Users Guide

DHCP and USB Auto-Configuration 573
Auto Configuration Example
A network administrator is deploying three Dell EMC Networking N-Series
switches and wants to quickly and automatically install the latest image 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 upgrade each switch with the
latest software image 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 to the USB device. In this example, the image file that
each switch will download is named N2000v6.1.0.1.stk and
N2000v6.2.0.1.stk .