration Utilities for Linux from <www.qsscit.com> and

unzip the "syscfg-linux.zip" file into a folder on your Linux system.

 Run the 'installme' script to install the 'syscfg' and 'smi' rpms.

The SYSCFG utility is installed in the path /usr/local/syscfg.

 UEFI

 Set the syscfg path variable SYSCFG_PATH.

Example: - set SYSCFG_PATH fs0:\<syscfg_efi>

where syscfg_efi is the folder containing all the files mentioned above.

 Run 'syscfg' commands from the location where the files are copied.

 Windows

 Download BIOS, Firmware Update, and Configuration Utilities for Windows from www.qsscit.com