Reference Guide

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Jumpstart mode
Jumpstart (BMP) mode is the default boot mode configured for a new system arriving from Dell Force10.
This mode obtains the FTOS image and configuration file from a network source (DHCP and file servers).
DHCP Server
MAC-Based IP assignment
One way to use the Jumpstart mode most efficiently is to configure the DHCP server to assign a fixed IP
address, FTOS image, and configuration file based on the system’s MAC address. When this is done, the
same IP address is assigned to the system even on repetitive reloads and the same configuration file will be
retrieved when using the DNS server or the network-config file to determine the hostname.
The assigned IP address is only used to retrieve the files from the file server. It is discarded after the files
are retrieved.
Following is an example of a configuration of the DHCP server included on the most popular Linux
distribution. The dhcpd.conf file shows the MAC based IP and configuration file assignment are fixed.
DHCP configuration
You must first configure a DHCP server before you can use the Jumpstart mode on a switch. Configure the
DHCP server with the set of parameters described below for each client switch. Refer to the FTOS
Configuration Guide: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol chapter for detailed information. The DHCP
server is configured to assign an IP to the system and other parameters.
Parameter Example Description
option configfile code 209=text;
option bootfile-name code 67=text;
host HOST1 {
##### Mac to IP mapping
hardware ethernet 00:01:e8:8c:4d:0e;
fixed-address 30.0.0.20;
##### Config file name could be given in the following way
option configfile "ftp://admin:admin@30.0.0.1/pt-s4810-12";
FTP URL with IP address
option configfile "http://Guest-1/pt-s4810-12";
HTTP URL with DNS
option configfile "pt-s4810-12";
TFTP
##### bootfile-name could be given in the following way
option bootfile-name “ftp://admin:admin@Guest-1/
FTOS-SE-8.3.10.1.bin”;
FTP URL with DNS
option bootfile-name "http://30.0.0.1/FTOS-SE-8.3.10.1.bin”;
HTTP URL with IP address
option bootfile-name "tftp://30.0.0.1/FTOS-SE-8.3.10.1.bin";
TFTP URL with IP address
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