Administrator Guide

24 | Bare Metal Provisioning (BMP) - Config
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Reload Without a DHCP Server Offer
A switch configured to reload in BMP mode. If the DHCP server cannot be reached,
the system keeps on sending DISCOVER messages.
00:03:56: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DISCOVER: DHCP DISCOVER
sent on Ma 0/0.
00:03:56: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DISCOVER: DHCP DISCOVER
sent on Te 0/21.
00:03:55: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DISCOVER: DHCP DISCOVER
sent on Te 0/8.
00:03:41: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DISCOVER: DHCP DISCOVER
sent on Ma 0/0.
00:03:40: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DISCOVER: DHCP DISCOVER
sent on Te 0/21.
00:03:40: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DISCOVER: DHCP DISCOVER
sent on Te 0/8.
00:03:25: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DISCOVER: DHCP DISCOVER
sent on Ma 0/0.
00:03:25: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DISCOVER: DHCP DISCOVER
sent on Te 0/21.
00:03:25: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DISCOVER: DHCP DISCOVER
sent on Te 0/8.
Reload with a DHCP Server Offer Without a Dell Networking
OS Offer
Switches configured to reload in BMP mode that reach a DHCP server but do not
locate a downloadable Dell Networking OS image file on the server will attempt to
download the configuration file.
1. The system boots up with the BMP application.
00:02:26: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DHCP_OFFER: DHCP OFFER
received on Te 0/21 IS SELECTED.
00:02:26: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_REQUEST: DHCP REQUEST sent
on Te 0/21.
00:02:26: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_ACK: DHCP ACK received on
Te 0/21.
00:02:26: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_BOOT_OFFER: DHCP acquired
IP 13.4.4.44 mask 255.255.255.0 server IP 13.4.4.1.
00:02:26: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_BOOT_OFFER: DHCP tftp IP
NIL sname NIL dns IP NIL router IP NIL.
00:02:27: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_BOOT_OFFER: DHCP image file
NIL.
00:02:27: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_BOOT_OFFER: DHCP config
file scp://anvltest:force10@13.4.4.1//tftpboot/basic-l3.
00:02:27: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_BOOT_OFFER: stacking info
NIL
2. The system downloads the customer.conf configuration file from the file-server address if you
enabled config-scr-download command.