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The MAC address is the MAC address of a new prototype server which always needs the latest
revisions as soon as possible, so a separate firmware tar file was created for that system.

Lastly, there is no default line, so any servers not specifically listed in this file perform a normal
firmware update using the default firmware tar file, production-firmware.tar.

Example 2

08:00:2b:c4:aa:1f=firmware-files.tar
devel-server1=new-device-fw.tar
default=skip

In this example, the first server (listed by MAC address) uses the normal firmware update tar file.
It needs to be listed here because entry default=skip means that any server not specifically
listed in this file is skipped and does not have its firmware updated.

The development server requires the very latest firmware, and that file is probably updated regularly.

Example 3

default=alt-firmware.tar

This very simple file means that every system that initiates a firmware update uses an alternate
firmware tar file instead of the default.

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