Service Manual

Normal Context

To auto-configure a switch, before you use BMP mode, first configure a DHCP, DNS, and file server in the

network.

NOTE: By default, a syslog severity level greater than two does not display. Enable syslog before

applying the preconfiguration script which helps identify any configuration errors.

To help configure a new factory loaded switch, the switch boots up in the default BMP mode. You can

reconfigure the switch to reload either in BMP mode or Normal mode.

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.

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 to the

management interface. If the management IP address is not present in the start-up configuration file, no

IP address is assigned. 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, follow this step.

• Configure a switch to use Normal mode.

GLOBAL CONFIGURATION mode

boot-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

memory.

BMP Commands and Examples

You can configure BMP on supported switches using a series of commands.

To enable BMP mode on your switches, and to apply configurations or run scripts using the BMP

commands, refer the Bare Metal Provisioning CLI section.

System Boot and Set-Up Behavior in BMP Mode

The following steps describe the system boot up process.

1. The system begins the boot up process in BMP mode (the default mode).

2. The system sends DHCP discover on all the interface-up ports.

00:02:14: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DISCOVER: DHCP DISCOVER

sent on Ma 0/0.

3. The IP address, boot image filename, and configuration filename are reserved for the system and

provides the DHCP reply (the one-file read method). The system receives its IP address, subnet

mask, DHCP server IP, TFTP server address, DNS server IP, bootfile name, and configuration filename

from the DHCP server.

Bare Metal Provisioning