Owner's Manual

40 | Bare Metal Provisioning 2.0
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Auto-configuration Modes
On a brand new, factory loaded switch, the switch boots up in Jumpstart mode. You
can reconfigure a switch to reload between normal and Jumpstart mode.
In Jumpstart mode, 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).
In normal mode, the switch loads the FTOS image and startup configuration file
stored in the local flash.
To reconfigure a switch to reload between normal and Jumpstart mode, use the
reload-type command.
The reload settings that you configure with the reload-type command are stored in
non-volatile memory and retained after future reboots and BMP software upgrades.
Enter the reload command to reload the switch in the last configured mode: normal
reload or Jumpstart mode.
To display the currently configured reload mode for a switch running BMP version
2.0, enter the show reload-type command.
If a switch enters a loop while reloading in Jumpstart mode because it continuously
tries to contact a DHCP server and a DHCP server is not found, enter the
stop
jump-start command to interrupt the repeated discovery attempts. The startup
configuration file stored in the local flash on the switch is loaded as part of the
stop
jump-start command and the auto-configuration mode is changed to normal reload.
Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
reload-type {normal-reload |
jump-start [config-download
{enable | disable}] [dhcp-timeout
minutes]}
EXEC Privilege Reload a switch running BMP version 2.0 in either
normal or Jumpstart mode. If you reload in Jumpstart
mode, you can configure:
config-download: Whether the switch boots up
using a configuration file downloaded from a DHCP
server (enable) or the startup configuration file
stored in the local flash is used (disable).
dhcp-timeout: DHCP timeout after which the
Jumpstart reload stops. Valid values: 1 to 50 minutes.
Default: The switch tries to contact a DHCP server an
infinite number of times.