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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!--
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ Copyright (c) 2021, Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved.
+-->
+<refentry id="sys.conf" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>sys.conf</title>
+ <productname>nvme-stas</productname>
+
+ <author>
+ <personname>
+ <honorific>Mr</honorific>
+ <firstname>Martin</firstname>
+ <surname>Belanger</surname>
+ </personname>
+
+ <affiliation>
+ <orgname>Dell, Inc.</orgname>
+ </affiliation>
+ </author>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>sys.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>sys.conf</refname>
+
+ <refpurpose>
+ <citerefentry project="man-pages">
+ <refentrytitle>nvme-stas</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>
+ configuration file
+ </refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para>
+ <filename>/etc/stas/sys.conf</filename>
+ </para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>
+ When <citerefentry project="man-pages"><refentrytitle>stafd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and
+ <citerefentry project="man-pages"><refentrytitle>stacd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> start up, they read the
+ system configuration from <filename>sys.conf</filename>.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Configuration File Format</title>
+ <para>
+ <filename>sys.conf</filename> is a plain text file divided into
+ sections, with configuration entries in the style
+ <replaceable>key</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable>.
+ Whitespace immediately before or after the <literal>=</literal> is
+ ignored. Empty lines and lines starting with <literal>#</literal>
+ are ignored, which may be used for commenting.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>[Host] section</title>
+ <para>
+ The following options are available in the
+ <literal>[Host]</literal> section:
+ </para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>nqn=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Takes a string argument identifying the Host NQN.
+ A value starting with <code>file://</code>
+ indicates that the Host NQN can be retrieved from
+ a separate file. This is a mandatory parameter.
+ Defaults to: <literal>file:///etc/nvme/hostnqn</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>id=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Takes a string argument identifying the Host ID.
+ A value starting with <code>file://</code>
+ indicates that the Host ID can be retrieved from
+ a separate file. This is a mandatory parameter.
+ Defaults to: <literal>file:///etc/nvme/hostid</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>symname=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Takes a string argument identifying the Host symbolic name.
+ A value starting with <code>file://</code>
+ indicates that the symbolic name can be retrieved from
+ a separate file. This is an optional parameter.
+ There is no default value.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect2>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>nvme-stas</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>