The high-level device configuration commands are:
| chdev | Changes a device's characteristics. |
| lsdev | Displays devices in the system and their characteristics. |
| mkdev | Adds a device to the system. |
| rmdev | Removes a device from the system. |
| lsattr | Displays attribute characteristics and possible values of attributes for devices in the system. |
| lsconn | Displays the connections a given device, or kind of device, can accept. |
| lsparent | Displays the possible parent devices that accept a specified connection type or device. |
| cfgmgr | Configures devices by running the programs specified in the Configuration Rules (Config_Rules) object class. |
The low-level device configuration commands are:
| bootlist | Alters the list of boot devices seen by ROS when the machine boots. |
| restbase | Reads the base customized information from the boot image and restores it into the Device Configuration database used during system boot phase 1. |
| savebase | Saves information about base customized devices in the Device Configuration Database onto the boot device. |
| devnm | Names a device. |
| mknod | Creates a special file (directory entry and i-node). |
| lscfg | Displays diagnostic information about a device. |