Administrator Guide

20 | Bare Metal Provisioning (BMP) - Config
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Normal Context
To auto-configure a switch, before you use BMP mode, first configure a DHCP, DNS,
and file server in the network.
To facilitate configuration of the switch on a new factory-loaded switch, the switch
boots up in default BMP mode. You can reconfigure a switch to reload between BMP
and Normal mode.
Normal Mode
When reloaded in Normal mode, the switch boots up with the management port in No
Shutdown mode.
If the management IP address is present in the start-up configuration file, it is
assigned. If the management IP address is not present in the start-up configuration
file, no IP address is assigned to the management interface. You can connect to the
management port with an IP address on the same network and log in to the system
through a telnet or SSH session.
To configure a switch to reload using Normal mode, use the following step:
• The switch reloads in Normal mode using the Dell Networking OS image and
startup configuration file stored in the local Flash.
GLOBAL CONFIGURATION mode
reload-type normal-reload
DHCP Configuration
Normal mode does not require a separate DHCP server configuration.
Dell Networking OS Image Retrieval
The Dell Networking OS image is loaded from the local Flash.
Note: Syslog of severity level greater than two will not be displayed by default. The
syslog will be enabled before applying the configuration or execution of preconfig
script which would help in identifying any user configuration errors.
Note: To apply the startup configuration, cancel the default BMP setup using the
stop bmp command from the console. To disable BMP for the next reload, use the
reload-type normal-reload command.