Administrator Guide

Press L to toggle BMP syslog and console messages.

Press S to display the BMP status.

[A/C/L/S]:

NOTE: In the Factory-Default context, the console only accepts A/C/L/S input.

• Enter S to display the BMP status (show boot bmp). If you enter another key while BMP is running, it

displays the previous message and repeats the process.

• Enter A to stop BMP. The following actions occur:

– Aborts BMP

– Disables BMP for the next reload (which is a Normal reload)

– Initializes the BMP context variable in NOVRAM

– Applies the startup configuration, if it exists, or the Default configuration

• Enter C to continue with the BMP process. If you enter another key while BMP is running, it displays

the previous message and repeats the process.

• Enter L to toggle the BMP syslog messages. By default, the messages are disabled. The first L enables

the BMP messages and the second L disables the BMP messages.

NOTE: If the switch starts in Factory-Default context in the next reload, the BMP messages are

disabled again irrespective of the L status in the previous session.

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

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