Reference Guide

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File Server
Set up a file server and ensure connectivity.
The file server that holds the boot and configuration files must be configured to allow file transfers to the
switch. The system recognizes FTP, SFTP, TFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, USB, and Flash URLs.
For example:
• tftp://server ip or name/filename
• ftp://user:passwd@serverip or name//mypath/FTOS-A.B.C.D.bin
• flash://filename
• http://server ip
• name/filename
When loading the FTOS image, if the FTOS image on the server is different from the image on the local
Flash, the system downloads the image from the server onto the local Flash and reloads using that image. If
it is the same image, the system loads the configuration file, if present, or the startup-config without
downloading a new image.
Domain Name Server
Set up a Domain Name Server (DNS) to determine the host name applied in the switch startup
configuration when no configuration file is retrieved from the DHCP server. The DNS server is contacted
only when no configuration file is contained in a DHCP server response and the host name is not resolved
from the network-config file on the switch. Refer to the FTOS Configuration Guide, IPv4 Addressing
chapter, Resolution of Host Names for information.
Reload Modes
Bare Metal Provisioning supports two types of reload modes: BMP mode and Normal mode.
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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