Configuration setting

A configuration setting has three components: groupname, configname, and instance.

configuration setting format

<groupname>.<configname>[.instance]

This table provides a description of the configuration setting components.

Table 1. Configuration setting components
Component	Required/Optional	Description
groupname	Required	Required for all settings. Unique identifier of a group; cannot be duplicated. Use the showgroup command to view all of the supported groups in an instance.
configname	Required	Required for all settings. Unique identifier of a configuration name; cannot be duplicated within a group, but can be duplicated in different groups.
instance	Optional	The instance ID of a setting instance. Values start from 1 and are in an ascending order. For more information, see Instance and non-instance settings.