Users Guide

• Switch access through all ports (management and user ports) with or without the DHCP-based dynamic IP address conguration of a

switch.

• Booting up in Layer 3 mode with interfaces already in No Shutdown mode and basic protocols enabled to protect the system and

network.

• Access to the conguration le or a pre–conguration script using the DHCP oer.

• Download and execute scripts before congurations are applied, allowing pre–conguration checks on the switch.

IOA Supports BMP

BMP is enabled on the IOA switch. Following are the characteristics of BMP feature in IOA:

• The default reload-type maintains as normal reload-type.

• The management interface initiates the DHCP discover packets.

• IOA switch supports the DHCP image download and upgrade processes.

• The switch also supports the DHCP conguration or script le download procedure.

NOTE: In the IOA switch, the Management Interface is used because the physical interface does not support Internet Protocol

(IP) address congurations.

Congure BMP

BMP supports two types of Reload modes: BMP mode and Normal mode.

Reload Modes

This section describes the following Reload modes:

• BMP Mode

• Normal Mode

BMP mode is the default boot mode congured for a new system arriving from the Dell factory. This mode obtains the Dell EMC

Networking OS image and conguration le from a network source (DHCP and le servers).

To boot up the switch with the management port in No Shutdown mode, use Normal mode. If the management IP address is present in the

start-up conguration le, it is assigned. If the management IP address is not present in the start-up conguration le, no IP address is

assigned to the management interface.

• BMP mode (default) — the switch automatically congures all ports (management and user ports) as Layer 3 physical ports and acts

as a DHCP client on the ports for a user-congured time (DHCP timeout). Set BMP mode using the (conf-reload-type)#

boot-type bmp-reload

command.

• Normal mode — the switch loads the Dell EMC Networking OS image and startup conguration le stored in the local Flash. New

congurations require that you manually congure the Management IP and Management Interface. Set Normal mode using the

(conf-reload-type)# boot-type normal-reload command.

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