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8.2 Applying new user-specified settings..................................................................... 37
8.3 Importing User-Specified Settings ......................................................................... 39
9. Monitoring SysCon Activity............................................................................................... 41
9.1 Logging SysCon Events ........................................................................................41
9.2 Configuring Event Notification Actions................................................................... 42
10. Using SysCon Operating System Services and Utilities ................................................ 43
11. Using the SysCon Device for Application Data ............................................................... 44
12. SysCon Services ................................................................................................................ 45
12.1 SysCon Service for Linux Features ....................................................................... 45
12.1.1 SysCon Install tool ................................................................................................. 45
12.1.2 Auto-mounting and Monitoring of the SysCon Device ........................................... 45
12.1.3 Auto-mounting and Monitoring of SysCon Keys .................................................... 45
12.1.4 Linux Hot-plug USB Support and SysCon Hot-plug Plugin.................................... 45
12.1.5 SysCon Daemon (syscond) ................................................................................... 45
12.2 Events, Notification, and Actions ........................................................................... 46
12.2.1 SysCon Events ...................................................................................................... 46
12.2.2 SysCon Event Logging and Notification ................................................................46
12.2.3 SysCon Event Logging and Notification Policies ................................................... 48
12.2.4 SysCon Actions on Events ....................................................................................48
12.2.5 SysCon Event/Notification API and Query Languages.......................................... 48
12.3 Other Policies ........................................................................................................ 53
13. APPENDIX A – SysCon Environment Folder Structure .................................................. 54
14. APPENDIX B – SysCon Policy File Format ...................................................................... 55
14.1 SysCon Device Policy Defaults: policydefaults.xml .............................................. 56
14.2 SysCon Policy Schema: syscon.xsd..................................................................... 63
15. APPENDIX C – System Settings File Format ................................................................... 64
15.1 A Typical System Settings File Example ............................................................... 64
15.2 A “Full” System Settings File Example .................................................................. 68
15.3 System / Component Schema ............................................................................... 72
15.3.1 syscfg:BIOSV001 Settings..................................................................................... 73
15.3.2 bmccfg:IMMV001 Settings..................................................................................... 73
15.3.3 Nic:NICV001 Settings ............................................................................................ 74
15.4 Updating BIOS and Intel
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Management Module firmware..................................... 75
15.4.1 Intel:BIOSVersion update example........................................................................ 75
15.4.2 Intel:IMMVersion update example ......................................................................... 75