Service Manual

BMP Operations on Servers Overview

The following sections describe how to prepare the dierent servers for BMP functionality.

• Conguring the DHCP Server Settings

• File Server Settings

• Domain Name Server Settings

DHCP Server

To congure the DHCP server use the following information.

Conguring the DHCP Server Settings

Before you can use BMP mode on a switch, rst congure a DHCP server.

To assign an IP address to the system and other parameters, congure the DHCP server. For more information, see the Dell Networking OS

Conguration Guide, the Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol chapter.

• Congure the DHCP server with the following set of parameters for each client switch.

Update the following parameters on the appropriate DHCP server:

• Boot File Name — the Dell Networking OS image loaded on the system. Option 67 in the DHCP oer is the boot lename; the

lename is BOOTP payload. If you specify both, option 67 is used. The system supports the TFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SFTP, SCP, FTP,

FLASH, and USBFLASH protocols.

• Configuration File Name — the congurations applied to the system. The conguration lename is expected to use option

209. To congure the device by itself for a download conguration le, you can also create a preconguration script in option 209.

• File Server Address — the server where the image and congurations les are placed. The address is assumed to be a

TFTP address unless it is given as a URL. The system supports the TFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SFTP, SCP, and FTP protocols, as well as

les stored in ash.

• Domain Name Server (Optional) — the DNS server contacted to resolve the host name.

• IP Address — dynamic IP address for the system. Use this IP address for le transfers only.

The following lists the DHCP option codes.

DHCP Option

Codes

Description

6 Domain Name Server IP

60 Vendor class identier

61 Class identier

66 TFTP Server name

67 Boot lename

150 TFTP server IP address

209 Conguration le

230 User port stacking

NOTE: BMP eventually exits when a timeout occurs.

In the following scenarios, BMP requests a dierent DHCP oer.

• If the oer contains only a boot image that cannot be downloaded, BMP requests another DHCP oer.

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