The environment variable file can be used for discovering and recording
system information to environment variables. The file consists of
several sections with .ini format that map PCI vendor/device numbers
to environment variable values. The environment variable file is
sys.ini in
\DELL\TOOLKIT\TOOLS on Windows
systems and on Linux systems, you can find it in
/opt/dell/toolkit/bin . For example, the
[DELLNIC] section header designates
that an environment variable named
dellnic1 should
be set to the value of the name or value pair whose name matches the
NIC's vendor or device number. If multiple NICs are present on a system,
the environment variables are numbered sequentially:
dellnic1,
dellnic2
, and so on
Environmental Variable File Excerpt (sys.ini)
[DELLNIC]
;environment variable will be set to INTELPRO100F for
vendor 8086, dev 1001
8086,1001=INTELPRO1000F
;environment variable will be set to INTELPRO100T for
vendor 8086, dev 1004
8086,1004=INTELPRO1000T
;environment variable will be set to INTELPRO100XT for
vendor 8086, dev 1008
8086,1008=INTELPRO1000XT
The names of the environment variables can be changed in the
Variable Names section. If a name is changed, the section
that corresponds to that name must be changed as well.
Also available in the
.ini file is a section that maps the
system ID number to a string. This string can be used to identify
the system during the discovery phase of deployment. The section name
is the environment variable that is set to the value of the name/value
pair whose name matches the system ID. To change the name of the environment
variable, change the value of the
MACHINE name in
the
Variable Names section, and change the corresponding
section name.