Users Guide

DHCP and USB Auto-Configuration 559
Auto Configuration Example
A network administrator is deploying three Dell EMC Networking N-Series
switches and wants to quickly and automatically install a specific version of
switch firmware and a common configuration file that configures basic
settings such as VLAN creation and membership, RADIUS server settings,
and 802.1X information. The configuration file also contains the command
boot host auto-save so that the downloaded configuration is automatically
saved to the startup config.
This section describes two ways to enable automatic configuration file
download:
• Enabling USB Auto Configuration and Auto Image Download
• Enabling DHCP Auto Configuration and Auto Image Download
Enabling USB Auto Configuration and Auto Image Download
This example describes how to deploy three switches and automatically install
a custom configuration file on the switch and install a specific version of
switch firmware by using the USB Auto Configuration feature. The switches
have the following MAC addresses:
• Switch A: 001E.C9AA.AC17
• Switch B: 001E.C9AA.AC20
• Switch C: 001E.C9AA.AC33
To configure each switch with a pre-assigned IP address, include the switch
MAC address in the .setup file on the line containing the corresponding IP
address/netmask. An IP address and netmask are the minimum mandatory
elements of each configuration line in the configuration file.
To use USB auto configuration:
1 Create a default config file for each switch (or one configuration file for all
switches). For example, the configuration files may be named
switchA.txt , switchB.txt , and switchC.txt . For information
about creating configuration files, see Images and File Management.
2 Copy the configuration files to a USB device.
3 Copy the image file(s) to the USB device. In this example, the firmware
file that each switch will download is named N2000v6.1.0.1.stk or
N2000v6.2.0.1.stk .