3.2. Configuring system devices
When you add a new device to your system, or you need to configure devices that were not detected as available during the boot process, the system must have a way of configuring these devices. The cfgmgr command is used to configure devices and, optionally, install device software into the system. The devices to be configured are controlled by the Configuration Rules object class, which is part of the Device Configuration database. Each configuration rule specifies three items:
The full path name of an executable program to run.
When to run the program (in relation to the other rules).
In which phase to run the program.
During system boot, the cfgmgr command configures all the devices that are necessary.
The cfgmgr ...
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