Owner's Manual

18 | Bare Metal Provisioning (BMP) - Config
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Configuring 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
• DHCP Server Settings
• Dell Networking OS Image Retrieval
BMP mode is the default boot mode configured for a new system arriving from the
Dell factory. This mode obtains the Dell Networking OS image and configuration file
from a network source (DHCP and file servers).
To boot the switch up with the management port in No Shutdown mode, use Normal
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.
BMP Mode
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.
• BMP mode (default) — the switch automatically configures all ports
(management and user ports) as Layer 3 physical ports and acts as a DHCP client
on the ports for a user-configured time (DHCP timeout). Set BMP mode using
the
reload-type bmp command.
• Normal mode — the switch loads the Dell Networking OS image and startup
configuration file stored in the local Flash. New configurations require that you
manually configure the Management IP and Management Interface. Set Normal
mode using the
reload-type normal-reload command.
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.