Description: Information about the system file(s) that are supported by the IOM, on which the CMM can perform a get or put operation from/to the IOM. Two types of files are mandatory for the IOM, service file and configuration file. This string must follow the format below - This string must follow the format below: File-Name: %s\n, Size: %d KB\n, Date: %s\n, Category: %s\n, Type: %s, Other-Info: %s\n\0

File-Name: The file name of the file i.e service.log, new_config.cfg Size: The size of the file in Kbyte. Date: The date of the last update to the file. It must be in this format: mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss. The hour is from 0-23. The time is based on GMT. Category: The system file must be one of the categories below:

Service-Data, Saved-Configuration, Active-Configuration, New-Configuration, Other Type: It is either binary or text. Other-Info: Any additional information that the IOM wishes to provide about the file.

String example 1:File Name: service.log, Size: 98 KB Date: 09/26/2008 14:35:21, Category: Service- Data, Type:text, Other Info: Service Data file.

String example 2: File Name: config.cfg, Size: 6 KB Date: 09/26/2011 16:35:32, Category: Active-Configuration, Type: text, Other Info: Active Configuration file.

The format of the System File Information is very important and must be strictly followed. It is intended for other applications to parse and make use of the information. The string is made up of many parts of text information. Each part has the format of the form Token: information_string\n,. Each part consists of a token followed by token information. The end of each part is marked by a new line character, and a comma or a null character.The total length of the string cannot exceed 256 octets. Note: All IOMs must minimally support the Service-Data file type.